I’m Olga, founder of Health & Life. I have worked in the healthcare field for more than eighteen years, across different contexts and countries.

From the very beginning of my professional path, I realised that human health was far more complex than what I had been taught.

I especially remember the first years of my clinical practice, when I carried out home visits with people living with advanced chronic conditions. Most of them were older adults living alone, without a close support network.

During these visits, we often had long conversations while treatment was taking place. They spoke to me about their fears, past experiences and the difficulties of their everyday life.

Unexpectedly, after a few months, I began to observe clear changes in their physical and emotional state, without any prior modification to the prescribed medical treatment.

Some colleagues asked me what I had done differently. I did not yet have a theoretical answer, but that experience made me realise that active listening, human connection and dialogue can have a significant influence on the overall outcome of a treatment.

That concern became the beginning of a long search which, over the years, has helped shape the Health & Life project.