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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 2009
INTERVIEW TO TAMARA DI TELLA:
QUESTION: as a successful entrepreneur, how do you manage to reconcile work with family?
ANSWER: Finding the balance between your job and your family is not easy. There is always a tug-of-war between family and work, and in my case in particular, I often have to prioritize work. Maybe, someday, when I retire or sell the trademark, it will be a different story, but for now, my life rotates around the work.
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My name is Sissela Tucker. I come from Boston, USA. After studying for four years at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, I decided to move to Argentina for one year to do a required internship (doctor shadowing) before I enter medical school. While in Argentina, I had the extreme fortune of learning about Tamara Di Tella Pilates.
I should say that I am not an exercise fanatic; I like to work out, but certainly not obsessively. That, however, all changed when I started Tamara Di Tella Pilates. I fell in love. Not only does it whip me into shape, but also is genuinely enjoyable. While here I decided to certify myself as a Pilates’ instructor. I entered in the Licensing program, which is held in the National Public Hospital of Buenos Aires, in Argentina. The hospital is a completely free of charge medical care facility. I would not call it luxurious by any means — few elevators work, the paint on almost every floor is chipping, you would be hard-pressed to find a digital thermometer— but has some of the smartest doctors I have ever met in my entire life.
While in the Certification Program, I had the opportunity to work with elderly patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s and other motor diseases. Honestly, working with these sweet, gentle, but very sick patients, was by far the best part of the entire experience of the Tamara Di Tella Pilates School of Training. Parkinson’s, a degenerative nerve disorder, slowly kills all motor skills in a person, when the levels of Dopamine are lowered in the brain, causing depression as a side effect.
Every day, the patients arrive, smiling, chattering, and happy to be alive and able to exercise another day. After three months working with these patients, I can say I really truly enjoy every minute with them, and will keep working “ad-honorem” here until my last day in Argentina, six months from now. I now have about 30 new grandparents — how many people can say that? Every minute of the Tamara Di Tella Pilates Certification Course is completely worth it!
