Welcome to Vivamost!

Vivamost is an online magazine focusing on events, art, shows, fashion, travel, health, gastronomy, and interviews of personalities from the arts and entertainment and leaders. An important part of the site is about Zurich, Switzerland.

Véronique Gray is French. She has lived most of her life outside of France. She was an expat in Berlin and Frankfurt after almost 10 years in the States. She calls Zurich her home since 2006. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Vivamost. She is an entrepreneur, who opened her first business at the age of 25 in Atlanta. After a BA in history and graduating with honours from the University of Atlanta, she later studied journalism. She has been published in various magazines in Great Britain, Canada, France and the USA. In 2009 she started Vivamost after the birth of her son. In 2015 she opened another business in America while  continuing to run Vivamost. When she is not writing, you can find her painting, a passion she found later in life. So today when she travels she can’t leave without a pencil or her brushes. She also likes hiking, learning languages, going to the cinema, listening to music and meeting interesting people.

Swetha Anusha Goteti is an engineer by qualification and a writer by passion. She is a person driven by curiosity and compassion. Her experience can be measured mainly by 3 dimensions – corporate IT, writing and creative consultancy. Challenges excite her and she lives by Leonardo da Vinci’s quote “Learning never exhausts the mind”. In her free time, she loses herself in loud music and binge-reads on psychology.

Orsolya Farkas Miron

Orsolya Miron is 39 years old, married with two kids. She comes from a bilingual family, Hungarian and Romanian. She has a BA in Linguistics and a MA in Intercultural Communication. After teaching English for 7 years at primary and secondary level, she landed in Zurich, where she had the chance to try out herself during several interesting projects. For the time being she is a freelance writer and painter. Last year she had an exhibition that lasted a month, in Volketswill. She is passionate about digital drawing and acrylic painting. She also organizes a public event for women, once a month. During these events they tackle issues like integration, language courses, job searching opportunities and many other topics that concern minorities in the Swiss society.

Andrea is a business entrepreneur. She set up and ran 4 businesses in 3 different countries. She helps women entrepreneurs design their own balance through her coaching business Andrea Cristancho Int.. She has taught as a Professor. Today she hosts her own events for women entrepreneurs to share strategies and know-how on how to grow businesses. After completing a bachelor’s in International Affairs at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas she moved to China where she lived 10 years. In South Africa she set up  Almas Libres, a yoga activewear company. She is a certified health coach and yoga teacher. She is fluent in Spanish and English, proficient in French, German and Mandarin. Her specialties are Transformation, Business and Health Coaching, Keynote Speaker, Networker.

Shivani Himalaya (Katrin Suter)
After growing up in Switzerland, Shivani Himalaya embarked on a journey of self-search to more than 20 countries, learnt 5 languages and encountered the Himalayan Master Shiva Guruji in India, who made her reach home in herself. Following an intense training with the Master, Shivani became Author, Shiva Dhyan Yoga Master-Teacher, Life Coach & Spiritualism Art Curator. In the past 5 years Shivani exhibited the fascinating Energy Paintings of Shiva Guruji in Paris, New York & Switzerland at more than 25 Art Exhibitions. With enthusiasm to share about the universal wisdom from Himalaya, Shivani spoke on French TV IDF, Swiss TV Schweiz5, Swiss Radio SRF 1 & published more than 5 articles in France and in Switzerland.

Rosa Sangiorgio

Rosa Sangiorgio is an Independent Advisor and an expert at scaling investment methods that generate positive, socially responsible and environmental welfare impact in addition to a financial return. During her 22 year career she worked for several European Financial institutions in the area of Wealth Management and Private Banking.
Just before becoming independent, she was Head of Sustainability and Impact Investing in the Investment Management team of Credit Suisse until January 2020. Rosa is also a CEFA charterholder and TEDx speaker.

@Zoriart Photography

Maria was born in Greece but spent most of her life living abroad. She studied Political Science and Media and Communication at the London School of Economics and worked alongside the Greek Minister of Finance for 3 years. However, it was wine that captured her heart and became her passion. She is passionate about making wine accessible to everyone and loves teaching about it through fun yet informative seminars. She holds the WSET Level 3 certification and will be starting the WSET Diploma soon. In April 2019, she founded the Geneva Wine Society. She organises wine tastings and wine events in Geneva as well as online. Maria has lived and worked in various countries over the past 20 years and is a proud mom of a very active 3 year old boy.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/genevawinesociety
Instagram: www.instagram.com/vinum_lore_ & www.instagram.com/genevawinesociety

Adelina Stefan is a licensed Career Coach and Intercultural Facilitator specialized in the areas of International Human Resource Management and Intercultural Communication. She helps expats professionals achieve clarity in their career goals, enabling them to increase their self and intercultural awareness and formulate their unique career blueprint.  Having a vast expertise in recruitment, selection and training and development, her core areas of work are: CV tuning, LinkedIn optimization and networking, executive search, interview (simulation) coaching, and intercultural training for expats’ adaptation into the host culture. Adelina is a dual citizen of Greece and Romania, and lives in Zürich, Switzerland for the last five years. Holding a Master Degree in Sociolinguistics and Intercultural Communication, she also specializes in translations and interpreting, being fluent in English, Greek, Romanian, and German.  www.adelinastefan-ttc.com
www.linkedin.com/in/adelinastefan www.facebook.com/adelinastefanttc

Letitia Petrache is an experienced marketing strategist working with start-ups and established businesses to develop meaningful brands that empower women. Romanian born but with a global mindset, she moved to Lausanne 6 years ago on an international assignment and enjoyed the Swiss life-style so much that she decided to stay. Letitia studied originally Political Science and Sociology and worked in political communication before making the switch to marketing. She also studied Innovation & Design Thinking and Digital Marketing, to further develop the skills needed to challenge the status quo and invent the new. She’ll always have a passion for politics and the heart of an activist for human rights, diversity and gender equality. 

You can contact her by email at letitia@womenworks.co

Charlotte Julien is a French specialist in organic dermo-cosmetics and Co-Founder of M&O Naturel. First qualified as a midwife. Her skin-care creation was inspired by her son who suffered from eczema.  After failing to find a suitable and natural product Charlotte decided to test various formulations using oils and butters. The eczema fully healed  within 3 months. After this success she decided to retrain in organic cosmetic formulations. In 2014  she launched her own skincare range with co-founder and husband Dennis. The goal of M&O Naturel is to create products to help people achieve healthier skins using the best natural organic ingredients.  www.monaturel.ch  http://www.facebook.com/monaturel

www.moncosmetics.net (blog) www.instagram.com/monaturel

Cécile Schniter has a coaching praxis on the lake of Zurich. Coaching sessions are exclusively offered in German.
Head : Unconventional, analytical thinker
Heart : strong, empathic
Roots : 2 decades of business and leadership experience
Cecile Schniter Beratungen www.cecile-schniter.ch
Instagram account cecile_schniter_beratungen
LinkedIn account Cécile Schniter 

Liz Le Feuvre set up Swiss Blue jewellery three years ago and is inspired by the colours and textures found by the lakes and mountains in Switzerland. She enjoys creating pieces that are attractive and enduring, using high quality materials and stones, and loves to make jewellery that makes YOU feel special everyday! Free shipping is offered throughout Switzerland. Photograph by @malinthunstrom

She is a Portuguese interior designer and personal organizer living in Switzerland since 2016. Organizing and decorating is her passion. She keeps herself updated by studying a lot to bring more knowledge and better results in the future. She is a mother of two.

Antonis Foskolos was born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece and is a graduate of La Chef Levi. After working and training at 5 star hotels for 3 years, and motivated by his passion for the culinary arts, he decided to move to Athens, a leading European metropolis in gastronomy. He can currently be found doing what he loves at Emelisse Nature Resort located in Fiscardo, Kefalonia where he is the Executive Chef and on YouTube @antonisfoskolos where he is providing instructional videos for some of his favourite recipes.       
 

Born in Budapest, Viktória Tóth is an expat in Zurich with 2 young children. She is an entrepreneur and cake designer at NYERS. She is a plus size model and event organizer with 11 years experience. She is also an explorer and an wanderer of freedom. IG : @nyers_zurich

Featured image Tóth Viktória – copyright Krisztina Lowack. – Fashion designer @adambrodyzurich

Yadolah Dodge was born in Abadan, Iran, and is a Swiss citizen. Along with a full-time position as Professor and Chair of Statistics at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, he made three feature documentary films:  Turicum: Das ist Zurich (2014), Dear Son (2018) and So ein Theater (2019).

Faye Hofmann is qualified in Fashion Design and Colour Analysis and has worked as fashion designer, trends consultant and personal stylist. Since she started in the fashion world 20 years ago she has had much experience translating fashion trends into successful styles for large corporate retailers, boutiques and individuals.

Currently operating out of central Switzerland, one of her of her greatest joys is using her expertise to help others look and feel their best.

To learn more about what colour & style can do for you, visit www. fayehofmann.com

Samantha is the founder of SatiHouse Coaching & Trainings in Zurich, Switzerland. She loves sharing her passions in life: adventure traveling, discovering hidden streets and secret doors, enthralling with stories, tasting new mouth-watering foods, and teaching Mindfulness.
For the last two decades, she lived in over a dozen countries representing Switzerland as a Vice-Consul and passionately travelled to over 75. She has successfully concluded several studies along the way (tourism & hospitality/crisis & emergency management/Life Coach & Mindfulness Trainer). She moved back to her home country 3 years ago and settled in the vibrant city of Zurich, where she teaches Mindfulness and hosts private specialty tours of the city.

Melitta is a business and communications coach and founder of the Driven Female Entrepreneurs Club community and podcast. Melitta’s experience comes from 25 years working in communication, marketing and leadership.While her expertise lies in business, having been her own boss for 12 years, Melitta understands that being successful takes a lot more than a perfect plan. Melitta lives in Switzerland with her husband and two daughters, while serving clients around the world. She is also a committee member of the Geneva Communicators Network, TEDx Speaker Coach and leads the Swiss Riviera LeanIn Business and Entrepreneurship group.

Zori Art Photography

Christine is an interior designer with almost 20 years of work experience in the furniture industry. She is Swiss and lives in the Sarganserland area. She is the owner of Localia. Interiors. Her life is beautified and enhanced by traveling (being independent, exploring and discovering, beautiful landscapes, nice holiday apartments, being a big fan of Ireland, savoir-vivre in France and dolce vita in Italy), music incl. small fine live concerts, design & architecture anyway. She loves finding special, sometimes odd living accessories and furniture, finding them at flea markets, at small and large design fairs (meeting the makers!). And of course her love for Stuttgart, meanwhile her second “home base”, her dears and friends, her assistant alias cat Miles, a lot of laughter and the pleasure of her job.

Ann is an accomplished NLP Master Practitioner and Lightning Process® Practitioner. She is also an educator for home-schooled children. Before qualifying as a practitioner, Ann and her family lived in New Zealand for many years. She was a private French teacher and ran a piano service business with her husband.

Anila comes from Karachi, Pakistan and has now lived in Geneva, Switzerland for over 17 years with her family and three children. She is a national level gymnast, an AMI Montessori Educator and social impact entrepreneur. Having strong roots in the east, she is aware of the challenges that a girl comes across in more traditional societies and is committed to using her western education and free thought to support and empower women all over. She is the CVO ( Chief Vision Officer ) of her fashion brand SHENANNZ, which she founded with her sister

Born in Kashmir region of India, Sunita travelled across globe for her education, profession, business and Passion. Her broad mindedness and the way she was raised always helped her accept things differently and welcome the changes for betterment of the society. Sunita has launched Basel’s 1st official Tea Room in February 2020 with plans to offer all Indian Teas. With the kick off of 1st Store in Switzerland, she plans to start Chai Delivery in Switzerland and bring on board a new concept of offering piping Hot Teas in homes.

Basman Derawi is Palestinian, was born in Kuwait and lived there for two years before coming to Gaza. He lives in Gaza. He is a physiotherapist for the Ministry of Health in Gaza.He thinks of writing as space where can he escapes, the most place where he can feel free. He writes in both Arabic and English. Basman began drafting stories and poems few years ago and is inspired by his questions, music, movies and people with special needs.One of his dreams as a Palestinian is to share and show Palestinians’ real faces as they struggle and work for their rights. He also loves to read, cook, and play video games and basketball.

Michelle is Swiss with English and Italian heritage. She is a mother of two children (23 & 19) and she lives on the Albis with her 3 dogs. She has worked for more than 25 years in real estate and interior design. She is the owner of PetitBox, where she walks her clients in creating their dream spaces.Her passions are nonfiction books, psychology, history and business podcast. 

Monique Damp is an Australian who is passionate about travelling, giving recommendations, learning and meeting people. As a child, she moved to Hong Kong but returned to Australia for her studies, finishing with a degree in Media and Communications. Her strong wanderlust has taken her too many countries including working and traveling in Canada for 2 years and returning back to Hong Kong to work for 1 year. Now, she is an aspiring blogger, continuing her desire to explore new countries and share her experiences with others to help them with their own trips.

Anna Decosterd was born in Poland and grew up in Morocco. She became Swiss by choice and she is married to an Italian. There are three things she particularly likes in life: meeting nice people, telling stories and eating. She gathered these three passions in a blog, My Sweet Seagull, which is a collection of recipes and discoveries. It is said that the Amerindians thought that finding a seagull feather was an authorization from the Gods to do what they want. She offers herself this space of freedom and creativity.

Claire Hauxwell is an American who has been living the global life for over a decade. She has a degree in supply chain management, but has found her passion in writing. She is a blogger , freelance writer and aspiring author currently based in Zug, Switzerland.

Paulina Kostrzycka co-founded NUME-Lab, a Swiss skincare firm which provides Halal skin care products. She is 34 years old, has polish roots but has been living abroad for the last 25years. She is married to Italian and have two Chinese cats. When she is not working on NUME-Lab, you can find Paula running or biking around Walensee where she lives. She is passionate about travelling and discovering the world, one of her dream is to open an animal sanctuary. Before founding NUME-Lab she worked in different fields of supply chain within international corporation in Italy, China, Belgium and Switzerland. Her education background is Chinese language and culture, business administration and project management.

After a career as an International showjumping rider and horse breeder, Fiona gave it all up and changed direction several years ago after fracturing her spine in a riding accident. After years of study and research into health hacking and the healing benefits of herbs she became the founder and Botanical formulator of Swiss Toniq, a unique skincare brand specialising in natural anti-ageing and problem skin using ancient medicinal plants.British born Fiona has been living in Switzreland since 30 years. It has become her mission to help women look and feel younger, without going down the surgery route, while educating them about the dangers hidden in their everyday beauty products.

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Beatrix studied architecture and urban design in Budapest.
Today she lives and works in Switzerland where she founded an online art gallery, ARTODU, to support emerging Hungarian artists.
In 2018 she started publishing her short stories online, mainly for her friends, both in English and Hungarian. She writes in her two blogs ARTODU ART BLOG and BEATRIX KOCH BOOKS about art, culture and interesting stories.
In 2019 she started to study creative writing at the Peterfy Academy.

After 10 years in HR at IBM and DuPont, Steph Fonteyn’s life took an unexpected turn when she was diagnosed with postnatal depression. Hitting rock bottom was an invitation for introspection that nudged her to recreate her life with passion and purpose. Today, Steph Fonteyn is an internationally exhibited Swiss-based British artist, TEDx speaker and Founder of Collaborative Art®

Ruby Bakshi Khurdi is a multi- Award Winner International Inspirational Speaker. She has a Doctorate in Business Administration and an MBA with specialization in Human Resources. Her teaching focuses on strategy implementation, leadership development, team spirit and quality management. She is an educationist & humanitarian at heart. She likes doing charities and helping needy people. She is invited to various international platforms as keynote Speaker, conduct workshops & podcasts on topics related to Communication, Human Values, Leadership, Women Empowerment & Emotional Intelligence. Ruby comes from India and lives in the canton of Vaud with her husband and two children.

Uli Van Neyghem is a German born professional artist and free lance art journalist living in the Geneva region. In her paintings she creates serene atmospheres, using acrylics. Taking her inspiration from living in Switzerland, her contemporary renderings of Swiss cows or mountain animals have become signature collections. She is also co-founder of Collaborative Art™, creative team building and live art entertainment worldwide.
Instagram: @ulivanneyghem
www.ulivanneyghem.com

Natacha Veen was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1983. She got a Bachelor in graphic design at Ecal, Lausanne in 2008. She is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer and the creator of the brand Let Me Fly since 2008. 
Her Instagram : letmeflynatach

Sandrine Larive is a slasheuse in personal development : certified professional coach, practitioner in Hypnosis and NLP, retreat organizer, artist, public speaker, article writer.

Website: https://kyriellecoaching.com

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrine-larive-b2944a16/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/sandrinelarive

Renée is an internationally acclaimed Naturopath & Homeopath based in Zurich. Originally from Australia, she completed a double health science degree and has since worked in a dozen countries as a Naturopath. She specialises in Homeopathy, working with individuals to overcome, trauma, anxiety, PTSD and insomnia. Renée makes Naturopath Organic Tea blends which are for sale online and also prescribed in consultations. She is passionate about nature providing all that we need to live in balance and harmony with ourselves and in our environment. http://www.reneeblanchardt.ch

Rachna was born and brought up in India and now lives in Zug with her husband and 3 children (11 & 6 years old twins). She moved to Sydney in 2003 where she lived until she moved to Switzerland in 2018. She worked in the Education sector in Asset and Project Management until she moved to Switzerland. Now she runs Indian workshops for kids and adults in her own kitchen. She started learning German. She enjoys traveling across Europe, swimming, doing yoga and taking quiet serene walks by Lake Zug.To keep up to date with meal ideas and recipe requests check Rachna’s Instagram profile #indianvegcookclass and her Facebook profile @IndianVegetarianCookingClassZug

As an “Empowering Guide,” her sole purpose through Ayurveda is to accompany and educate every single person who comes to her to walk the path of self-health empowerment. Through various ayurvedic tools such as nutrition, lifestyle, spiritual coaching, manual therapies, herbs and practices like pranayama, meditation & mantra she educates her clients to comprehend the subtilties in their physical body, mind & soul to live a meaningful, healthy and fulfilling life. Visit her website 

Maria moved to Switzerland in 2013, shifting from a 10-year career in banking in Athens to a full-time mom of 3 children. She grew up traveling extensively around the world, with a significant part of her childhood spent in Dubai. After the birth of her 1st child, Maria realized that the internet platform economy was booming in most fields except in parenting services. Focusing in particular on the need for finding things to do with small children, Maria took an entrepreneurial turn and partnered up with a team of developers to design Momizen.com, a technologically advanced web application for finding fun and educational things to do with kids on-the-go. Maria holds a degree in Psychology and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Kent, in Canterbury. She loves reading, traveling, watching movies, sailing, surfing, skiing and can often be seen cycling around her neighbourhood with her children in Canton Schwyz.

Rose Haechler Galle is he founder of Fire-works pottery & arts in Duebendorf.She founded the pottery studio more than 14 years ago.She encountered the concept of offering a walk-in paint-your-own pottery studio in the U.S. She and her two now grown children used to live in Seattle and could often be seen painting
pottery at a local studio there. Italian pottery is now available as complete kits, either by drive-by pick-up outside the studio at
the Untere Geerenstrasse 2, in Dubendorf, or even by delivering outside customers’ door! Delivery in the Winterthur, Duebendorf, Zurich area is free, from 30km minimal fee of chf 10+- call +41 76 55 90 118. http://www.fire-works.ch

Kate Parkyn runs a bespoke travel business with her husband Dave. Working to be an inspiration to her 2 children and passionate about family time, travel, adventure and all things outdoors, especially cycling, golf and yoga.  She is an avid cook who loves to experiment and see how she can up the nutritional content of things we love to eat! Excited about providing her clients with first class customer service and the peace of mind that comes with knowing that everything is being taken care of. She can be reached in Switzerland at 079 638 9752 and in the UK: 01962 454 480 or per Email go.supreme@notjusttravel.com. Check her website https://gosupreme.notjusttravel.com/

Solenn Carnaille comes from Brittany, Western France, and has been living in Zurich since 2016 with her husband and their 2 year-old son. After several years working in project management, in Tokyo and Paris, in design and packaging communication agencies, she came up in 2017 with the desire to embark on entrepreneurship. She started Petit Detail, a company which make special laces. All Petit détail laces are designed by Solenn, made in France and are in cotton; waxed cotton for leather shoes and premium cotton for sneakers. All laces are suitable for men, women and with her catalogue of 31 different laces, you can definitely find a pair for every occasion. Her online shop  has beeen live since October 2018.

Monique is an experienced therapist/ coach trained in hypnotherapy and other rapid transformational techniques. (EFT and RTT). She has helped countless people free themselves from pain and re-create the live they want without drugs or outer manipulations.
Having suffered from physical pain for years and overcoming it as well as a host of related health issues, she wants others to get more “Life out of Life” too.
She holds a Master’s degree in Education obtained during her former career as a lecturer. After doing most of her schooling in Canada, she moved to France and then to Montreux, Switzerland where she now lives with her husband, two adult daughters and two cats. She works locally face to face and internationally via zoom in both English and French.
https://neuropeak.ch/

Ilana Jankowitz is originally from South Africa and has been living in Switzerland for 11 years. She is based in Zurich.
She is a Certified Mindset Money Coach and NLP Practitioner. he is the founder of Mindful Money Coaching, helping women in business unblock their money and increase their Magician Archetype. She utilises many fascinating tools and exercises in her coaching. Each one is designed to support her clients with the inner work required to understand how their money stories were created. With this newfound knowledge they’re able to heal and transform their stories, and bring abundance, clarity and joy into their lives and work. 
Having undergone her own money coaching transformation, Ilana is a coach that really walks her talk in every way. She’s extremely passionate about her work and her clients, and loves nothing more than to go above and beyond in supporting their ongoing transformation. 

If you’re ready to change your money relationship and get yourself and your business out into the world in big ways, take Ilana’s Money Type

Lori Castelnuovo, has been in the travel and tourism industry over 15 years with experience in luxury hotels and meeting planning companies. As an experienced traveller herself, she knows how to take an experience from ordinary to extraordinary. Her goal is creating experiences that stay with people so they may travel with ease, efficiency and enjoyment!
Please follow her at –
Instagram – http://instagram.com/travel_by_lac
Facebook – https://facebook.com/travelbylac
Linkedin – http://linkedin.com/in/lori-castelnuovo-9556684b
Website – http://www.travelbylac.com

Sefora’s journey of self discovery and spirituality started when she left everything behind, travelled to India to live in an Ashram for over 3 years. Back in Zurich she started to pursue a career in marketing and realized thereafter that she needs to work in the spiritual field as well.

Soon thereafter she completed the Reiki Master levels, as well as her Yoga Nidra teacher training and her EFT Professional Course. She is also a very passionate blogger and podcaster and loves to help people achieve their goals through marketing and mindfulness. In May 2020 she founded her own business called Cosites, marketing coaching & branding. For 1:1 Sessions follow her on Instagram and or contact her on seforacuoco@gmail.com

Ági Bärlocher was born in Budapest, Hungary and later raised in Germany. She started working in major corporations such as Microsoft and BMW, before changing to the digital business for DoubleClick and Google. At age 35 she decided to start a new career and work in Interior Design, which later led her to founding her own company Teepee Friends for teepee sleepover parties in Zurich and beyond. Finding the balance between being a mother, having her own business and working 50% for a children’s magazine is a rewarding challenge so worth tackling every day. 

Vanessa Martin Randin is a Communications specialist with over 15 years of experience working in international organizations in Switzerland. She holds a BA in Music from the University of Western Ontario in Canada and an MA in International Relations and Strategic Studies from Lancaster University. A keen photographer and traveler, she currently runs a cooking business with her husband, The Randin Chef.

Julia Peters, also known as @_antimodel_ is a writer, blogger, social activist and charity events organizer. She is cooperating with influencers in Switzerland and abroad. Julia teaches how to develop business and private Instagram pages at numerous online webinars

Visit Julia’s page https://www.instagram.com/_antimodel_

Danielle is an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry and a mom of 4. She has been creating tailor made tours and experiences throughout Italy and Switzerland since pioneering her first travel start-up, When in Rome Tours (link: www.wheninrometours.com) in 2006. She and her family now reside in Ticino where she enjoys connecting remarkable people & experiences at www.basecampeurope.com

Martina Famos is a Swiss counsellor. She is goal-oriented counsellor and creates solutions to motivate people to take counselling and to help her clients achieve their goals.
​For over ten years she had her event production company and for several years co-owned and managed the production for an international action sports publishing company with employees from 11 different countries. Over the course of her life she has been studying, fair-trading, working on humanitarian projects, or traveling for sports events in many countries such as Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Austria, Sweden, Thailand, China, Japan and New Zealand. At forty, she changed her career to become a private counsellor in the Engadin Valley

Anya Willis is American and lives in Michigan. For most of her childhood Anya struggled with her weight. In school, she was bullied because of it, and it wasn’t until she took a yoga class in college that things started to change. Anya now uses her knowledge and love for yoga through FitKids to help kids find physical activities to keep them happy and moving.

Hayley Milne Payne is a passionate, classically-trained Graphic Designer, originally from London. She completed her Masters in Creative Arts Business and got her first break working in the marketing team for Chelsea Football Club. She relocated to Switzerland in 2007 and worked as a brand manager and Creative Services Manager at top sports marketing agencies. She is now an independent creative designer, consultant and technical trainer.

www.craftychameleon.ch or follow her on Instagram and Facebook. 

Tithi Pandya is a breast cancer survivor, living in Gland, Switzerland, since 2014. She comes from India. She is a fashion designer graduate. After her cancer she strived to create a fashion clothes brand that gives more choices to women like herself and also a brand which can relate to women of all ages, colour and body structure!

Maya Ramati Grossi is an American citizen with German/Polish roots. She
grew up in Switzerland and obtained her Bachelor’s degree in
Communications from Boston University. She obtained her MBA later on while working at Glion Institute of Higher Education. With over twenty years
experience in education, Maya comes from an artistic family. Her father was a writer, producer, and filmmaker, and Maya and her mother acted in his films, contributed ideas, and helped with promotion. Maya’s passion is writing. She lives above Vevey with her daughter and husband.

Cathlene Bell has fifteen years of experience in the publishing industry, with expertise in intercultural and inter-religious content. She holds degrees in Communications and Global Peace & Justice Studies from Felician University in the US. She is a survivor of high-control groups and of domestic violence, and relishes using creativity to support both herself and others in transitioning from mere surviving to genuine thriving. She lives in Epalinges with her two sons. She is also the host of the podcast Create Imperfect Anyway.