About Me:
Naturalist, alchemist, civic media visionary, shadow wanderer.
TV Host of the weekly Smart Sustainability Show. Visionary of a groundbreaking, emerging civic media network tapping into the intelligence of the many.
My Journey:
At 5 years old, I knew: there was a land I'd go to become a broadcast journalist. When hearing the land's anthem, I cried for no reason. That land was America. My trajectory though was everything but straight. - Following the path of the soul never is.
As a 6 year old, I negotiated with the Gypsy king to protect my father. I've seen American Jewish Holocaust survivors and Persian Shah emissaries visit my Grandpa's showroom; sold interiors to Dubai's Burj Al Arab hotel and St Moritz high society. Encountered communism and capitalism:
Born near the Iron Curtain into a porcelain dynasty, my bio was rooted in faith, wide cultural exposure - and opposites.
It entailed heritage, craftsmanship, connection, exquisite quality on one hand - loss, trauma, revival, re-invention on the other.
A living dialogue between worlds: easily moving between spiritual and physical. Seen and unseen. Light and darkness. High and low. A purity of spirit held by a Love deeper than life.
Career Path:
I started my career in luxury goods, moved to Paris, earned an MBA, then followed my heart, became Mom and took a different path.
Worked on 5 continents as executive, entrepreneur, innovator, organizational transformation trailblazer and international broadcaster (DW, France24, NHK World).
Learned from failure and successes - and never lost sight of my inner guidance. A place I never felt alone.
Elegance is the code I live by, curiosity what drives me, and a rich inner world that moves me. Comfortable in my own skin, I believe:
"Work is Love made visible", Khalil Gibran
What distinguished my path was a realization that I had consistently followed my heart. I was a shadow wanderer transcending realms. Where others fragment, I integrate.
What I do:
I'm devoted to reconnecting people with Nature - our spiritual origin; the belonging we seek, and the self mastery we carry. Bringing forth the divine inner spark so beautifully carried by the American story.
Co-creating our future is the next evolution of human skill. My work creates spaces for civic and personal transformation toward this skill.
Why?
To become true to our human heritage, our full potential and consciously create prosperity aligned with Natural Law in tune with Source.
The future needs myths, and people brave enough to become them.
Speaking German, French, English, Spanish and cherishing the language of Creation - will you join?
On a personal note:
I lived 1000 lives. Died 1000 deaths.
My personal journey was letting go of illusion, trauma, old belief systems and deep roots - one by one.
Growing up as a child near the iron curtain in a family that survived the largest expulsion in history in WWII - it shaped my outlook. Exposed to the dynamics and tension of enemies early on, I inherited shadow wandering from my maternal and paternal sides.
Fascinated by international dynamics, I learned that when tension is greatest - synchronicity kicks in:
In 2000, I followed my husband to America and saw the best and the worst ... American myth and reality. - And loved all of it.
If you know a bit about numerology, you might intuitively understand:
11 is a prevalent influence in my life. 11 = 1+1=2 means making peace with duality; 11 also means a double 1. Herein lies the paradox.
11 holds twice the strength of the 1 -- independence, freedom, willpower, as well as nervous tension & illuminating natural insight.
It brings together polar forces of life: A strive for independence vs need for collaboration. Sensitivity / vulnerability vs fierceness of will. Reconciling a will to die with a will to live. - Powerful forces! Out of which come new life.
For the first half of my life, I oscillated between opposites: poverty and wealth. Creation and destruction. Independence and co-dependence. Inner higher knowledge vs feelings of shame and guilt. Diametrically opposing emotions.
By focusing on one aspect – I felt I'd negate the other, thus deny a part of myself. What I was really doing was integrating and metabolizing different sides. A skill that enables me today to synthesize opposing viewpoints while still holding on to my own.
To see the world not in black and white, but as a unit of the two. To not negate good or evil, but see how opposites make the physical world visible.
To really understand and heal, you have to go through its opposite - light cannot be seen without darkness.
Arriving in the US, contrary to what I had expected, I encountered strict hierarchies; people afraid of just about everything: the weather, the Sun, the wind, the rain.
Having faced personal issues - I was forced to create my own path ... And discovered: This is where America shines.
It forces you to self-realize; throws you back to yourself; teaches you to change your circumstances out of your own inner power. That is America's promise; its beating heart and fertile ground.
Pure power of transformation. Which is why Miracles will always be an American Affair. It's in our DNA.
An invite for all of us, knowingly or not.
I re-invented myself, several times over. Each time shedding another layer I no longer was. That, too, is unique to America.
Changed industries, sectors & outlook. Wherever my inner voice told me to go - I went. What felt to me like detours; felt to others like I was traveling on a magic carpet, with every piece contributing a vital part to what I'm doing today:
Connecting the dots about ourselves, nature, the future and the world we want to create. Anchored in the Good, the True and the Beautiful.
My own journey brought me full circle. At 50, I took the jump and do what I always wanted to do: Writing, media hosting & pioneering.
That's America. The Beautiful. No country does it better.
