On May 13th 2022, Ema stood on top of the world—Mount Everest. That moment marked the end of one journey, and the beginning of something much deeper. As the first Portuguese person to summit the Seven Summits, she learned that climbing mountain...

For all those that have read my book, Mental Mountains, they may have an idea, how Ema  finally turned to Jesus, independent of religion. On April 7 2009 when she found herself on the floor of her bedroom curled - up in the fe...

We have a tendancy to see failure as a  negative, but in reality it is not.As Albert Einstein cites it – Failure is an accomplishment in progress. Steadiness and challenging work are the critical resources to make progress. Trust y...

If someone had told Ema she would run marathons or become a mountaineer 12 years ago, after turning 40, she would have told that person they were nuts.But when your self esteem gets crushed,  and  sometimes you don't even feel...

Your life is your story. Write it well. Edit often.Three sentences Ema has chosen as in introductory for an upcoming 3 part podcast series about her story.In this introduction, she shares how she spent 12 years of her life, being unable...