diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9596e72..1374db1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Fixed `StrEnum.from_str` with source as key ([#99](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/99))
+- Fixed `StrEnum.from_str` with source as key (
+    [#99](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/99),
+    [#102](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/102)
+)
 
 
 ## [0.6.0] - 2023-01-23
diff --git a/src/lightning_utilities/core/enums.py b/src/lightning_utilities/core/enums.py
index 6c0953fa..e0c9b873 100644
--- a/src/lightning_utilities/core/enums.py
+++ b/src/lightning_utilities/core/enums.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 import warnings
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
@@ -19,46 +19,30 @@ class StrEnum(str, Enum):
     True
     >>> MySE.from_str("t-2", source="value") == MySE.t2
     True
+    >>> MySE.from_str("t-2", source="value")
+    <MySE.t2: 'T-2'>
+    >>> MySE.from_str("t-3", source="any")
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    ValueError: Invalid match: expected one of ['t1', 't2', 'T-1', 'T-2'], but got t-3.
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_str(
-        cls, value: str, source: Literal["key", "value", "any"] = "key", strict: bool = False
-    ) -> Optional["StrEnum"]:
-        """Create StrEnum from a sting matching the key or value.
+    def from_str(cls, value: str, source: Literal["key", "value", "any"] = "key") -> "StrEnum":
+        """Create ``StrEnum`` from a string matching the key or value.
 
         Args:
             value: matching string
             source: compare with:
 
-                - ``"key"``: validates only with Enum keys, typical alphanumeric with "_"
-                - ``"value"``: validates only with Enum values, could be any string
-                - ``"key"``: validates with any key or value, but key has priority
-
-            strict: allow not matching string and returns None; if false raises exceptions
+                - ``"key"``: validates only from the enum keys, typical alphanumeric with "_"
+                - ``"value"``: validates only from the values, could be any string
+                - ``"any"``: validates with any key or value, but key has priority
 
         Raises:
             ValueError:
-                if requested string does not match any option based on selected source and use ``"strict=True"``
-            UserWarning:
-                if requested string does not match any option based on selected source and use ``"strict=False"``
-
-        Example:
-            >>> class MySE(StrEnum):
-            ...     t1 = "T-1"
-            ...     t2 = "T-2"
-            >>> MySE.from_str("t-1", source="key")
-            >>> MySE.from_str("t-2", source="value")
-            <MySE.t2: 'T-2'>
-            >>> MySE.from_str("t-3", source="any", strict=True)
-            Traceback (most recent call last):
-              ...
-            ValueError: Invalid match: expected one of ['t1', 't2', 'T-1', 'T-2'], but got t-3.
+                if requested string does not match any option based on selected source.
         """
-        allowed = cls._allowed_matches(source)
-        if strict and not any(enum_.lower() == value.lower() for enum_ in allowed):
-            raise ValueError(f"Invalid match: expected one of {allowed}, but got {value}.")
-
         if source in ("key", "any"):
             for enum_key in cls.__members__.keys():
                 if enum_key.lower() == value.lower():
@@ -67,12 +51,20 @@ def from_str(
             for enum_key, enum_val in cls.__members__.items():
                 if enum_val == value:
                     return cls[enum_key]
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid match: expected one of {cls._allowed_matches(source)}, but got {value}.")
 
-        warnings.warn(UserWarning(f"Invalid string: expected one of {allowed}, but got {value}."))
+    @classmethod
+    def try_from_str(cls, value: str, source: Literal["key", "value", "any"] = "key") -> Optional["StrEnum"]:
+        try:
+            return cls.from_str(value, source)
+        except ValueError:
+            warnings.warn(
+                UserWarning(f"Invalid string: expected one of {cls._allowed_matches(source)}, but got {value}.")
+            )
         return None
 
     @classmethod
-    def _allowed_matches(cls, source: str) -> list:
+    def _allowed_matches(cls, source: str) -> List[str]:
         keys, vals = [], []
         for enum_key, enum_val in cls.__members__.items():
             keys.append(enum_key)
diff --git a/tests/unittests/core/__init__.py b/tests/unittests/core/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/tests/unittests/core/test_apply_func.py b/tests/unittests/core/test_apply_func.py
index 1dfc71ed..f5e0a5e2 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/core/test_apply_func.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/core/test_apply_func.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from typing import Any, ClassVar, List, Optional
 
 import pytest
-from unittests.core.mocks import torch
+from unittests.mocks import torch
 
 from lightning_utilities.core.apply_func import apply_to_collection, apply_to_collections
 
diff --git a/tests/unittests/core/test_enums.py b/tests/unittests/core/test_enums.py
index 6ddba5ca..3bd3638c 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/core/test_enums.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/core/test_enums.py
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ class MyEnum(StrEnum):
         T2 = "t:2"
 
     assert MyEnum.from_str("T1", source="key")
-    assert MyEnum.from_str("T1", source="value") is None
+    assert MyEnum.try_from_str("T1", source="value") is None
     assert MyEnum.from_str("T1", source="any")
 
-    assert MyEnum.from_str("T:2", source="key") is None
+    assert MyEnum.try_from_str("T:2", source="key") is None
     assert MyEnum.from_str("T:2", source="value")
     assert MyEnum.from_str("T:2", source="any")
diff --git a/tests/unittests/core/mocks.py b/tests/unittests/mocks.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/unittests/core/mocks.py
rename to tests/unittests/mocks.py