Stephanie Von Watzdorf

The designer and constant traveler sits down for a Session.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?

Travel is food for the soul.

WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL?

Loyalty.

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST PET PEEVE?

Conference calls when there are too many people talking at once.

WHAT DO YOU WEAR THAT MAKES YOU FEEL STRONG?

Jewelry with power symbols and a recycled military jacket.  I love sharing stories. I feel stronger sharing the creativity of other artisans.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE SOMEONE WITH A BROKEN HEART?

Time will heal all.

WHAT IS ON YOUR NIGHTSTAND?

A Figue candle, a salt sculpture of a Hamsa hand I found in Haiti, a Léon Bakst sketch from the Ballets Russes, an African basket I bought in Lamu, and Gabriel Couzian lip balm.

WHAT GIVES YOU GOOSEBUMPS?

Stories of people who must overcome obstacles but triumph in the end.

WHAT IS YOUR BAD DAY BACKUP PLAN?

Plan a trip.  Escapism in my mind and planning a trip is a key to my heart.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS?

I define success as being passionate about what you do and being able to make a difference in someone’s life.

BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED?

Stay true to who you are.

WHAT MAKES YOU FORGET TO EAT?

Nothing. I have an internal clock. I love eating nutritious delicious foods and beverages.

WHAT 3 THINGS WOULD YOU GRAB IN A FIRE?

My dogs, my grandfather’s letters from Matisse and postcards from Picasso, and my framed Bakst paintings of the costumes he designed for Ballet Russes. My grandfather was a choreographer and designer, so these have great meaning to me and are some of my strongest influences.

FAVORITE WORD?

Love, passion, freedom, and justice. I believe that if you say a word enough times, it is put into the universe and can manifest itself.

FAVORITE WORK OF ART?

Any work by Matisse.

FAVORITE BOOK? 

I have a few. Jimmy Nelson’s “Before They Pass Away” is so inspiring and magnificent. “A House in the Sky” by Amanda Lindhout is an incredible story of survival and one woman’s fearless quest for her dream. “Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy” by John le Carré is also a favorite because I love political thrillers.

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Anna Yusim, MD

Publishing her first book, Fulfilled, about how the science of spirituality can lead to a more happy and meaningful life, the New York City psychiatrist sits for a Session.

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The Gene: An Intimate History

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to “read” and “write” our own genetic information?

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Anne Fulenwider

The Editor in Chief of Marie Claire lives with purpose and perspective.

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Grant Snider

This Wichita, Kansas orthodontist, who is also a New Yorker-published illustrator and big thinker, answers some major questions as he unveils his first book The Shape of Ideas.

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WHY “BE YOURSELF” IS TERRIBLE ADVICE

Self-knowledge is tricky business and often misconstrued. For instance, saying, “I know myself, and I don’t like outdoor festivals” is less about self-knowledge and more about preference.

And preference can get in the way of potential. It limits us. When people push past their preferences — that is, beyond their comfort zone — they experience parts of themselves they didn’t know existed.

It’s why I say to my patients, “Consider doing something that is un-you.” Say yes instead of the safer no. You won’t regret it.

I have first-hand experience. A few summers ago, my children were invited to a trapeze party. When the instructor asked me to join, I thought, “How absurd — swinging from a trapeze is definitely not for me.” But my children insisted. I climbed up to the narrow platform, put my toes over the edge, clung on to the bar quite literally for dear life, and stepped off.

It was terrifying and completely humiliating thanks to an undignified dismount face-planting in the net. And it was worth every thrilling second. Doing the “un-me” thing felt good. Exhilarating. It enabled me to fly above my expectations.

Don’t let the person you think you are get in the way of being the person you can be. Reimagining yourself is healthy and necessary. This summer, embrace being “un-you.”

I wish you all the best,

Dr. Samantha Boardman

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