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The Substack Luminary Interviews - Episode 2 with Ilham

Join me for a lovely conversation with Ilham - a very popular and rising star here on Substack!

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Apr 07, 2026
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"Honored to have been interviewed by Peter Mukherjee ✨"
- Ilham ✨

In the second of our Substack Luminary Interviews, I’m joined by the amazing Ilham ✨

A hugely popular and respected writer, her brilliant Substack, 1% Wiser, is attracting a lot of attention today for its invaluable content and the sensitive, impactful way she writes.

A fully qualified engineer and with a Master’s Degree in Project Management, Ilham ✨ currently works in Engineering Sales in Northern Spain.

In this conversation, we explore:

  • Her background, growing up in Morocco, studying and working in the US, Brazil and France, and the extraordinary story of how she ‘chose’ to pursue engineering as a career.

  • Her recent journey of transformation and personal growth that inspired her to create 1% Wiser

  • Emotional Intelligence and its importance in our daily lives and for our long-term success and fulfilment

  • What it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person in today’s world – the challenges and advantages

  • Her love of art and being an artist, including taking a look at some of her paintings

  • How to recognise and manage our Inner Critic through a softer, more caring approach

  • Overthinking and catastrophising. What do these behaviours mean?

  • Habits and everyday regulation, and how these can improve the quality of our lives

  • The help Ilham hopes to provide for her subscribers and readers to help them improve their lives based on the small but regular steps they can take, and that she has already taken within her own life…

To learn more about Ilham and her amazing Substack 1% Wiser, click here

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I help sensitive professionals stop losing weekends to one comment, one meeting, or one mistake. Engineer by training, emotional skills by necessity.
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