Moving, Flying, Change, and Lessons for the En Route with Host Sylvia Winter
In this solo episode, Sylvia shares what prompted her to move her family and three kids across the ocean to Switzerland. She digs into the challenges they've faced, her house rules for change, and three strategies she's developed for a happier, healthier, and more grounded approach to change.
Sylvia also responds to listener questions about her past, her current career ambitions, flying in Europe, and much more.
About Sylvia
Sylvia’s love of art and design and mobility flourished in her impressionable 20s. She holds a Visual Arts from Brown University, and a Master of Landscape Architecture and a Master of Design Studies from the Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. During these years, she studied one year at Rhode Island School of Design, the Pacific Northwest College of Art and an impressionable two terms in southern France at L’Ecole des Arts in Lacoste. The peripatetic nature of these years fed a deep curiosity of places and people and the spaces that define them. It led to work and design research in mountain cities: Bariloche, Kyoto, Bilbao, Lausanne and Palmer, Alaska, and others, where the landscape plays a role in the character of the place and spirit of the people.
Topics Include
How COVID helped Sylvia reset and prioritize
Moving across the ocean to Switzerland
Sylvia's 3 house rules for change
How travel clarifies the essentials in life
Morning self-care
The magical power of decluttering
Professional pivots and creative work
A reading list for change
Books Mentioned
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing* by Marie Kondo
How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be* by Katy Milkman
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones* by James Clear
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know* by Adam Grant
The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move* by Sonia Shah
*No affiliate links. These are purely books mentioned or recommended in the conversation. No kickbacks received.
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