Her path to adventure and personal freedom wasn’t a smooth one though. Following the guidance of her parents and teachers, Susanne tried hard to fulfill the typical expectations: school, university, a „safe" job with benefits.

 

She went to high school, worked three jobs and successfully studied business administration – all in an attempt to fit in.

From an early age, Susanne did things differently: Where others talked, she produced results. Instead of rules, she followed her goals. Her creative and sometimes stubborn think-bigger attitude finally secured her a leading position with one of Europe’s largest discount supermarket chains. Supervising over 200 staff, earning a six figure income and working not 9-to-5, but 16 hours a day, Susanne had achieved everything her colleagues, friends and family called success.

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Looking for purpose and meaning in her life, Susanne took a sabbatical and set off for South America – on her own. For three months, she traveled along the Amazon River, in the Atacama Desert and through the jungle of Ecuador. It was a life-changing time that put things into perspective and became the start of Susanne’s transformation: from living someone else’s life to becoming the creator of her own.