E147: She Had Everything — But Was Living Someone Else’s Life | Natalini

<p>Natalini became CEO of a global nonprofit before 30. She found herself in Davos with Tony Blair, surrounded by heads of state, celebrities and some of the world’s most influential people.</p><p>From the outside, she had made it.</p><p>But her body was telling her something completely different.</p><p>In this deeply personal episode of <strong>Perception Paradox</strong>, Natalini shares what happened when she began questioning a life built around achievement, expectations and an identity that, she eventually realised, wasn’t entirely her own.</p><p>We talk about losing her father, leaving a seven-year relationship and a decade-long career, confronting childhood trauma, psychedelic-assisted therapy, taking a year away from work — and ultimately changing her name as an act of reclaiming herself.</p><p>But this isn’t only a story about healing. It’s about what comes after.</p><p>Today, Natalini is Co-Founder and CEO of KOKO Foundation in London, bringing creativity to marginalised communities and exploring what it means to stay deeply human in the age of AI.</p><p><strong>What happens when you stop building the life you were taught to want — and start discovering the one that’s actually yours?</strong></p><p><strong>Guest: Natalini from Koko Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justnatalini/</strong></p><p><strong>About Koko Foundation: </strong><a href="https://www.kokofoundation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.kokofoundation.com</a><br></p><p><strong>Hosted by Zivile https://www.linkedin.com/in/zivileeinikyte/ </strong></p><p>Chapters</p><p><strong>00:00</strong> Introduction - Who Is Natalini?</p><p><strong>01:33</strong> How They Met &amp; The Art of Real Connection</p><p><strong>06:38</strong> When The Body Says No - The Moment Everything Changed</p><p><strong>09:00</strong> The Death That Cracked Everything Open</p><p><strong>14:19</strong> The Tools That Healed Her - Psychedelics, Therapy &amp; Eboga</p><p><strong>27:26</strong> The Grandmother - A Destiny Imposed In Communist Bulgaria</p><p><strong>38:48</strong> Changing Her Name - Reclaiming Her Identity</p><p><strong>46:57</strong> One Year Of Not Working - The Hardest Gift</p><p><strong>54:49</strong> Discovering Her Own Creativity For The First Time</p><p><strong>57:18</strong> KOKO Foundation - Building From The Ground Up As Herself</p><p><strong>1:09:23</strong> AI &amp; Human Creativity - The Collective Reckoning</p><p><strong>1:21:30</strong> Breaking The Model - Des