She had the life. The corner office, the house she'd renovated twice, the holidays that looked beautiful on a screen. From the outside, she was the woman other women quietly measured themselves against.

"What?! You didn't talk for ten days? And no phone? Wow… I could never do that." I burst out laughing when my friend said it. We were at a theme park, our kids losing their minds on every ride, sugar and screams everywhere. Quite a contrast to back then. It was 2015. The year I spontaneously booked a ten-day silent retreat in Portugal. I had no idea what I was walking into. But something in me wanted to go.

In a world where the rat race toward success and material prosperity often prevails, the idea of combining ambition with spirituality may seem contradictory. Yet, I believe these two aspects are quite compatible. In fact, the more spiritual you are, the more success you will achieve. In this blog, you will find 10 tips to combine your business acumen with your sense of spirituality.