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I’ve delayed my holiday greetings because I’m well aware of the traditional digital rules: stay upbeat, stay consistent, and always stay “on.” Social media is a gallery of curated perfection, but life isn’t. Life is filled with unexpected twists, curveballs and betrayals. After a quiet Christmas here in Vienna, I was hit with a  sucker punch that has left my heart broken and my future plans in free-fall. It is a stark reminder that while technology accelerates, human biology remains the same. When the rug is pulled out from under us, we can’t act like computers and optimize our way

The Pause and the Space in Between: Dispatch from Varanasi India has a way of rearranging you. I came here for a project bringing embodiment into international education, and decided to visit the one Indian city that has called me for years: Varanasi, the city of life and death. It’s the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world — a place where dawn begins with conch shells and dusk ends with fires on the ghats. And within hours, I understood why I’d been dragging my feet on giving my German translator the rewrite she requested. I realised the woman who

The interview with me on Lou Hamilton’s Brave New Girls podcast is now live. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6szimCKcDQ8QsUQQtvQVNLOn the podcast, our conversation goes straight into the heart of my new book Embody: The Power of Presence in an Age of Distraction. She asked some wonderfully real questions about who I am and what brought me onto this very unusual path. And also a question many ask me — does everyone need to go through what I did? The answer, happily, is no. Everyone’s journey is unique. The important thing is to make sure you’re on the right path. How do you know? Listen to the

Today’s edition is special. Next Tuesday, 18 November I’ll be the featured guest on Lou Hamilton BRAVE NEW GIRL ‘s Podcast Brave New Girls – Well Beings, Well Planet. Lou is an artist, author, filmmaker, and quiet revolutionary whose show spotlights women “moving mountains for the wellbeing of people and the planet.” Being invited into that lineage was deeply humbling — and a lot of fun. We’ll be talking about my new book, Embody: The Power of Presence in an Age of Distraction, and the unlikely breadcrumbs that led me here: childhood, a decade of deep shamanic teachings, cancer, and

This week I’ll be attending the Lisbon Web Summit for the first time. Seventy thousand people. All doing extraordinary things with technology and AI. And me — a self-confessed Summit newbie — walking into a sea of techno with just my body intelligence, wondering: what can I offer? Then I remember: I have a kind of intelligence that no algorithm can imitate. It’s not in my head. It’s in my body — more precisely, in what I call my second brain.  Finding a Kindred Body Recently, I got to talk with Philip Shepherd, whose work on embodiment I’ve admired for years. I was so relieved to find someone

In the midst of the insanity of AI takeovers, there is one thing certain. We all need to connect with our humanity. This is why, after teaching embodiment to CEOs, founders, and very stressed grown-ups, I’m bringing it to the place that needs it most… schools. On 15 December, I’m bringing the magic of embodiment to the American Embassy School, New Delhi in a three part series to help teachers, parents and students find practical ways to help children stay centered — without moving to the mountains or banning screens. And there’s a hint … it will be fun, too. It’s time

Surfing the waves of change There are so many things happening in my life right now that I can barely keep up. I have a sense of catching a wave — and paddling fast to stay balanced on it! After a whirlwind few months of travel — the USA, then London for my book talk, then Italy where I’ve been preparing ideas for a future cookbook — I’m finally home in Vienna. For the first time in weeks, I have two glorious weeks at my desk. The first thing I wanted to do was write to you.I’ll share more about everything

Coincidences get my attention. I see them like a stock tip—whenever they show up, I know something interesting is just around the corner. Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of them, which feels right since I’m standing at a crossroads. Crossroads can be scary because they signal change. The tricky part about change is that to let something new into your life, you have to make room for it. That means letting go of the old and navigating a period of not knowing before anything  arrives. “Not knowing” is a place our minds really don’t like. We’re so biased against it

Summer is upon us, and with it, a powerful sense of transformation is in the air—not just in the world around us, but in my life, too. We’ve recently moved from Italy to Vienna, I have an exciting new cookbook coming out next year, and I’ve just returned from a whirlwind conference and workshop tour in Finland. It was an incredible experience introducing my book, Embody: The Power of Presence in an Age of Distraction, to the Finnish business community. My talks and workshops were filled with open-minded entrepreneurs who embraced the concept of embodiment with the same fervor they embrace their beloved nature. At the