Catching up with Girl in Florence featuring Georgette Jupe
“At the time I really felt like I was living my best life in that sense. I was meeting people, I loved Italy, the chaos, the food, and being pushed out of my comfort zone. In the US, I think sometimes especially where I grew up, you can live in a bubble. You’re in your […]
Minobossi: Made in Florence with Love featuring Monica Bonaiuti
“It’s important to give possibilities for conscious buying because nowadays people know very well what’s behind an object and they don’t buy it because of a logo but because they want to know what’s really behind these two, three pieces of leather. There must be something that gives the buyer a sense of fairness, of […]
Time, Again: A digital detox story featuring Sandrine Kom
Time, Again: A digital detox story – and a new way of being for solopreneurs, leaders, and seekers featuring Sandrine Kom Last month I participated in a retreat led by Sandrine Kom that aimed to transform stressed out superwomen into Zen superwomen. I embraced the opportunity, shut off my phone, and spent a glorious weekend […]
Pivoting for Success featuring Donna Scharnagl
A lot of people say, I want to go to Italy, I want to go to Tuscany, I want to live there and then they get here and they’re like, oh, I didn’t realize it was going to be so hard. Yes it is hard, and a lot of times I just trudged along anyway […]
Writing Florence featuring Lori Hetherington and Monica Sharp, The Florence Literary Society
The real value of the Literary Society is that information exchange and sharing. When you sit down at your computer or with your notepad or notebook, it’s a solitary activity, but so many other aspects of writing involve others. Whether it’s brainstorming an idea, getting feedback on a first draft, finding a beta reader, or […]
Beauty with a Twist featuring Louise Olko
What I look for in my street photography is the expression of people in everyday situations, their stories, something that’s got a little twist to it, that’s open-ended, so that people can step into a space and finish the story. Louise Olko Join me and this week’s guest, Louise Olko, photographer, figurative painter, and sculptor […]
Italy in Vermont featuring Lisa DeNatale
“A lot of Italian immigrants came to Vermont to work in the granite and marble quarries, and they were actively recruited because they were skilled stone cutters from Carrara and other parts of northern Italy, and they settled in Barre. Many other immigrants followed, and connections and businesses started. They came to work on the […]
A Renaissance Woman featuring Paola Vojnovic
“I think we’re all immigrants, we’re all travelers, especially in the world today, and our job is to make those travels – no matter how big or small – as interesting as possible, as enriching as they can be for our soul, for our mind. I think this is the only way for us to […]
A SEAT AT THE TABLE featuring Catalin Varela
I was studying how different cultures and countries approach gluten-free eating and what sort of impact that has on our quality of life, for example being able to socialize via food with other people. I felt more welcomed and included in Italy than I had ever felt anywhere else which was huge for me. Catalin […]
An Extraordinary Life featuring Amira Makhlouf
I want to talk to young women leaders, activists looking for their life purpose, women who are facing challenges, who want inspiration, or who are suffering from mental health issues. In this life we all need inspiration, we need tools. That’s why I’m doing this. Amira Makhlouf on the upcoming EXTRAORDINARY SPEAKERS Conference When you meet […]