The Slow Burn

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When Affection Takes Shape: The Art of Detachment in Costa Rica

. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]

The art of detachment in Madrid

Even though I’m holding it in my hands, I still can’t quite believe it: that so many years of work and learning have taken shape as a physical book. And the result couldn’t make me prouder—a beautiful edition, with its own cover, [...]

Burning Man: My Latest Exploration into the Art of Letting Go

I start typing with an overwhelming sense of defeat. Not because the trip I’m about to describe — at the end of August — went badly, but because it feels almost impossible to put into words what I experienced there. No adjective [...]

Between humans, ideas and paellas: the Kinnernet un-conference

All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and [...]

I Love, I Wish: Unreasonable in Latin America?

Just a few weeks ago, I had the chance to take part in a profoundly transformative experience as a mentor at Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe 2025—a gathering of professionals and visionaries organized by the Unreasonable Group and sponsored by Barclays. It [...]

Kutastha Retreat: Transformation in Fort Kuchaman

Transcendental memories. Certain experiences in life leave an indelible mark on us in unexpected ways. Some even expand our understanding of the world and ourselves. My recent journey to India, from which I have just returned, was one such transformative experience. During [...]

KinnerLat in Santa Teresa: Connection, Gratitude and Contrasts

The return home and the emotion that lasts Returning to Santa Ana after a weekend like the one I just had is anything but a return to routine. Instead, it is a journey home filled with emotion, gratitude, and vivid memories that [...]

VOLCANO GUM

Good morning! How are you? Are you still smiling? How are you? If there is one thing I would love about this blogging experience, it would be the participation of those who read it. It would be great to establish the dialogue [...]

VOLCANO OF SURPRISES

I am very satisfied with the Volcano that concluded just a few hours ago, as it brought to our community a combination of results that many, like me, did not expect. It is late and tomorrow there will be more time to [...]

CREATIVE CHIC?

Chic is an early nineteenth-century French word whose meaning refers to smart or stylish. Over the years, its use in English has referred to social events, situations, individuals, fashions or forms of dress. It combines elegance with soft avant-gardism and provokes an [...]

27 JURORS CHOSE THE VOLCANOES

Today’s winners in the Volcán organized by ASCAP will receive their statuettes as a result of the voting of 27 jurors from all over Ibero-America. It is the largest participation in the history of a Volcano, and for this reason, it is [...]

INSPIRING PINCH

Two lion hunters, with golds and silvers in their collection of international awards, gave us two close, intimate and inspiring talks, focused on their ideas to win and their proposals to the country to move forward. First up was Rodolfo Borrell, General [...]

TODAY IS THE PINCH AND TOMORROW IS THE VOLCANO

ASCAP, the Costa Rican association of advertising agencies, will present today a new Pellizco and tomorrow another night of Volcanoes. The first in Uveritas and the second in the Main Hall of the Herradura Hotel, to ratify the commitment of the association [...]

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