Revealing how his loving marriage ended years ago but he and his wife just coexisted together until they finally decide to invite family and friends and take off their wedding rings in a ceremony sort of. Vishen, the Founder of Mindvalley who was married for 19 years to his beautiful wife Kristina, a marriage that produced two kids, has confessed today to his fans about their uncoupling and unwedding celebration.
Posting a photo of him with his wife and kids on a holiday, he revealed that he’s there spending time with them as a dad and business partner to his wife but not as man and wife. They are no longer lovers but co-parenting ..
Read his uncoupling story below…
This is honestly the hardest post I’ve had to write. So after 19 years together Kristina and I decided to consciously uncouple & end our marriage.
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We made the decision late last year to un-wed. But we decided to celebrate one last Valentine’s Day together and then take off our rings on Feb 16 in the presence of 50+ friends and a big celebration. Our kids Hayden and Eve were part of the ceremony too. As were my Mom and Dad.
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We built up a lot in 19 years. Kris was by my side when I was broke and had lost everything. And she was by my side when I started a little company called Mindvalley. Although we have 350 employees globally now, she was the very first person who believed in my crazy dreams.
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Now after 19 years, two amazing kids, and Mindvalley growing by leaps and bounds we felt that our relationship had to evolve. We built this relationship on the four pillars of being lovers, friends, parents and business partners. Three of those pillars still stand, but the pillar of being ‘lovers’ was not working. And we knew that if we didn’t take action that one pillar collapsing could bring down the entire house.
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So we choose to change how we see “marriage”. To celebrate our time together but to no longer buy into the idea of “foreverness”. We completed one phase of our lives together and now move to a second phase. 💕
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We also chose to redefine divorce. That words creates so much negative emotion in so many. Rather than a usual divorce we did a Conscious Uncoupling process, the method popularised in Katherine Woodward Thomas’ book of the same name. 📖 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
We neatly divided our assets, and made a pact to be great friends and business partners and wonderful co-parents. In fact, as I write this I’m with Kristina and the kids on an 8 day holiday in Japan. 🍣
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I know people following me for a decade plus might be shocked so I wanted to be fully transparent. So I’m sharing here a 6 min video of me and Kristina explaining our decision and process to our team at Mindvalley for the first time. If you’re curious to our approach and decision, you might want to watch.