Hi, I’m Ana Carini Seiford.

For years, I built my life around others — through work, marriage, motherhood, and constant relocation. Eventually, it caught up with me. Burnout. Identity loss. Emotional disconnect. I needed a reset.

Everything shifted when I discovered the power of slow, not as a lifestyle trend, but as a way of moving through change. Slow gave me space to rebuild my voice, my values, and the direction of my life.

Now, I help others do the same. Through Sojourn and my work, I write about reinvention, slow philosophy, and how travel can reset the way we live and work.

If you’re starting over, or simply ready to realign with what feels true, you’re in the right place. This space is about building a life that’s more sustainable, more intentional, and more yours.

You can find me elsewhere on LinkedIn, Substack, and Instagram.

How I’m Here to Support You

I believe in clarity over noise—and in one guiding question:

“How do we begin again?”

Through my work, I help people and brands rebuild with intention—drawing on travel, design, and storytelling as tools for reinvention.

Here’s how that takes shape:

  • Reconnecting to self — through reflection, emotional clarity, and lived experience.

  • Redefining success — unlearning performative, rushed, or predefined paths.

  • Creating from wisdom — turning experience into meaningful stories, offerings, and work.

  • Working with freedom — building businesses and brands aligned with values and place.

  • Living slower — using travel, rest, and presence as practices for growth.

  • Choosing consciously — in how we live, build, and move through the world.

Much of what I share is rooted in lived experience—my own, and that of the people I’ve had the privilege to walk beside.

My work blends slow philosophy, reinvention, design, storytelling, and conscious entrepreneurship. Through it, I offer grounded insights and practical frameworks to help you create meaningful change in how you live, work, and show up in the world.

How I Got Here

After years of adapting and trying to keep up, I discovered the power of slow. Not just in pace, but in mindset, in choice, and in how we shape our lives.

Slowness taught me to pause, pay attention, and value depth over speed. Real clarity doesn’t come from constant motion, it comes from presence. And real success doesn’t need to be loud or fast to matter.

But I wasn’t only seeking rest. I wanted a slower, more intentional life that could still hold ambition, reinvention, and the transitions that come with moving across countries, careers, and stages of life.

Because when you slow down enough to hear yourself again, everything aligns, your values, your vision, your voice, your self.

That’s how I got here. And that’s why I now help others rebuild with intention—using travel as a tool for reinvention..

About Me

I’ve reinvented myself more times than I can count.

Brazilian by birth. Italian at heart. American by choice. Asian by happy fortune. My life has been shaped by heritage, motherhood, global moves, and a career in creative direction for brands like Oracle, Four Seasons, and The Ritz-Carlton.

But somewhere along the way, I lost myself in the roles I played—burnout, identity loss, emotional disconnect. So I did something radical: I paused.

In that pause, I began asking deeper questions: What do I want now? What does success mean to me? How do I rebuild slowly, honestly, on my own terms?

Writing was my way back. That’s how Sojourn began—first as a Sunday letter, now as a growing platform and private membership for those navigating transitions of their own..

Here’s what I believe:

  • You don’t need to go faster—you need to go truer.

  • You can build something meaningful without burning out.

  • The way you live and work should reflect who you are now.

  • Freedom means more when your work moves with you.

If you’re in the in-between—personally or professionally—you’re not alone. That’s exactly where your Sojourn begins.

Let’s connect: You can find me on LinkedIn and Instagram.

~ Ana