LIVE / STYLE / SHIFT

In September and October, our focus at LIVE / STYLE / SHIFT centres around a single, powerful concept: authenticity as the ultimate means to honour our personal needs and limits. This conversation naturally ties into World Mental Health Day and the recent inauguration of our Virtual Space for Emotional Well-Being. That space remains open all year long as a quiet haven where you and anyone you care to invite can deepen self-knowledge, explore emotional needs, and honour person

Pop culture loves the suffering hero. We celebrate the overnight successes who endured unimaginable hardship, believing that pain is the ultimate forge of character. But for years, I’ve been wondering: is it actually necessary to suffer in order to grow? Or can real, lasting transformation happen in mild, encouraging circumstances? What if what doesn’t kill you doesn’t make you wiser or stronger, but just leaves you uncomfortable, exhausted, and running on empty?

It was my mom who unconsciously inspired me to take “the road not taken” and become a Style Coach™, even when my path seemed already decided and headed toward a brilliant career in human resources. But it wasn’t the style itself that called me. It was the inner confidence and self‑knowledge that come with it because style, for me, is not about expensive things or extravagant treatments. It takes so little, financially, to feel better in your own body and so much desire and de

Summer has always had a particular rhythm for me. Not the “slow down and disconnect” rhythm we often associate with holidays, but a softer, more spacious one, a rhythm that opens room for curiosity, exploration, and deeper study. When the world pauses a little, I can move differently. People are on holiday, requests soften, interruptions fade. The heat itself creates a natural boundary: you simply can’t spend the whole day outside, so you begin to look inward: you read mor