#LifeLessons - The Biggest Life Learnings Of Alesha Carmela Prosperini Cumpton

NAME: Alesha Carmela Prosperini Cumpton

AGE: 45- turning 46 at the end of the month (!)

INSTAGRAM HANDLE: @aleshacarmela or @binduinstitute

JOB TITLE: CEO & Co-Founder Bindu Institute

Alesha Carmela Prosperini Cumpton is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bindu Institute. Her work sits at the intersection of education, wellbeing, leadership, and lived experience, although it was a journey for her to arrive at this point. Alesha trained as an engineer, later completed an MBA from IMD in Switzerland, and spent years in international business in high-performance environments. From the outside, it all made sense. From the inside, something felt increasingly off. That quiet friction eventually became impossible to ignore, and it changed the direction of her life.

Today, Alesha helps create learning spaces and experiences that support people in reconnecting with meaning, resilience, and inner clarity, especially during moments of transition or change. Much of her work draws on embodied practices, nervous system awareness, and long-held wisdom that modern life often overlooks.

Alesha is a mother of two, someone who values both depth and breadth, and a firm believer that well-being is not a luxury, it is a foundation. Her work is not about transformation as reinvention. It is about remembering what was always there- polishing the surface to reveal the inner gem waiting to illuminate our path.

Today Alesha shares her biggest life learnings to-date:

#LIFELESSON – 1 - Alignment matters more than effort

For a long time, I believed success came from pushing harder, staying disciplined, and proving myself through achievement. That approach works, until it doesn’t. What no one really talks about is how exhausting it becomes to live slightly misaligned, even when you are capable and driven.

One of the biggest lessons of my life has been learning to recognize the difference between effort and alignment. Alignment does not mean ease or comfort. It means coherence. It feels like your energy is moving in one direction instead of being scattered everywhere.

When something is aligned, your body is not constantly in fight or flight. Decisions feel cleaner. There is less internal debate and far less self-betrayal. I stopped asking whether something looked impressive or made sense on paper, and started asking whether it actually fit my life and values. In a culture that glorifies hustle, choosing alignment can feel counterintuitive. But it is the most sustainable foundation I know for meaningful work, leadership, and long-term wellbeing.

#LIFELESSON – 2 - Learning the language of the body

For a long time, I thought I was listening to my body. In some ways, I was. I never really struggled to rest when I needed it, and I didn’t carry much guilt around slowing down. That part came naturally to me.

Where I was less aligned was in how I related to my body itself. I spent years fighting it in subtle ways. Forcing myself to run even though it never really suited me. Ignoring the signs that certain forms of movement didn’t feel nourishing, then feeling frustrated or disappointed when my body pushed back. I would swing between effort and indulgence, and then judge myself for both. Looking back, it was less about discipline and more about not trusting what my body was telling me.

Work was another place this showed up. I used to pride myself on showing up even when I was sick. I saw it as commitment. Only later did I realise how deeply cultural that belief was, especially coming from an American work ethic where rest is often framed as weakness. Yoga changed that relationship. Not overnight, but slowly. It taught me how to feel rather than force, and how to notice the difference between support and strain. When you begin to understand the body’s language, you stop trying to control it. You start cooperating with it instead.

#LIFELESSON – 3 - Remembrance over Reinvention

So much personal growth is framed around fixing, upgrading, or becoming someone new. Over time, I have come to believe the opposite is often true. The most meaningful change comes from a deep remembrance. We accumulate layers over the years. Roles, expectations, responsibilities, identities. Success can become just another costume if we are not careful. The work is not to strip life away, but to reconnect with what is true beneath the noise.

Remembering yourself looks like choosing honesty over performance. It looks like allowing seasons of rest without guilt. It looks like letting go of paths that no longer fit, even when they once made sense or earned approval. When you return to yourself, clarity follows naturally. Purpose stops feeling heavy or pressured. It becomes something you live rather than chase. From that place, the way you lead, work, and relate carries far more impact than anything forced ever could.