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I was living in a beautifully designed flat in a trendy neighborhood in Hackney. I spent at least one weekend a month jet-setting to a different city in Europe. But, I didn’t feel like myself. I didn’t feel like I was truly embodying my calling. It didn’t take long for me to hear it again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65401e64fb9425159a1c581c/1698700902787-GXA72B5NII74Z8YIGV24/1_FoiYXjvpNGXvTu-ClvqeaA.jpeg Thought Leadership - Gentle Ambition is Radical Ambition - This injury meant my evenings were no longer spent doing yoga. So instead of vinyasa flows, I turned to productivity. I spent my evenings crouched poorly over my computer, typing emails, creating presentations, needlessly checking Instagram. This led to an acute case of repetitive strain injury, an injury that affects millions yet is so subtle and often not taken seriously. A shoulder and arm injury that made it difficult to spend more than 15 minutes at a time typing on the computer or on my phone. 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