A life in motion

Between mind
and heart.

I love the word Action: the thread running through my life. I always feel a strong urge to move, explore and challenge myself.

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Earth that holds us. Sea that opens horizons. Sky that invites us onwards.

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01 / Introducing myself

I’m Mimma,
a daughter of the wind,
with a thousand roads travelled
and many more still to discover.

I was born in Sicily, surrounded by the strength of Etna and the wind that has been part of my life since childhood. I carry my roots with me, along with a desire to keep moving, learning and exploring. I have followed different paths, changed direction and started again many times. Even today, I feel alive when I set out on a new path and make room for something new.

Wellbeing centre between earth, sea and sky

Giving a place
to a dream.

A place devoted to wellbeing, connection, awareness and change.

I have always felt a little like a bee visiting many different flowers: curious to explore different experiences and carry something away from each. Perhaps this way of being, together with what I have learnt through work and life, is also where my wish to create a place for wellbeing, relationships and personal growth comes from.

A place where I can bring not only what I have studied, but everything I have learnt through living and working with people.

Perhaps the centre I imagine also has deep roots: in the wish to create a place where different people can meet, feel welcome, regain their balance and discover that wellbeing means feeling fully part of life, rather than withdrawing from the world.

The project takes shape

The project is still a dream on its way, but every step makes it more real.

The place: Liguria — on a hillside between Spotorno and Loano
Activities: We will offer experiences of movement, body awareness and meditation, alongside activities to express ourselves, understand ourselves better and grow together.
The next step: Finding the right place for this dream to take root and become a centre to enjoy and share.
Contact: mimma.gangi@gmail.com
mobile: 3487315700

“When something matters to me, I start taking concrete steps.”

03 / My journey

Experiences that become
a way of caring.

Il mio percorso professionale non è stato lineare e forse è proprio questa la sua ricchezza.

My first training was in science: after a classical secondary education, I graduated in Electrical Engineering. I worked for many years in telecommunications, first at Italtel and then at Nokia Networks, in technical support, customer care and the coordination of activities across several European countries. Those were intense years that taught me to organise, plan, solve problems and work with different people and cultures.

Alongside the technical side of my life, however, I developed an ever stronger interest in what happens between people and within them.

I therefore began a second training journey, this time focused on relationships, listening and self-awareness. I trained in person-centred counselling based on the Rogerian approach, in psychodrama and action methods, and as a Gordon trainer. I also explored Playback Theatre, an experience that allowed me to bring together relationships, the body and action.

I later earned a degree in Psychosocial Studies and a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, followed by specialist training in Psychotherapy. I also explored psychological assessment and techniques aimed at change through a postgraduate Master’s programme at the University of Bergamo.

At the same time, I returned to another longstanding passion: teaching. As a mathematics teacher in technical secondary schools, I met teenagers with very different backgrounds, learning once again that behind every difficulty, behaviour or school result there is always a person to meet and understand.

In recent years, I have increasingly been able to weave these different worlds together, also working in psychological support for university students and leading activities through psychodrama and action methods.

Looking back at my journey today, I see seemingly distant experiences that have come together: the engineer’s ability to plan, the organisational experience gained in business, the teacher’s educational relationships, the listening skills of a psychologist and psychotherapist, and psychodrama’s work with the body, the group and action.

I do not see these experiences as separate chapters. Over time, they have become parts of one way of working and being with people.

It is from the meeting of these worlds that my wish now emerges: to create a place devoted to wellbeing, connection, awareness and change.

A place where I can bring not only what I have studied, but everything I have learnt through living and working with people.

04 / Roots

The Sicilian countryside.

I come from a Sicilian family deeply connected to the land, to work and to facing life with courage and great generosity.

From my father I inherited honesty, determination and an almost stubborn faith in life. He was a man of few words, yet he could describe the world through simple images and metaphors. One of his favourites was a salad: to taste good, it needs different ingredients, each in the right amount. Even salt, which would be inedible by the handful, gives it a special flavour when added sparingly. It was a simple way to teach me the value of differences, balance and community.

From my mother I learnt the practical strength of caring for others. She was tireless, able to transform whatever she had at hand: baking bread, making cheese and ricotta, growing flowers, looking after our large family and constantly learning. Her affection has always been expressed above all through food and everyday gestures.

My grandparents also left a deep mark. From my grandfather I inherited generosity and a love of simple things; from my grandmother, diligence and the ability to nurture relationships without creating divisions.

Sono cresciuta in campagna, tra terra, animali, alberi da frutto, pane cotto nel forno in pietra, lenzuola bianche in un continuo abbraccio con il vento stese al sole e persone abituate a costruire con le proprie mani ciò di cui avevano bisogno.

Today I recognise how much of that world is still within me.

The earth as my roots.
Work as a chance to transform things.
Care as a practical gesture.
Diversity as a source of richness.
Trust in life as a way of moving through it.

Roots / The wind and little steps

The wind and little steps.

When the wind blew, my mother would say: “Come inside, or the wind will carry you away!”
Even today, those words stir a special feeling in my heart.

My brother had an accident when he was two and spent seventy-two days immobilised in a cast. I was seven years older, and I helped him learn to walk again.
Those little steps are among the memories I carry with me.

Almost nothing was perfect! Yet I choose to carry the good things with me: a welcoming table, my grandparents, my brother’s steps, my sisters and our endless days in the garden. We had a year-round tan!
I can still sense the scents, the smell of eucalyptus and Sicily’s often warm wind.

05 / Bonds

My son
and his own trail.

My son is a free spirit, a freestyle instructor. He radiates a joy for life. At secondary school, one of his teachers said that his smile entered the classroom before he did. He loves his work, knows his own mind and has an energy that draws me in.

I remember a conversation in the car when he was ten. I was telling him how much I loved smooth ski runs; he pointed out that only on untouched snow can you make your own trail.

That image has stayed with me: choosing your own path and way of life, instead of following tracks already laid; having the courage to be yourself and leave your own mark. It is this freedom that I recognise in him and that continues to inspire me.

Salvo and me,
the bold descents and the climbs back up.......

After so many years, we still want to share the stories of our lives with each other. We met way back in ’79, at university. Since then, life has been full of journeys and trains, hard work and sacrifices, mortgages, changes, departures and new beginnings. A life in which we have started afresh many times, moving from one place to another.

Yet here we still are, sharing stretches of the journey: swimming among the fish, walking, enjoying an ice cream together and, naturally, occasionally pulling each other’s hair — though in Salvo’s case, that is only a figure of speech.

A young woman watching us talk and laugh once said: “You two are quite something!”

Perhaps she was right. Through the ups and downs, the hard times and the lighter moments, after so many years we still care for each other, do things together and, in our own way, are there for each other.

06 / Passions

Where I feel alive.

01In the mountainsWalking and trekking: the pleasure of moving and exploring.

02On the snowSkiing: enjoying the slopes and imagining a trail of my own.

03In the seaSwimming among the fish, immersing myself in a world I love. Breathing in the sea, listening to the waves, finding myself again.

When something matters to me, I start taking concrete steps. I search, try and challenge myself. And as I move, I feel life offering me new possibilities.

What I can’t resist

Between mindand heart.

I’m Mimma,a daughter of the wind,with a thousand roads travelledand many more still to discover.

Giving a placeto a dream.

Experiences that becomea way of caring.