Choice to be : Life. Migration. Motherhood. Career.

A deeply personal autobiography about ambition, motherhood, love, loss, and the choices that quietly shape an entire life.From Kaliningrad to Moscow, Singapore, and Dubai, this is the story of building an international career while raising children across countries — and trying to hold together success, marriage, identity, and meaning in a constantly changing world.It is not a linear success story. It is a story of contrasts: ambition and exhaustion, freedom and responsibility, love and distance, joy and grief.At its core is one question: what does it mean to choose your life — and keep choosing it, even when it breaks?Raw, honest, and deeply human, this book is for anyone who has ever tried to build a life that looks successful on the outside, while navigating something far more complex on the inside.Ultimately, it is a story about what we lose, what we carry — and what we decide to become. Read more