Ana Barreto

Ana Barreto | Author • Meditation Teacher • Transformational Coach • Feng Shui Consultant

What if the life you are working so hard to build is the very life that is leaving you exhausted, disconnected, and longing for something more?

Ana Barreto has spent much of her life exploring one essential question: How do we create a life that truly supports who we are becoming?

A Brazilian-American author of 12 books, meditation teacher, transformational coach, and certified Feng Shui consultant, Ana helps readers break free from self-doubt, self-sabotage, and limiting patterns to create lives filled with greater clarity, confidence, purpose, and peace.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ana challenged the traditional expectations placed on women from an early age. At eighteen, she left her family’s patriarchal home, determined to create a different future. Two years later, she moved to New York, where her journey of education, independence, and personal transformation continued.

With a bachelor’s degree in business, an MBA, and more than 35 years of experience in corporate leadership, Ana understands the pressures of achievement, responsibility, and the relentless pursuit of success. She also knows what happens when we become so busy meeting life’s demands that we lose touch with ourselves.

Her personal experiences inspired a lifelong exploration of mindfulness, meditation, spirituality, psychology, Eastern philosophies, and the relationship between our inner lives and the spaces we inhabit.

Through books such as Women, Rice and Beans, Self-Trust, The Nine Powers of Women, Soul Compass, Breaking Free from Self-Sabotage, and her Feng Shui guides, Ana translates timeless wisdom into practical lessons, healing practices, and everyday rituals that readers can use to transform their lives.

Her work explores the connection between body, mind, spirit, and environment. Whether she is writing about emotional healing, personal growth, meditation, or Feng Shui, her message remains the same: You already carry more wisdom within you than you realize. Sometimes, you simply need to quiet the noise long enough to hear it.

As the founder of the Body, Mind & Wisdom School for Women, Ana has dedicated her work to helping people reconnect with their inner wisdom, restore balance, and create lives that feel as good on the inside as they may look on the outside.

Through her books, guided meditations, classes, and personal stories, she invites readers to stop living on autopilot, question the beliefs that no longer serve them, and discover a more intentional way of living.

Ana lives in New York with her husband, Jim. When she isn’t writing, teaching, or meditating, she enjoys traveling, cooking, hiking, spending time in nature, and being with her family.

Her philosophy is simple: A fulfilling life is not about doing more. It is about living with greater awareness, wisdom, and intention.