What happens when an emotionally resistant top manager has to undergo mindfulness training with a coach who is himself in the throes of an existential crisis? Maxim Leo's hilariously funny and deeply touching novel about the search for the right life and the path to self-discovery. Marlene Buchholz is set to become CEO of the *Aviola* Group. Her colleagues agree that she is highly competent professionally – but a complete disaster as a person. Which is why she is sent to a Brandenburg castle for coaching – with Alex Grow, the famous soul whisperer. What no one knows: His academy is on the verge of bankruptcy, and Alex is struggling with panic attacks himself. Marlene is his last hope, because if he succeeds, he'll land a major contract from Aviola. But the client remains skeptical and reserved – until an injured wild boar, a shy janitor, and a thirteen-year-old girl appear, opening Marlene's eyes and heart and giving her a glimpse of what really matters in the end. biography Maxim Leo was born in East Berlin in 1970. He studied political science at the Free University of Berlin and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. From 1995 to 1996, he was a news editor at RTL. Since 1997, he has been an editor at the "Berliner Zeitung," and since 2001, he has been part of the "Seite Drei" department. In 2002, he was nominated for the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize, received the Franco-German Journalism Prize in 2002, and was awarded the Theodor Wolf Prize in 2006. He lives with his family in Berlin. Notes: New goods