“We need to change our relationship with time because we really see time as our enemy. It’s never enough and sometimes we get angry because we know we don’t have enough time. We would like to have 30 hours of time and not 16, there is always this frustration. What we can do is repeat to ourselves that we have time, and this daily slowness tool will help you do what you need to do and more.” Sandrine Kom
In part two of my conversation with the incomparable Sandrine Kom we dig deeper into her SlowLife Coaching and SlowLife Yoga work and she homes in on how we can be nicer to ourselves, learn to listen to our inner child – the little voice inside that we typically ignore – and tune in to it as a way of meeting our deepest needs. Sandrine also imparts methods we can utilize, aided by technology, to bring more mindfulness and slowness into our daily lives.
We also speak of how she transforms Stressed out Superwomen into Zen Superwomen by offering strategies on setting boundaries and abandoning the guilty feeling of it never being enough.
Finally, we talk more about the importance of digital detoxes and being in nature, her retreats, workshops, interactive conferences and team and community-building activities that show concretely how a culture of slowness enables us to work better, find more work life balance, and to make peace with time
Sandrine Kom Biography
Sandrine Kom was born and grew up in Paris before moving to live and study in Berlin for over 12 years. In 2000 she moved to Florence, where she still resides, and currently divides her time between Florence and Paris. Sandrine graduated from Berlin University in Communication Sciences and Economics and obtained her diploma as a Nutrition Coach at the Centre de Formation à Distance (CFD) in Brussels. She completed her Yoga Teacher Training at “Yoga Garden” in San Francisco. In addition to English, she is fluent in French, German, Russian and of course Italian! A Parisian in love with Tuscany, her adoptive home is where where her love of food, yoga and nature led her to create FiloCIBOsofia Slow Life which grew and became “Slowlife Coaching” and “Slowlife Yoga”. Sandrine has offered her experiences through Airbnb for many years, won several awards, and received over 700 positive testimonials. Furthermore, in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, she and five other Italian hosts were selected (out of 5,000 experiences) by Airbnb as they diversified their model from in-person to online experiences. She also offers experiences to companies where she focuses on increasing the wellbeing of their teams and people. In addition to a range of SlowLife Retreats and Experiences, she also supports Stressed Super Women to become Zen Super Women, and accompanies CEO’s and Managers in need of rest, dreaming of slowness and time for themselves.
With Slow Life Yoga, Sandrine has also participated in the television programs “Casa Beau” for RTL 4 Netherlands and “Best Weekend/Chianti“ for Nove Warner Bros. Discovery Italia.
Links
http://www.slowlifecoaching.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrine-kom
https://www.facebook.com/SlowLifeCoachingSlowLifeYoga
https://www.instagram.com/slowlifecoaching_slowlifeyoga
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe4xzHmfloofDwZCkm6Jrlg
2025 Retreats
https://www.quietluxury.it/2025-events_en/
Recorded at Musikalmente Firenze
Podcast Editor: Andrew Niklas Curtis
Production Intern: Ava Lees