Nice to meet you. My name is Andrea Cabassi, as I think you can guess from the name of the site and other references scattered all over the place. I was born in Parma in 1975 and, until a few years ago, I was a manager in a multinational company with specific experience in Project Management.

Since 1998 I suffer from ulcerative colitis, a chronic autoimmune bowel disease cataloged among the so-called "invisible disabilities." Pills, suppositories, colonoscopies - a decent pain in the ass.

I am a scientist, a food technologist precisely. I've always been passionate about travel, change and curiosity I've acted in plays, played music, created furniture, photographed, written piece. Just name it, I've done it. I needed to compensate for the lack of creativity at work.

In 2015, at 40 years old, with a well-established career and a life within the parameters of happy normalcy, I wasn't feeling accomplished. Stuck between social expectations - study, get a job, get married, being prolific, and all. Despite the illness, I gave up everything to get on a plane and follow "what my gut told me."

The first stage of my new life was a job in Dubai which soon turned out to be a prelude to the real, inner metamorphosis. Coming to that change and living it was astonishing but very difficult (I cried a lot). So, I decided to write a book about it entitled "Let Me Insist – I Changed My Life At 40" with a belief it might be useful to some other "restless" souls.