I don't like labels I've been thinking about how often we change the words we use because different words make us feel more comfortable. The reality stays exactly the same; only the language changes. Lately I've seen more and more people calling themselves imperfect vegans, and every time I read those words I find myself asking the same question. What does that actually mean? I don't ask because I believe anyone should be perfect, I certainly don't think I am. I make mistakes

pics credit: https://www.instagram.com/illuminatingems/ There is something I notice often when people talk about unhappiness. Not all sadness comes from the way we live, life can be complicated and sometimes pain arrives for reasons that have nothing to do with our choices. But I believe that a large part of the dissatisfaction people carry comes from somewhere else: from living a life that is not aligned with who they are, what they value and what they truly want. When somet

Yesterday I wrote a comment on Instagram that generated a few reactions: I basically said that someone who is not vegan is not really practicing yoga. As expected, some people disagreed. The interesting thing is that I was not talking about postures at all. One of the greatest misunderstandings of modern yoga is the belief that yoga and asana are the same thing. Asana are postures, movements, a physical practice that can improve strength, flexibility, balance and wellbeing; t

I wrote this article one year ago while I was still working in corporate. At the time, I had no idea that a few months later I would be laid off. I never published it because I was afraid of what people would think. Today I'm taking part in Anne's No More Playing Small challenge and it made me realize how often I've kept my thoughts to myself simply to avoid disagreement. So here it is. Reading this article today, I noticed it wasn't really about Agile. It was the first time

Over the past few months, I've spent a lot of time reflecting on where Equanima is going and, more importantly, on the kind of impact I want my work to have. Growth has a funny way of forcing difficult conversations with ourselves: sometimes it asks us to admit that something we once enjoyed no longer feels aligned with our values. Sometimes it asks us to let go of a direction that made sense at one point, but no longer represents who we are becoming. That's exactly what happ

I rarely talk about myself on this topic: not because I don’t have a method, but because I don’t believe in universal methods: every body is different, every life is different. 2026 Healthy and beautiful Laura But some things are not opinions, they are facts and ignoring them is exactly why people stay stuck. This post is about that. I have never been obese but after pregnancy, something shifted; or maybe it didn’t. Maybe it was just the moment when social media started shapi