We are not getting younger. That’s simply reality. And yet sometimes it feels as if we are all quietly competing with a former version of ourselves. As if the goal is to look like we did at twenty-eight instead of becoming more powerful at thirty-eight. The last time I was in Paris, something caught my eye. In a very cool, very hip restaurant, the hostess wasn’t twenty-three. She was older. Impeccably dressed, calm, completely at ease. She wasn’t performing youth or trying to

Last year in Ibiza I did a horse coaching session with Guardian Horses . I had no big expectations. I think I just felt curious. It turned out to be one of the most intense experiences I have ever had. There was one horse I immediately felt drawn to. I cannot explain it better than that. She just felt calm, beautiful and solid. At some point during the session I noticed that every time I stepped into the shadow, the horse gently pushed me forward into the sun. Not aggressivel

I didn’t plan on writing about this book. I had tried to read it before and never really made it through. It felt heavy, layered, something I didn’t quite have the space for at the time. Looking back, that already said enough. When I picked it up again recently, I didn’t start with the intention to finish it. I opened it somewhere in the middle, in a chapter about creativity, and came across a passage that stopped me. Not because it was beautifully written, but because it fel

I’ve never really understood the rush of January, the sudden urgency around New Year’s resolutions, the idea of a “new me” and the pressure to plan, reinvent and optimise the year ahead. Every year we are told to set new goals and habits at exactly the moment when winter seems to ask for something entirely different. Not for beginnings, but for endings. For rest. For me, winter has always been a time to slow down, to reflect and to turn inward. Nature does the same. Animals

Last summer, I spent some time at Chiva-Som , a wellness retreat in Thailand that approaches health in a very intentional, holistic way. It’s not a place of extremes or rigid rules, but one where everything is designed to slow you down. It’s all about a gentle rhythm: movement, rest, nourishment, and reflection that brings you back to the human basics. From the moment you arrive, you’re invited to be more present. Meals are thoughtfully prepared, treatments are personalised,

I have been back from the Cotswolds for a few weeks now, but it is still one of those places that keeps coming back to me. You know how some destinations are beautiful, but others actually change your pace, your mood, your nervous system almost. This was very much the second. Everything felt softer there. Greener. Slower. One of the first places that really stayed with me was Bibury. Yes, it is photographed endlessly and yes, Arlington Row really is that pretty, but if you g