In a world where success is often measured in numbers and recognition, Sonia Parchet defines it through devotion, courage, and authenticity. For her, success is not a finish line but a state of commitment. “Success for me is staying dedicated and loyal to your visions, taking step by step to reach your goals, and continuing even when the money isn’t flowing in because you have a passion that drives you,” she says.
That passion has guided her through a journey that bridges art, healing, and entrepreneurship. From organizing small art fairs in her home country of Switzerland to exhibiting in museums across China, Germany, Austria, and Latvia, Sonia has created more than a career. She has built a living philosophy where creativity and consciousness move hand in hand.
For Sonia, art is not a product but a process of connection. Her intricate mandalas invite stillness, reflection, and a return to balance. “Painting my Mandalas helps me focus, connect with myself and just be in the moment,” she says. “It quiets down my thoughts which often spiral. And when you create, you are in a flow.”
Each piece begins without a plan. She allows the colors to choose themselves, shapes to form intuitively, and the final work to reveal its message in its own time. “I have no template or idea in my head, I just paint,” she explains. “Sometimes symmetry is hard to achieve when I am not grounded, so I do a little meditation, breathe, and continue.” In those words lies her quiet discipline, one that trusts timing as much as talent.
Authenticity and Awakening
Sonia’s art reflects a deeper truth she carries into every part of her life. She believes that we are all connected by energy, and that awareness is the bridge that allows us to live with purpose. “We are all spiritual beings,” she shares. “That connects us all because energy can’t be cut off. For me, spirituality is about grounding, coming into a neutral state of being from where you can act in the most kind and acceptable way, being the best version of yourself.”
To her, spirituality is not something practiced separately from work. It is the foundation of how she leads, creates, and connects. “Spirituality to me is awareness, consciousness, and constant reflecting, something we should be practicing daily if we want a safe and friendly environment.”
In that same spirit of alignment, Sonia recently reclaimed her identity by taking on a new maiden name, Parchet, which comes from her mother’s side. She explains that her previous maiden name, Wachernig, was her father’s, and she honors him deeply for the values and business sense she learned growing up with him. After her divorce, however, she felt it was time for change and wanted to drop her married name, Griffiths. Having built a loving and meaningful relationship with her mother over the years, Sonia felt ready to carry her name forward. “It just felt right,” she says. “As if a new chapter needed a name that truly reflected where I am now.”
The decision was more than a rebranding; it was a homecoming. “Authenticity is key to everything, not just success but also for others to relate to you,” she says. “Most people can feel if you are truthful to yourself or put on a show. I’d rather be authentic and true and not be liked by everybody.”
“Authenticity isn’t about showing everything; it’s about hiding nothing.”
The name Parchet carries a legacy of creativity that runs in her family. “On the Parchet side we have the creative ones,” she smiles. “My grandmother and cousin are both painters, another cousin was a photographer, and creativity continues in my own children. My eldest son is studying 3D Game Design and Writing, my daughter is wonderfully creative in crafting and painting though she keeps it as a hobby while studying to become a surgeon, and my youngest expresses himself through drawing, animation, and music. Somehow, we feel less alone when the family name represents your passion.”
That sense of belonging and creative inheritance reflects who Sonia Parchet is at her core. She does not separate the artist from the entrepreneur or the teacher from the seeker. For her, art, healing, and business are simply different languages of the same truth. “Being an artist,” she says, “is a way of being.”
The Inner Path of Perseverance
Every chapter of Sonia Parchet’s story is marked by resilience. Her journey has never been linear but layered, much like the intricate mandalas she paints. Each circle of color, each pattern of symmetry mirrors the stages of her own growth. “In the beginning, I thought I had to choose one path,” she recalls. “Only to figure out I can combine all of my directions into one business.”
“Every creation begins with stillness. Without silence, there is no truth in color.”
That realization became the foundation of her evolution — the moment she understood that her creativity, her coaching, and her healing work were not separate worlds but expressions of the same purpose.
She began modestly, organizing small art fairs in Switzerland, and soon her work started to find its audience. “After the Art Expo NYC, a lot of galleries approached me,” she says. The recognition opened doors to exhibitions in the Hong Art Museum in Chongqing, and Shanghai, the Schlossmuseum Greiz in Germany, the Kunsthaus Weiz in Austria, and the Mark Rothko Museum in Latvia. Yet she speaks of these achievements with quiet gratitude rather than pride. “Especially when nothing seems to happen or the money doesn’t come regularly, it is essential to keep the faith,” she shares. “There are always solutions, but you have to be flexible if they don’t show in exactly the way you wanted it.”
Balance Between Heart and Head
For Sonia, perseverance is not just about endurance but about balance — knowing when to trust intuition and when to organize structure. “If I don’t listen to my intuition, I feel it afterwards,” she says softly. “Sometimes the head is stronger, and that’s okay, as long as you don’t let the head choose all the time. We are here to feel, not to think.”
She leads her life through quiet check-ins with her own vision, asking herself if a project or idea still feels aligned. “We are allowed to change our decision,” she explains. “But one should always check if it comes from fear or from a strong positive pull in a different direction.”
That gentle discernment, that combination of emotion and awareness, defines her approach to both art and business. It’s how she navigates challenges without losing the calm center that her work embodies.
“Courage is not loud; it’s the quiet decision to start again every single morning.”
The Woman Behind the Vision
Sonia’s calm strength was forged in moments of uncertainty. She doesn’t describe her journey as one of external struggles against gender bias, but as an internal path of self-belief. “It’s interesting,” she says, “but I never saw differences in being treated differently because I’m a woman. For me, the struggles were more within myself — believing in me and my business side.”
Motherhood was a defining chapter in that story. Sonia once gave up acting, her first artistic passion, to raise her children in a new country where language was a barrier. “They are the best,” she smiles. “But afterwards, building up your career is very difficult, because you are older then, and maybe worked in a completely different field than your education was in.”
Even through personal transitions, she never let go of her inner compass. “Stay dedicated to your vision, feel into it, and have a plan,” she says. Those words, calm and simple, reflect a lifetime of experience — a woman who has built from both heart and hardship, from stillness and strength.
Grounded in Ritual and Reflection
In her world, grounding is not a habit but a necessity. Sonia’s mornings begin in quiet meditation, a practice that shapes her days and her mindset. “Through years of learning and practice, I discovered what inner peace truly means. It is this neutral state of being, where everything is possible and all is okay as it is.”
Her refuge is nature. “My go-to place is nature,” she smiles. “I live in one of the most beautiful and safest places, Switzerland. I always go into the woods or near water — that grounds me the most. It’s where I get most of my ideas.”
Even her way of working reflects this sense of harmony. She admits she’s more drawn to creativity than administration but has found ways to balance both. “The admin side is much harder,” she laughs. “I get headaches sitting at the computer for too long. But I’ve learned to set three steps a week that bring me closer to my goal, and to delegate what others can do better. Paying them is also investing in yourself.”
Her words reveal a quiet wisdom — success, she believes, isn’t in control but in clarity. It’s knowing when to act, when to rest, and when to simply let things unfold.
Empowerment, Purpose, and Legacy
“The more we learn to listen to our inner voice, the less we depend on the noise of the world.”
When Sonia speaks about leadership, she doesn’t talk about competition or dominance. She talks about balance — between the heart and the mind, between giving and receiving, between being strong and being soft. “I wish for us women to be the leaders we are meant to be, not the ones we are expected to be,” she says. “Though we all have both a feminine and masculine side in us, the goal is to have them balanced — guided by intuition and followed through with the head, empathic yet clear in boundaries.”
For Sonia, empowerment begins within. It starts when a woman remembers her own worth and reclaims the right to define success in her own terms. “In our society a successful person is seen as a rich person,” she reflects. “Money rules the world, right? Wrong. Money is just an exchange for a service. It doesn’t define the value of your work.”
She sees success as a feeling — the quiet satisfaction of taking steps toward one’s vision, even imperfectly. “A loving and supporting mother can be very successful raising her children to become kind, strong-minded individuals and not earn a penny doing it. Does she have less worth because of that? No.”
Through her work as a coach and complementary therapist, Sonia helps women rediscover this inner alignment. Many of her clients, she explains, arrive disconnected — giving too much, pleasing others out of fear, losing touch with their inner voice. “When we shut down our own inner voice and act against our values, we become unbalanced, stressed, or unhappy,” she says. “The balance within has to be found again. We can live our true selves with kindness and still set boundaries. It’s a matter of how we communicate.”
That focus on communication and emotional clarity defines both her sessions and her philosophy. “Communication is the key,” she insists. “We are not taught how to communicate our desires and needs while also listening to others. Finding solutions that serve everyone — maybe not immediately but over time — is the art of true connection.”
Building a Heart-Centered Future
Sonia’s vision for the future of entrepreneurship is rooted in consciousness. She believes the next generation of women leaders will build not from power, but from purpose. “Society has held down women for so long,” she says. “It will take time until we reach a balanced state. For that, women have to start standing up for themselves, speaking their truth, walking their path, and making decisions that may not always be welcome or understood. And we have to support each other, not shame or bully each other.”
Her work is guided by the belief that when women rise with kindness and courage, everyone benefits. “The stronger we march forward, the less we can be stopped,” she says. “Not with force but with clear, kind, and bold courage.”
Her clients are mostly women, but her message is universal. “I like for us to get the same value in society as men,” she explains. “To connect with our true essence, whatever that means on each personal journey. Of course, men are welcome too, but my avatar is certainly a woman.”
For Sonia, success in her practice is not measured by grand gestures or public praise but by presence. “A successful session is when the client feels better going out than when they came in,” she says gently. “It is not measured in how big the change is, but that there is one.”
A Legacy of Light
“My art is not about perfection. It’s about remembering that wholeness already exists within us.”
Sonia dreams of leaving behind more than art; she wants to leave tools for healing. “It is my dream that my work helps other people connect to themselves and their values, live a truthful life, and find inner peace,” she says. Her art, books, and oracle cards are all extensions of that purpose — each designed to help others reconnect with their own center.
She also finds inspiration in the next generation. “I worked for ten years with young people in a youth circus,” she recalls. “I loved it because I could support and inspire the kids to do their best, believe in themselves, and stay creative. Young people inspire me to stay playful, spontaneous, and open to new ideas.”
As she continues expanding her creative and coaching projects, Sonia remains devoted to a single guiding vision: that art can heal, awareness can empower, and authenticity can unite. “Above all I want to be a creator. I hope my work can help and inspire generations to come.”
