I've always wondered whether the destination waiting for us might be very different from the one we imagined when we first began. Last week, I wrote that rhythm carries us from where we are to where we hope to be, one small step at a time. But what if reality turns out to be richer than we imagined? Ba Na Hills gave me my answer. Before we went, I had done my research. I knew we would visit the famous Golden Bridge, and I knew there was a French-inspired village on top of the

Last weekend, we spent four days exploring Da Nang, Hoi An, Ba Na Hills and Hue as a family. I left each place with a different observation about human performance! This article is the first of four reflections inspired by that journey. Like most family trips ours too began with some chaos, flight schedules, hotel check-ins, keeping two teenagers happy, deciding what to see first, adapting to a new city, and trying to make the most of four short days. By the end of our first

Mountains have never really been my happy place. Give me an endless coastline, the sound of waves, or the horizon, and I instantly feel at home. Until Sapa. Walking across a glass bridge above the clouds and standing on Vietnam's highest peak, I experienced something I had never quite felt before. My heart felt more open. My mind felt quieter. And suddenly, the problems I had been carrying no longer seemed as heavy. The problems hadn't changed. My reference frame had. Problem

There is a question that has been following me during my first week in Hanoi. As a coach trying to understand what shapes the way we think, work, recover and perform, spending time in a different environment has given me a fresh perspective. I've been paying closer attention to time allocation, energy ROI, financial choices, and creating space to live, learn and reflect. Between coaching sessions, business meetings, a Vietnamese cooking class, discovering local supermarkets

Every year around this time, something interesting happens. This is the fifth year my family and I have chosen to spend part of our summers living and working in different countries. It has become one of our favourite ways to learn, grow, and experience life from a different perspective. Our suitcases are almost packed. The plans are in place. And still, I wonder why I feel a level of anxiety alongside my excitement... Problem: Preparation Doesn't Eliminate Uncertainty

In a few weeks, I will be leaving Vienna and spending several weeks in Asia. When people hear that, they usually imagine the trip itself. The flights, the cities, the experiences. But what occupies my mind these days is something entirely different. Preparing future workshops and coaching sessions. Planning blog content. Working on business development. Creating space for new collaborations and projects. Then there is preparation at home. Creating routines that will support o

Personal and professional life quality is often biological before it becomes psychological. The more I observe high-performing professionals, the more I believe this. We spend a lot of time searching for better strategies, greater clarity, and more motivation. Yet sometimes the real advantage is much simpler: The lifestyle architecture carrying our life and career. Problem: We tend to think success is primarily psychological We talk about mindset, confidence, resilience, and

I have to admit something honestly. As a business owner managing many things on my own, as a mother of two, and as a professional carrying both business and family responsibilities, I do not attend professional events as often as I would actually like to. But every single time I do, I leave with the same thought: I should do this more often! Last week at ViennaUP 2026, during co-moderating the stage at Tech Summit-Road to Global event, I found myself reflecting once again on

I’m a huge fan of "The Diary of a CEO" podcast by Steven Bartlett. And this episode with Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman was one of the most mind-expanding conversations I’ve listened to in a long time. One sentence especially stayed with me: “You are not one person in one brain.” I thought about periods in my own life where I deeply wanted transformation while simultaneously resisting it. Leaving architecture behind. Building a new professional identity. Moving co

For years, my relationship with food moved in cycles. Moments of discipline. Moments of letting go. At some point, I knew I needed to redesign the whole system in order for it to work for me. I removed gluten. Shifted to two meals a day. And I changed the order of how I eat inspired by what I learned from Jessie Inchauspé, the Glucose Goddess. Starting with vegetables, continuing with protein and vegetables again, then carbohydrates, and finally sugar. In six months: bett

I’ve been noticing a pain pattern across industries and leadership levels, an overload of written, polished exchanges paired with a decline in authentic verbal communication. Technology, especially large language models, are amazing tools when used mindfully. Yet somehow, they have made it harder for professionals to structure and host truly meaningful conversations, the kind that build trust, resolve tension, and move things forward. Just the other day, during a coaching s