Overview

• On the Hotel Matze podcast Rakers called her 2017 divorce a "Moment der totalen Freiheit" that freed her to pursue the life she envisioned.
• She traced the shift in priorities to a 2016 ethnobotany interview with Wolf-Dieter Storl that inspired her to embrace sustainability and nature.
• Leaving Tagesschau in January 2024, Rakers first relocated to a farm near Hamburg before settling on Rügen in April 2025.
• Her initial season as a homefarmer yielded enough produce for self-sufficiency and confirmed her commitment to rural living.
• Today she manages a gardening supply business on Rügen and remains visible through documentary appearances and podcast projects.