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Naval Ravikant · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Taught me the leverage of media and code. His thinking guided me to what I'm building now — She Films Society, Proof of Habit, and my channel, The Girl Who Mastered Herself.

Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching

Made me realize I was never really Catholic — just raised in a Catholic home. Taoism is what resonates: I feel most aligned with the universe when I'm in flow with the way things are, especially in nature.

Sadhguru · Inner Engineering

His Inner Engineering program and its five rules ground me more than religion ever did — they're what I reach for in conflict. Staying consistent takes a daily practice, like a morning church: Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya.

Eckhart Tolle · The Power of Now

The present moment is all we ever have. When I accept it fully — lovingly and gratefully — suffering disappears.

Gabrielle Bernstein · The Universe Has Your Back

Introduced me to the law of attraction. Thoughts become things — visualize it, feel it as already done, keep unconditional faith in the universe, and it delivers, if not something better.

Abraham Hicks · Daily morning videos

The grandmother of the law of attraction. Two of her videos every morning remind me: vibration precedes manifestation, bad days are part of the ebb and flow, and it all works out in the end.

• Morning meditation
• Everything is always working out for me

Peter Thiel · A single question

His question — “If you have a 10-year plan, why can't you do it in 6 months?” — shattered my sense of timelines. It took me from never having built an app to launching Proof of Habit.

Louisa May Alcott · Little Women

One of my favorite books of all time. The March sisters taught me that a life that feels mundane while you live it isn't — every life can be a masterpiece; someone just has to decide to write it.

Greta Gerwig · Little Women

Taught me to pay attention to what I'm genuinely curious about — what I love — and to make things about that.

Virginia Woolf · A Room of One's Own

Her writing pushed me to write about my own life, however ordinary — it's why I kept a daily diary for 70 days. And if I love seeing inside another woman's mind, maybe someone out there will want to see inside mine.

• My 70-day diary

Anne Shirley · Anne of Green Gables

A fictional character who changed how I see the world. She gave me my whimsy back — to keep my imagination wild as I grow older, and to notice the beauty all around me.

James Clear · Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits changed my life. I think a life you want comes down to two things — the law of attraction and habits — and Proof of Habit's framework is built on his ideas.

Priya Parker · The Art of Gathering

Changed how I bring people together — gatherings become meaningful through intentional design. These days I'd rather host something small and intimate for close friends than anything big.