A. Older · Anna Older

I don’t teach people how to live.

I create tools that help you hear yourself and decide for yourself where to go next.

this is how I live — you decide for yourself

Get to know me The book
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Photo 1 · Author Blue dress, Cartagena, light wall, arch
Photo 2 · Life A real conversation in a bright lobby, not looking at the camera
Photo 3 · Movement Walking down a street or along the waterfront, camera from the side or behind

A little about me

Mother of three. Once — an office and life on someone else’s schedule. Now — remote work, living with my kids in different countries, and my own projects.

I’m not perfect, and I don’t intend to pretend I am. I try to build a life that doesn’t follow a template, and I show what comes of it. That’s how my own approach took shape, and then a system of guideposts: a book, notebooks and, soon, an app.

and who knows what’s still ahead of me…

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what everything else rests on

Exciting Philosophy of Life

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Start with yourself

Change begins not with the world around you, but with how you see yourself and what you feel inside.

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Your own wishes, not someone else’s

Telling what you want apart from what others expect of you.

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Life is dynamic

Quality of life isn’t a set of right answers, but movement you can track and adjust.

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Exciting Philosophy of Life

or The Path to Yourself…

where it all began

Exciting Philosophy of Life

or The Path to Yourself…

A book about understanding this life better and making sense of yourself without lecturing: with examples from real life and a practical exercise at the end. In it you’ll find things you may never have thought about before.

On Amazon · coming soon Russian edition on Litres

a few lines from the book

“I think many of you have heard about crises of one age or another. You should definitely have heard about a midlife crisis…”
Chapter 3
“The soul always knows in what body it will live its earthly life. Our souls themselves choose their body, gender and life events in order to learn the lessons they need, and mentor souls correct, if necessary, the life you have chosen.”
Chapter 7
“You need to learn not only to talk to children, but also to negotiate. This is very important. They are the same members of our society as you are, only younger. If you don’t come to an agreement with them, then the period of simple subordination to you will end very quickly. No compulsion is forever.”
Chapter 13
“It’s not at all necessary that the first person you think you loved will be this unconditional love. This is a stereotype imposed on us by society.” “…we absolutely don’t deceive each other, when we say ‘I love you’ to more than one person in our lives. We, indeed, to some extent, love everyone to whom we pronounce these words, and are ready for further cooperation in the form of creating a family.” “…one of the motivations for creating a family can be love, but not always.”
Chapters 14–15

first on paper

How a philosophy became a system of guideposts

My philosophy was never meant to be a set of rules for others. It’s my own approach to life. Over time, it grew into a system of guideposts — a book, notebooks and, soon, an app — that help a person hear themselves better and choose their own direction.

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Book

Philosophy and my own approach, put into words. The trial print run of the Russian edition sold out.

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Notebooks

A goal notebook and the author’s diary “Start with Yourself”. The trial print run of the Russian editions sold out.

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App · coming soon

Lead your Dream™ — a system of guideposts that’s always at hand.

First reviews from readers of the book and buyers of the notebooks · Russian editions

4.9 · 13 reviews · Wildberries and Litres

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Litres · book · July 24, 2024
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Wildberries · book · March 2, 2026
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Wildberries · goal notebook · December 15, 2025
Review screenshot: Wildberries, author’s diary “Start with Yourself”, December 15, 2025
Wildberries · author’s diary “Start with Yourself” · December 15, 2025
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Wildberries · book · January 9, 2026
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Wildberries · goal notebook · January 9, 2026
Review screenshot: Wildberries, author’s diary “Start with Yourself”, January 9, 2026
Wildberries · author’s diary “Start with Yourself” · January 9, 2026
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Wildberries · goal notebook · January 9, 2026
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Wildberries · goal notebook · December 11, 2025
Review screenshot: Wildberries, author’s diary “Start with Yourself”, September 30, 2025
Wildberries · author’s diary “Start with Yourself” · September 30, 2025
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Wildberries · goal notebook · September 30, 2025
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Wildberries · book · January 16, 2025
Review screenshot: Wildberries, book, December 31, 2024
Wildberries · book · December 31, 2024

Coming soon · App Store · Google Play

Lead your Dream™

A space where direction becomes action.

— Five areas of life at a glance

— The dynamics of your state, not a one-time score

— An AI assistant that helps you keep your direction

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Lead your Dream app sign-in screens in light and dark themes

Contents

Introduction

Part 1. Start with Yourself

Chapter 1. How Does Life Work, and Do We Have a Soul?

Chapter 2. What Does a Person Need, and What Does a Person Require? Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs

Chapter 3. How Our Decisions Are Influenced by Those Close to Us and by Society. Social Influence

Chapter 4. Energy Centers in Our Body. Chakras

Chapter 5. Dispersion of Light. The 7 Colors of the Rainbow and What They Mean

Chapter 6. The “Deadly” Sins and What They Tell Us. There Are Seven of Them, Too

Chapter 7. Why Do We Go Through Earthly Life? How Do Body and Soul Interact with Each Other?

Chapter 8. How Is the Life of the Soul Organized? What Levels of Development Does It Have?

Chapter 9. Depression as a Degree of Dissatisfaction

Part 2. Children Are Our Continuation!

Chapter 10. Tell Your Children About Subjective and Objective Opinions

Chapter 11. Don’t Devalue Your Children’s Good Intentions and Deeds. Show Them How to Make Something SIGNIFICANT Out of Something Small

Chapter 12. Spend 20–30 Minutes with Your Children Every Day. You’ll Be Surprised How Quickly and Deeply This Will Bring You Closer to Them

Chapter 13. Learn to Talk and Negotiate with Your Children

Part 3. Love, Family and Partnership

Chapter 14. Love in People’s Lives

Chapter 15. Family and Partnership

Conclusion

Introduction

This book is not a scientific work or a textbook. Everything I write about is my personal opinion, based solely on my own life experience and on what I have read and thought through. It does not replace a consultation with a doctor, a psychologist or any other specialist. If you need help, please reach out to one.

This book will tell you how life works from the soul’s point of view. Or, if you like, on behalf of the soul. What tasks the soul has for this lifetime. What level of development your soul has reached at this point in your life. The book will tell you how to understand and help yourself, how to understand and help your children and others close to you.

You have the right to believe everything said here—or not. Each of us has the right to choose. Always. Even if you feel that you are in a hopeless situation, remember: you always have the right to choose, and there are always several ways to resolve your problem or situation.

Each of you will find something in this book that is close to your spirit—something that will resonate inside you. And before you set this book aside, or any part of it, close your eyes, try to clear your mind of all other thoughts, and ask yourself: “Is there truth in this book?” And you will hear the answer. If you hear “Yes,” then start reading, and find the very truth you are ready for at this moment. You don’t have to be ready to take in everything written here right away. You may want to reread this book so that your mind can take in and accept a little more of what it says.

In this book I will describe my sense of the world and my worldview, which rest on my personal observations, on the information I have eagerly sought throughout this lifetime, and on my analysis of that information. I have come a long way in separating the truth out of various sources—the truth that agreed with my own conclusions and with my sense of this world. And by the word “world” I mean not just this planet, but everything that exists, regardless of whether we, as human beings, are aware of it or not.

The book follows one overall idea: I will move from the particular to the general, from “myself” to the wider circle around us. And we will limit ourselves to our close circle: children, family and other people close to us. And believe me, that is really no small thing. If each of us walks this path of understanding ourselves and our inner circle, then everything around us will inevitably change for the better.

And again, you have the right to accept my conclusions or not. For my part, I will give you hints that you can use. And you will decide for yourself whether you need to use them.

I deliberately chose not to send everything I wrote here to a publisher’s proofreader. Let my observations about life and my conclusions stay as they are, with all their imperfections. I want you to understand that each of us has the right to make mistakes, me included. That goes for mistakes in life, too—though it depends on how you look at it: were they really mistakes? There is no point in feeling sorry for yourself or reproaching yourself for the past; it cannot be changed. You can only correct the present, by drawing the right conclusions from your past. Never forget that who you are now is the result of your past. Always. So it does not matter whether it was good or bad. It is thanks to your past that you are here and now. And it is the analysis of your past and the awareness of your present that will move you forward in your development. The events around you and, importantly, the state of your soul will tell you whether you have chosen the right direction for yourself, or whether it needs adjusting.

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