Since I was little it has been important to me to help others and contribute to people's well-being. I was a shy, chubby girl, and very insecure about myself. I felt like I didn't fit in, that I wasn't important, and that other people around me were prettier, smarter, or better than me. 

At 33 years old I managed to be on the executive committee of a German multinational company. I had a good salary, good friends and we lived in Switzerland. My family was well and everything was “ideal.” Although I had achieved everything I had set out to do and what in my perspective would make me immensely happy, it was not like that. I felt unmotivated in my work, lacking purpose, with many questions in my mind. I was always busy and fast-paced all the time. I felt that I should achieve greater things, that I should also be a better wife, mother, daughter, friend. I demanded too much from myself, I didn't recognize my achievements, my effort, my talents. My dissatisfaction was increasing, and this led me to an existential crisis. I knew I needed a change, that I was missing something, but I had no idea what it was.