About

Welcome to NEXA! My name is Silvia Slater and I am the Founder of NEXA.

NEXA grew organically out of my personal journey rather than from a premeditated plan.

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I grew up in a religious home, where questions of meaning, purpose, and morality were present early in my life. As I moved into adulthood, I began to lose resonance with the more dogmatic elements of faith. Not because the questions stopped mattering, but because the answers no longer felt alive or sufficient to me.

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For a long time, that tension stayed in the background. I built a demanding career in big law, where my days were full, my mind was occupied, and there was little space to sit quietly with what I believed or didn’t believe. The pace of corporate life left little room for reflection, and for years, that absence didn’t feel urgent enough to confront.

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Over time, though, I began to feel increasingly disconnected. Not only from religion, but from a deeper sense of meaning and coherence in my own life. Eventually, I made the decision to leave big law and begin my own legal practice.

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During that transition, my husband and I spent six months traveling. We moved slowly through places that demanded presence rather than productivity: the Amazon rainforest, Itatiaia National Park, the Galápagos Islands, and Nicaragua. We spent long stretches in immersive nature, far from noise, schedules, and constant input.

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At first, the quiet was soothing. And then it became loud.

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Without distraction, the questions I had postponed came fully into view. I had stepped away from a religious framework, but I hadn’t yet articulated what had replaced it. The absence mattered. I felt the need for meaning, orientation, and understanding, not as dogma, but as something lived and felt.

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Over months of reflection, reading, conversation, and direct experience, I began to articulate a philosophy that felt internally coherent to me. One that views awareness as foundational, values growth and integration, and treats individuality and connection as equally real. A way of understanding life that motivates me to grow, to explore honestly, to be kind without sentimentality, and to be brave in the face of uncertainty. ​

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NEXA emerged from that process.

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It is not a belief system or a doctrine. It is not a replacement for religion, and it is not an attempt to provide answers for others. It is a space for thoughtful exploration. A place where people can slow down, ask deeper questions, and begin to articulate their own understanding of reality, meaning, and purpose.

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NEXA exists to create a safe, open environment for reflection and conversation. A place where curiosity is welcomed, where difference is respected, and where people are encouraged to build their own philosophies with honesty and care.

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If you feel drawn to these questions, if you sense a quiet pull to think more deeply about what you believe and why, you are welcome here. NEXA is an invitation to explore, together, what gives our lives meaning and how we might live with greater clarity, courage, and peace.