I picked up The Time to Live Method expecting another book about productivity. It turned out to be almost the opposite.
One of the first scenes stayed with me: the author is standing at her kitchen window late at night, overwhelmed by all the small things she hasn’t managed to do — including sewing an ear back onto her daughter’s stuffed bunny. From the outside, her life looks completely fine. Inside, she feels as if she is failing at everything: motherhood, marriage, work, and her own dreams.
That detail about the bunny sounds so small, but that’s exactly why it works. Most of us don’t suddenly realize we’ve lost ourselves because of some dramatic event. It happens somewhere between work, family, responsibilities, and all the things we keep promising ourselves we’ll get to later

There are people whose books you want to read even before you know what they are about. Not out of fanaticism or blind trust, but because of the experience of knowing the person.

I know the author personally, she is my teacher and I have had the opportunity to observe how she lives, learns, works, and generously shares her knowledge. What I value most is that her words are consistent with the way she lives. There is a rare honesty in that and it creates genuine trust.

She is always interesting to read. After every meeting, lecture, or book, you are left with more than just information , you are left with thoughts that continue to work within you and often lead to new insights.

So when her new book came out, even though I didn’t yet know what it was about, I already knew one thing, it would not be empty. There would be something meaningful to take away.

And perhaps this is not about believing that an author is someone who never makes mistakes. It is about trust the kind of trust that is built and confirmed through experience over time.

I write these words to my teacher with genuine respect, gratitude, and all my heart. I would recommend her work to anyone who is looking for meaning, knowledge, and the experience of a deeply educated person who never stops learning and generously shares what she discovers.