For the past year, I’ve been collecting notes.
From conversations with women who are both exhausted and high-functioning. From lab results. From my own body. From the gap between what we’re told about our health and what we actually experience.
Now, those notes are becoming something.
Notes from the Field is a new series where Eva Dixon shares insights from her work coaching women at the intersection of business, identity, and physiology. As a business coach and mindset strategist (featured in Vogue Business and Harper’s Bazaar) she operates in a space that feels increasingly relevant: where what you’re building and who you are either come into alignment, or continue to collide.
Her perspective goes beyond strategy. She speaks to the cost of building something that is truly your own. To the role of the nervous system beneath performance. To why so many women perform readiness, instead of trusting themselves into it.
This is a conversation about business.
It is also a conversation about the body.
Which is exactly why it belongs here, within Moaie.
For this first chapter, we asked Eva (@evaisabelladixon) to respond directly to the questions that keep surfacing in her community.
Chapter 1 launches April 22.
Follow along on our socials to be the first to read and to submit your own questions for future editions.
Your ideal way to start your day?
I used to have a very strict morning routine starting with daily ashtanga yoga and meditation. Since I became a mother this has shifted and it’s all about the simple pleasures. Now my perfect way to start my day is to cuddle with my son, followed by having a delicious nourishing breakfast and good coffee.
When do you feel creatively most fulfilled?
It’s usually when I am in a state of relaxation, daydreaming and mind-wandering. That’s when the best ideas come to me and that’s when I’m able to connect deeper with my intuition and myself.
How do you move through mental or creative blocks?
I observe my thinking, my perspective and my attitude. Then I distance myself from it and shift it and observe what happens. For instance, consciously shifting my perspective and stepping out of my viewpoint gives me different results and ideas – as the way I think and feel changes with the different perspective I take.
What does 'growth' mean to you?
Mistakes are an inevitable part of growth, so growth means to me making mistakes, learning from them and using the new information to move forward wiser. I have a scientific and spiritual approach and focus on the positive that it has given me and extract the valuable learnings.
What resources, tools and practices work for you to support your growth?
In its simplest form it is about staying curious. It is experimenting, exploring, breaking patterns, taking risks and breaking self-imposed limitations. That’s also at the core of how I serve and guide my clients when they feel stuck.
What are you currently reading?
On Women by Susan Sontag. Down Girl, The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne.
What are you most proud of?
My son and my strength and resilience.
What inspires your current work?
My son, my very own learnings and the women in my community.
What challenge(s) are you currently facing?
I have outgrown my business structures.The way I want to serve has evolved.
How will you overcome this/these challenge(s)?
I am looking at what feels outdated and is not aligned with who I am right now. At the same time I am reflecting on what is in alignment and what excites me. It’s important for me to sense creativity and enthusiasm at work; it’s a driving force. And I find that immediate action is vital. I use my sparks of intuition, inspiration and realisation to immediately take the first step towards the new aligned direction.
Your morning and/or nighttime rituals?
Mornings: Cuddles with my son and every morning I am setting an intention for the day. I love a cold splash of water on my face or a massage with ice cubes. It wakes me up and supports the lymphatic system. A good coffee always, the smell of coffee alone in the morning is my ritual. A nourishing breakfast sets the tone for the day so it’s incredibly important to me.
Evenings: Reflecting on the day, connecting with my dreams and reading with my son.
Your wellbeing / self-care products or practises?
From the inside, eating fermented foods is my daily practice for overall wellbeing, brain health, immune system and the nervous system. I am also really into supporting my health with tinctures, herbs, teas and high quality natural supplements. The Essential Calm drops have supported me throughout a very stressful period of my life.
From the outside, a high-quality natural approach to skincare.
What relaxes you? How do you calm your nervous system?
Movement, aromatherapy and touch. Movement can look like a long walk, dancing to move stagnant energy, stretching or pilates to elongate the muscles. Aromatherapy is very important to me as it has a profound effect on my cortisol and stress levels. I am a devotee of facial massages to release the tension and stress I build up in my facial muscles and fascia. The magic of a long loving hug is unparalleled.
