About Alicia Swift
Artist, Engineer & Founder at Astreya
Alicia Swift is an artist, engineer, and founder of Astreya Wellness, focusing on health/biotech, finance/investing, space, design, and consciousness. She transitioned from a 15-year career marked by burnout to creating wellness tools like courses, journals, and practices emphasizing presence, stillness, and intentional living inspired by aloha principles. Her work promotes burnout recovery, mindful entrepreneurship, and personal healing through sensory connection and reflection.
Introduction
Alicia Swift is an artist, engineer, and founder of Astreya Wellness, dedicated to themes of health, consciousness, design, and mindful business practices. After leaving a 15-year career due to burnout, she developed tools for presence and peace, drawing from Hawaiian aloha philosophy.[7][8]
Mindful Entrepreneurship and Hustle with Aloha
Swift hosts the Hustle with Aloha podcast, targeting entrepreneurs seeking growth without burnout. Episodes cover pricing strategies[1], persuasive website marketing[2], and budgeting for small businesses[3]. Influenced by years in Hawaii, she advocates aloha—presence, kindness, and connection—as an antidote to hustle culture.[1][2][3]
Burnout Recovery and The Practice of Peace
Swift shares her journey of healing burnout after 15 years in her career, offering the Practice of Peace course based on personal experience. It teaches methods for successful recovery.[7]
Wellness Practices and Presence
Central to Astreya is Return to Stillness, inviting practice of presence and sensory connection for intentional living.[5] The site emphasizes attention and witnessing life moment by moment.[8]
Lunar and Reflective Design
The 2026 Lunar Journal features monthly reflection themes, blending design with consciousness exploration.[6]
Personal Trauma and Raw Storytelling
In the I See Glass Children podcast, Swift discusses childhood trauma, mental health, and the emotional impact of sharing hard stories on her well-being and relationships.[4]
Anti-Burnout and Sustainable Success
Emphasis on achieving entrepreneurial success without exhaustion, promoting balance and presence.
Presence and Stillness
Core practice of mindfulness, sensory connection, and intentional moments.
Entrepreneurial Strategies
Practical advice on pricing, marketing, and budgeting for small businesses.
Personal Healing and Trauma
Raw sharing of childhood trauma, mental health, and emotional impacts of storytelling.
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- Hustle with Aloha: Pricing Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Part of Hustle With Aloha by Alicia Nagel Creativepodcast_episode · 2026-04-14
- Hustle with Aloha: Make Your Website Work For You_ Persuasive Marketing Tips - Hustle With Aloha Alicia Nagel Creativepodcast_episode · 2026-04-14
- Hustle with Aloha: Budgeting Strategy for Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners Hustle With Aloha Alicia Nagel Creativepodcast_episode · 2026-04-14
- I See Glass Children: Alicia: Real & Rawpodcast_episode · 2026-04-14
- Astreya: Return to stillnessarticle · 2026-04-14
- The 2026 Lunar Journal - Astreya Wellnessarticle · 2026-04-14
- Shop: The Practice of Peace Course - Astreya Wellnessarticle · 2026-04-14
- Astreyaarticle · 2026-04-14
- Prisoner at HMP Peterborough has sentence extended by 7 years after stabbing inmate - Rayonews_article · 2026-04-14
- Prisoner at HMP Peterborough has sentence extended after stabbing another inmate - Peterborough Telegraphnews_article · 2026-04-14
- Lives upended in car crash in West The Dalles - Columbia Community Connectionnews_article · 2026-04-14