06/10/2026
This pic sums up my Boss, Anandi Sano. Founder of Peiec.
She’s seen more than most ever will.
As a paramedic for 12 years, and then a Senior Inspector at Worksafe, she’s dealt with people in ways most of us will never have to in our lifetime.
Shes had to stand in 40 degree heat whilst someone’s life was literally in her hands.
She’s attended scenes that would give anyone permanent nightmares.
She’s kept someone alive in the back of a speeding van, sirens blazing, providing resuscitation whilst holding on with one hand.
She’s held people’s hands who were terrified of dying, and made them feel safe in their final moments.
She’s been hated on job sites, gathering information and preparing documentation and reports for Worksafe prosecutions as a senior inspector. Hours upon hours in interview rooms uncovering information many would’ve missed.
This incredible human walks with more grace and compassion for all living things than anyone I know.
She’s taught me more about myself than I ever thought possible.
She sees the light within everyone, and knows things we would never be able to comprehend.
“Krys, your liver is struggling. I can see it. Please, look after yourself.”
“Milo is here. What is with Buddy? Did you call him Buddy?” (In relation to my fish after he died) -“ As I dropped him into his little grave, his body flopped down and I whispered “sorry buddy.”
She keeps it quiet.
She’s not showy or flashy. She doesn’t wave it outwards like so many others who seek the fame or attention.
She is quiet. Gentle. She prefers not to speak and to allow the silence held between the moments to speak beyond what words ever could.
I’ve known her for 10 years.
And in that 10 years, so much of my life has changed, because of her. Because she wasn’t afraid to push me, to kick me up the arse, to tell me to stop making excuses.
And every single day, I am thankful for the life that I get to live, because each day is a gift given to us to experience touch, sight, sound, the gentle embrace of another… to smell the fresh rain upon the earth and to move our bodies in its own miraculous way.
We never know how long we have left here to experience it all.
To take in each moment through all our senses, and marvel at this physical vessel we have been given.
Because this physical vessel is how we experience all that life offers.
We are all unique in our own special way… but beyond all of that… we are all exactly the same.
If there’s one thing I know, it’s that when we are so caught up existing- working in the wrong place, being with the wrong partner, moving in ways that do not bring us more peace- then we forget about truly living, and cherishing every single moment that is given to us.
Because once we take that final breath, we move from this physical vessel, we can no longer touch another. No longer embrace. We can no longer speak or take in a deep breath and smell the woody scent of nature around us. We cannot taste.
So, stop wasting your life living for others, and start living your life, for you.
Love. 🥰
