In this episode, we dive into the extraordinary life of Malissa Sander, a woman whose journey is a masterclass in cultural navigation and personal reinvention. Born in Sri Lanka and moving to Singapore at the age of nine, Malissa grew up with cultural elements of Japan, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and India.
Malissa opens up about the pivotal derailment of her early adulthood: a severe eating disorder that forced her to leave Pepperdine University in the United States to seek healing. It was during this period of recovery, which she eventually completed at the University of Sydney, that she discovered the therapeutic power of water.
We explore how this early trauma, combined with a later harrowing battle with postpartum depression, became the catalyst for her purpose. Malissa shares how she transformed her deepest struggles into Aqua Tula—a revolutionary water fitness business rooted in the Sanskrit concept of Tula, or balance.
Join us for a powerful conversation about moving through darkness, the courage to start over, and how movement can become the ultimate medicine for the soul.
