My Path to Purpose – A Series of Dots
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once said in a Stanford University graduation speech, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So, you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” My story is evidence of that and I am keen to share the story of […]
The Road Home
I’d lost count of how often that nagging question ambushed me. As I did every workday, I charged down the narrow road to the highway to work, my brain on fire. Not with ideas and energy, but with a morbid calculation that had become routine. So routine that I’d even gone through my old college […]
Leaders, The Shaman of a Paradigm
Nanoseconds often define our lives. These short moments steer us in a new direction of change with no return. They are often turning points and guide us to live a life with passion and purpose – without even intentionally knowing it. Nothing will be the same. These breathtaking moments lead us into transformation for an […]
Two Good Reasons
My first life ended on November 24, 2006. I had spent the morning at school, where I had been doing my legal clerkship as a teacher for half a year and was looking forward to the evening. The graduation ceremony of my old girls’ school was on the agenda. After 20 years, we should all […]
What Are You Waiting For ?
What has to happen for you to truly love, show and stand behind yourself? When life deals out tough cards! When I was 6 years old, my father committed suicide. He was 44 and diagnosed as bipolar. His only relief was to leave this planet. And then life changed for me overnight. The evening my […]
A Call to Adventure
Without knowing it, my quest for purpose started one sunny afternoon in the back garden of a small house in Aix-en-Provence in southern France. It was spring, and I was 20 years old. I had finished military service and then spent an exciting and fun winter skiing in the north of Sweden. Now I was […]
Evolution of Me
Chapter 1. Love. My brother was swimming when I was 5, and my father was taking me to the swimming pool, too. From time to time he was taking me to the small kids’ pool, and I was showing to him how well I could swim. I noticed how adults swam, waving their hands as […]
Life Changing Situations
There is a flower that means a lot to me. The sunflower. Read its name. Sunflower. A flower to the sun. “Tournesol” is the French name for sunflower and it literally means “turning to the sun”. In reality, sunflowers are always turning their heads to where the sun is. I am not the first one […]
Moving from Legal Grounds to Solid Ground
When I was in my early 30s–– a lawyer living in Los Angeles––my professional life took an abrupt turn. I had great communities of friends, was making a good living, and had a clear career path and a successful financial future laid out ahead of me. But I wasn’t happy. This wasn’t the path I’d […]
Finding my purpose – My journey towards my true self
In 2011, I was recommended a three-day leadership program, the Self Managing Leadership, run by Oxford Leadership. I was very reluctant. Looking at the framework for the course, I could see that part of the process was defining an inner compass with values, purpose, and a vision – working with barriers. With a bit of […]