Licia and I met two years ago in the South of France, at just about this time of year. She was on vacation at Camellas-Lloret, and I was in the region working on a project. We immediately hit it off. Both former fashion-industry-now-wellness-girlies, we bonded over meditation, yoga and the paths that had brought us there.
At the time, Licia was working on her first CIAOMONDO 24-hour wellness experience, and I decided that I needed to go. So I booked tickets to Milan and later recounted the experience (along with some of my favorite places in the city):
ciao Milano & my #1 TikTok tip 🛵🇮🇹
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October 17, 2024
It’s 6:16 a.m. on a Sunday, and here I am, writing to you from the patio of my hotel room. I know, it sounds a bit crazy, but I’m in Milan for a Wellness Week, and yes, events are already in full swing at Ciao Mondo's 24-hour immersion experience.
Two years later, the Licia I sat down with for this podcast is in a very different place.
After an incredibly difficult year, she leans into a vulnerability I hadn’t seen when we first met. She talks openly about the end of her 16-year relationship, rebuilding her life and how her definition of wellness has evolved along with her.
Because wellness, as she describes it now, is about learning to recognize what you need right now. Including in her experience, eating cheese when she has needed comfort, even though she is a proud vegan. She wanted the freedom to understand what she needed and why.
The CIAOMONDO Wellness week is coming up, here is more information.
Enjoy our podcast and happy August 15th, more on that in my next Substack.
xx,
JJ
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