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My First Book Launch – Live Tour – Autumn 2025
What the Book Is About
“LIFE IS KIND!”
Carolin Oder is full of energy, courage, and a deep love for life — yet she knows firsthand what it means to be brought to your knees by crisis and to fight your way back to inner strength.
After profound personal losses and the devastating diagnosis of a rare, life-threatening illness affecting her son, she created the GENAUSO Principle — seven powerful paths to discovering inner strength in life’s darkest moments, whether for yourself or for those you love.
This book is a compassionate guide for navigating uncertainty, building resilience, and choosing a fulfilling life even when everything feels like it’s falling apart. Through thought-provoking reflection questions and practical, real-life tools, you’ll learn how to apply the GENAUSO Principle to your own journey. Because one thing is certain: crises are part of life.
The real question isn’t if they will come — it’s how you choose to meet them.
Are you ready to rise, discover your inner strength, and reclaim your life?


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Featuring a foreword by Prof. Dr. René Prêtre
“I know very few parents who have had to endure as much as they did. And yet — they remained standing. Under the force of these blows, Carolin Oder actively developed her own coping mechanisms. … Her GENAUSO Principle was built with critical pragmatism and great intelligence.”

Prof. Dr. René Prêtre
- One of the world’s leading pediatric heart surgeons
- Specialized in congenital heart defects
- Swiss Person of the Year 2009
- Author






