Acknowledgments
This book was written during a year full of high highs and low lows, and if
it wasn’t for the following people, you wouldn’t be holding this beautiful
collection of thoughts and inspiration in your hands today! A big thank-
you to:
Malin Eklund, Hannah Widell, and Amanda Schulman at Perfect Day
Media for believing in me from day one and convincing me to turn the
dream of this book into a reality. ank you to my book agent, Philip
Sane, who made sure we ended up in good hands, and to Alexandra
Lidén, Åsa Karsberg, and Kai Ristilä from Bonnier Fakta for amazing
patience and hard work. Writing a book while traveling is not easy, and
countless hours of meetings, e-mails, and phone calls with them, from all
corners of the world, resulted in these pages of love. ank you to my
good friend Joyce Husken for giving me a hand with cooking and recipes.
A huge thank-you to my friend and teacher Alexis Martin for helping me
perfect the yoga section of the book, and to Ben Kane for our beautiful
photos.
I want to thank my parents for giving me the courage to go my own
way and for always believing in my dreams no matter how crazy they
might have seemed. Thank you to my teachers and students for everything
you do for me every day and to my followers all across the globe for
continuously inspiring me to do my very best.
Last but never least, thank you, Dennis, for everything you do each
day. For pushing me to continue writing even when I was lacking
inspiration, for creating space for me to work in peace, for taking care of
everything that needed to be taken care of so that I could write without
distractions. I wrote this book mainly in our kitchen at home in Aruba, at
airports all over the world, during yoga retreats, in Brazil, in the United