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Olivia Anelise, Democratic Republic of the (2026)

Hi, I’m Olivia — a creative, traveler, and retreat host passionate about building meaningful connection and experiences that bring people back to themselves. After years of living abroad, moving between countries, and searching for a deeper sense of community, I realized how transformative it can be to step outside of our routines and into spaces where we feel fully present, inspired, and supporte

d. Through storytelling, travel, wellness, and retreats, I share moments and experiences that encourage slower living, self-discovery, creativity, and human connection. I’m also the founder of ANILA — a retreat and community project created to bring people together through intentional experiences around the world. Currently based in Mexico and always inspired by nature, culture, movement, and the beauty of everyday life.

02/08/2026

July 🌺

This month has been a whirlwind.

I took on responsibilities I never imagined I’d have, said “see you later” to our life in Puerto Escondido and the friends who made it feel like home, packed everything up once again, brought Prim back to the U.S. (after just bringing her back four months earlier 😫), and found myself trying to make peace with a life I never expected to be living.

It’s been one of the hardest seasons of my life, but somehow, in the middle of all the uncertainty, I’ve found so much comfort in the simple things: picking raspberries from the garden, wandering through forests and herb walks, filling our kitchen with local produce and farmers market finds, kitty cuddles, soaking up our final days in Puerto with some of our favorite people, watching the World Cup in Mexico, and, most of all, spending time with the people I love.

These moments have reminded me that even when life feels completely turned upside down, there is still so much beauty to hold onto. And more than anything, I’m just so grateful to be here—to have another day, to be surrounded by people I love, and to experience these little moments that have carried me through one of the most difficult chapters of my life. 💜

13/07/2026

Exactly five years ago, I returned to Guatemala. I had visited once before, but this time something shifted. It became the beginning of a completely new chapter—the start of living abroad, embracing a nomadic lifestyle, and trusting a path that led me to a life I never could have imagined. ✨

Looking back now, I don’t think Guatemala changed me.
I think it gently peeled back the layers of who I thought I needed to be until I could finally recognize myself again.

There was something about waking up to volcanoes, wandering through local markets, eating food grown from the earth, spending my days outside, and moving at a slower pace that allowed my entire nervous system to soften.

This country reawakened something in me that had been quietly waiting to be remembered. It reminded me of the little girl who felt most alive in nature, fascinated by color, drawn to nourishing food, medicinal plants, creativity, and a slower way of living.

Little by little, I let go. Of control. Of fear. Of who I thought I needed to be.

I fell back in love with my natural self—messy hair, no makeup, bare feet, clothing that felt like an extension of the earth, and a life spent mostly outdoors.

Somewhere along the way, I started hearing my own voice again.

Now, five years later, life is bringing me back once again. After everything life has asked of me over the past few months, returning feels less like visiting a place and more like coming home.

It feels incredibly full circle that I now have the opportunity to share this place with others.

This November, I’ll be returning to Lake Atitlán with a beautiful group. My hope isn’t to recreate my experience, but to create the space for each person to have their own.

If Guatemala has been quietly calling your name, comment ATITLÁN and I’ll personally send you all the retreat details, along with a special community offer. 🌋💙🇬🇹

08/05/2026

For the first time, I chose to spend my birthday in silence. No calls. No pressure to respond to texts. Different from the years before, where I felt the need to always be available to everyone.

This past year has felt like a shedding. Like a version of myself I once knew is slowly falling away, making space for the woman I know I am becoming.

When I started this year, I didn’t know what to expect. Life lately has felt full of uncertainty and change. But I did know I wanted to fully give myself to hosting my first retreats and see what that experience would bring.

What it brought was a deeper trust in myself.

This year didn’t always feel big while I was living it, but looking back, it truly was.

I visited Puerto Rico — my fatherland — for the first time alongside my dad and felt instantly connected to the island.

I spent weeks traveling through Thailand before eventually boarding a flight to India to deepen my practice at an ashram. Through mantra, kirtan, movement, and community, I found parts of myself again. My voice. My body. My trust.

I’m grateful for this year — for everything it revealed, stripped away, and gently guided me toward.

It hasn’t been easy, and I’m definitely not “there,” but slowly, I’m becoming the woman I’m meant to be. 💫🫶🏼🌺

#33

04/12/2025

Bangkok really surprised me. 🇹🇭

Asia had been whispering to us for a while, but Thailand honestly wasn’t high on the list. I thought I’d go back to Bali… maybe India… maybe Vietnam. Thailand was just kind of there in the background.

Then one night we found one-way flights to Bangkok and something in us just said, “Why not?” No plan, no logic — just a feeling we decided to follow.

The last couple months were insane: Chicago, Puerto Rico, hosting my retreat, Oaxaca, packing up our things, bringing Prim to my mom’s. Four flights in four days. By the time we landed in Bangkok, I was completely sick — the kind of tired that makes your whole body slow down whether you want to or not.

We booked this tiny old shophouse in Chinatown with zero expectations. And after spending a week here, Bangkok has surprised me. It’s loud and chaotic but also weirdly comforting.

I love the monks walking in the mornings, the fruit stands everywhere, the random pockets of calm in the middle of the noise. I still don’t “get” Bangkok, but maybe you’re not supposed to.

Somehow this messy, unplanned, exhausted arrival feels like the softest beginning. A beginning I didn’t even know I needed. 🧡✨🛕

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