About Us

Dear readers

At Vivamost we believe that life is beautiful and each human being is important and has the right to be happy. But life is not perfect and it often comes with tough moments and challenges that most of us have to deal with and conquer in order to move forward in our journey to happiness.

Therefore we exist to provide the inspiration and the pragmatic solutions that help people find their inner strength and harmony needed to grow, become their best selves and make the most of life. Because this is the only way to truly advance in our pursuit of happiness.

I came to this conclusion after many personal battles and inspiring experiences.

I am French citizen and have spent the last 30 years abroad. I lived in Atlanta for almost 10 years where I got a BA in history and opened my first business at the age of 25. Then I was an expat in Berlin and Frankfurt where I studied journalism and started freelancing for various magazines. I call Zurich my home since 2006. I followed my husband at the time here for work. 

And after three years I made the bold decision to go from freelancing to creating my own online magazine. Unfortunately one month after the launch of Vivamost, I was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer in Stage 3. I decided to continue despite the chemotherapy and the radiation and my work for Vivamost saved my life at that time. I also got a lot of power and inspiration from the stories of others who were going through the same challenge and this is when I realized the importance of sharing.

This was not my first battle unfortunately. For 10 years I strived to have children and underwent powerful treatments such as hormones injections, IVF, ICSI and ICSI with frozen embryos. It was tough, I had many ups and downs but I finally succeeded and welcomed my amazing son in my life. Just like many other couples out there, many of whom go through it all in silence.

In 2015, I started another business in the United States (from Switzerland), which lead me to a deep burn-out. Working about 70 hours a week and forgetting a work-life balance brought me into a deep dark place. I couldn´t think, sleep, concentrate and had lost interest in life. I decided to go to a burnout clinic to find solutions and to get help. There I discovered a new passion and more, a way to survive. Art therapy helped me relieve my stress and my deep sadness. I started painting and never stopped since. Not only it helped me during that burnout but also through the following years of chronic pains, which have been with me now for 30 years and the loss of dear ones. ART made wonders and it gave me a new way to enjoy life.

I consider myself lucky for having managed to go through so many life challenges and for having discovered ways to enjoy life. And I know there are so many other people who go through similar experiences or who just need to find what makes them happy. So, I made it our purpose at Vivamost to be a source of information and powerful stories with real solutions and ideas, to help people find their inner strength and harmony to make the most of life.

We have exciting reportages, interviews, vodcasts, opinion pieces and «how to do» articles, great videos and photography, all created by experienced editors and expert contributors.

We’ are happy to have you with us in our journey and we hope to be a part of yours.