There is a version of life that asks less of us in performance and more of us in presence.

A version rooted in slowness, creativity, self-trust, real luxury, and the courage to make our own rules instead of inheriting the ones we were handed.

In this episode of Current Wave, I’m joined by Ana Hito for a conversation on luxury, creativity, motherhood, technology, off-grid living, and what it means to return to what is actually real. We explore the deeper meaning of luxury—not just as material beauty, but as intimacy with process, place, seasonality, labor, and life itself.

Ana shares about living on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), raising children in a much slower and more connected environment, and the profound shift that happens when you step outside of the speed, noise, and artificial urgency of modern life. We talk about the challenge of creativity in the digital age, the pressure of social media, and how much easier it is to lose your own inner voice when the outside world is constantly telling you what matters.

This conversation is really about remembering. Remembering what it means to be human. Remembering what creativity felt like before it was commodified. Remembering that success, beauty, luxury, and fulfillment are not fixed definitions—and that part of growing up is learning how to define those things for yourself.

We also speak about childhood, Waldorf education, community, the value of boredom and curiosity, and how simplicity can become one of the most profound luxuries of all.

In this episode, we cover:

* The deeper meaning of luxury — process, presence, seasonality, and real life

* Life on Rapa Nui — community, family, off-grid living, and a different pace of reality

* Motherhood + raising children more slowly — creativity, freedom, and less technological interference

* Social media and the distortion of success — clout, comparison, and the pressure to perform a life

* Returning to what is real — food, water, land, rhythm, and embodied daily living

* Creativity as a necessity — not a luxury, not an extra, but part of being alive

* Making your own rules — releasing inherited ideas of success, work, and how life “should” look

* Curiosity, play, and the child self — reconnecting with the part of you that knows how to create

* Living more truthfully — even when your life looks different from what the world rewards

This episode is for you if you’ve been craving a slower, truer life… if you’re questioning the rules you’ve inherited… if you want to reconnect with your creativity, your own values, and what actually matters to you. It’s for anyone navigating motherhood, self-discovery, digital overwhelm, or the desire to build a life that feels more human and less performative.

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RETURNING TO WHAT IS REAL: MAKING YOUR OWN RULES AND LIVING A SLOWER, TRUER LIFE WITH ANA HITO