Aperilife featuring Sam Rich
I try to have one-on-one relationships, and I encourage them, because caring about a person and being kind is what I needed when I first came here because I was unsure. I fell in love with an Italian and I had to fall in love with Italy, with the good and the bad. Sam Rich […]
Cooking with Carlotta featuring Carlotta Conti
Life is a combination of magic and pasta, Federico Fellini In this episode, we’re invited into the warm, magical and delicious world of Carlotta Conti, a gifted cooking instructor who originally hails from Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna and who now welcomes guests into her home in the hills just outside of her Florence. Carlotta doesn’t just […]
An Epic Ride featuring Emma Boutcher
“When you’re thinking about moving to a place it’s the people, that’s the most important thing. You get to see how they live, what it actually means to live there versus just staying on the surface. I was drawn to the beauty of this place and then had this immediate sense of what a community […]
Florence First Down featuring I Guelfi Firenze
In this special episode, we dive into the heart of American football in Italy with Estra Guelfi Firenze, one of the premier teams in the Italian Football League. Founded in 2000, the Guelfi have become a powerhouse in the growing European football scene, known not just for their grit on the gridiron, but also for […]
Sharing Secrets featuring Elia Nichols
“I would say that after I did my TED talk in August my life did change in some ways because I think it’s about changing the energy. You put yourself out there, you create new work, and you get seen by different people. You bring different energy to yourself and immediately I got a lot […]
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 […]