Anne V Mühlethaler is a narrative coach, brand strategist, writer, and podcaster. She is building Le Trente, a social learning studio, hosts salons, teaches mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation.
I help people remove the filters that stop them seeing themselves and their work clearly. Clarity of value precedes expression of value. My clients leave saying it felt like magic, or like therapy.
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Books have never been more fashionable, or less read
Miu Miu has a literary club. Dua Lipa is curating London's Literature Festival. Luxury brands are sponsoring writers. And yet, The Atlantic tells us, we're moving toward a postliterate society. All the more reason to write, I say.
Read → Jul 2026Who do we become if we don't read (or write)?
The Atlantic says we're entering a postliterate age. I say: who do we become if we don't read (or write)? A personal reflection on the words that raised me, the words that exhaust us, and — with my guest April Dávila — the stories only you can tell.
Read → Jul 2026Proof of Life
We drink sand because we don't know the difference. On bad design, empty planets, and why the care is the point.
Read → Jul 2026From Flat-Pack to 3D Self
If you hear someone say 'I'm terrible at talking about myself,' know that their problem isn't communication. It's almost always a problem of self-access. They've lost the door inward, and without it, the words can't carry their shape.
Read → Jun 2026Eat your greens
A late-night conversation with a friend, a computer science professor at Georgetown, and a bag of metaphorical Doritos walk into an essay. On shrinking attention spans, the quiet erosion of our capacity for deep thinking, and why, in a world of digital fast food, this newsletter is your greens.
Read → Apr 2026