Eddie Mitsou: Author, Model and the Woman Behind Peaches.

A Conversation with Momonì.

There are books that inform, and books that stay with you. Peaches, the debut wellness handbook by Swedish-born author and model Eddie Mitsou, is firmly the latter. Part personal memoir, part practical guide, part love letter to conscious living, it is the kind of book that feels like a conversation with someone who has already walked the path and wants to make it easier for you.

Momonì met with Eddie to talk about the origins of Peaches, the philosophy behind it, and why taking care of yourself should never feel like a punishment.

 

Tell us a little about yourself.

I’m Eddie Mitsou, a Swedish-born author and model raised in Stockholm, and I’ve been based between Los Angeles and New York for over a decade. I’m the author of Peaches, a modern wellness book that blends personal storytelling with a more playful and approachable take on health, self-worth, and how to live well. I’m currently working on my first documentary, exploring womanhood, identity, grief, and emotional inheritance.

 

When did the idea of writing “Peaches” first come to you?

The idea came to me in my early twenties, when I was trying to educate myself about health and wellness, but found that all the existing literature felt incredibly boring. I had been deeply interested in plant-based living, meditation, and a more toxin-free lifestyle since around 2013, when I was still a teenager. But the books I found were written for a different kind of woman: one who already had her life together, with children, a husband, a house. That wasn't something I could relate to, living in a small downtown New York apartment with a kitchen the size of an airplane bathroom.

By my mid-twenties, I wanted to write the book I had been missing: something inspiring, with a sense of cool, that educated without preaching and spoke to someone like me.

I moved to Paris for six months and wrote Peaches from a small apartment in the Marais. I then returned to the US to collect interviews with the remarkable women featured throughout the book. Most of the recipes were created during those months in France as well.

Of course, the book is for women at many different stages of life, but the initial impulse was to reach a younger audience, because I felt there was a genuine gap.

 

What is the main message behind Peaches?

I want Peaches to be the older sister I never had. Someone who shows you that taking care of yourself doesn't have to be extreme, perfect, or overwhelming. It's about small, conscious choices (how you eat, how you think, how you live) that, over time, shape not just how you feel, but how you see yourself.

Real change doesn't come from pressure or restriction. It comes from building a relationship with yourself that feels good enough to actually sustain. That, to me, is the heart of a healthy lifestyle.

 

If a reader could take away just one thing from the book, what would you want it to be?

Dare to go against the flow. Realise that you don't have to follow anyone else's version of what a happy life looks like. Trust yourself enough to do your own thing, tune out the voices that tell you to be "realistic", and allow yourself to be a little brave. Take chances, because at the end of the day, you only get one life.

 

The book follows a 21-day programme. What kind of transformation do you hope readers experience?

The beauty of Peaches is that you can use it however you want. You can follow the 21-day journey from beginning to end, almost like having someone hold your hand through each chapter. Or you can keep it on your coffee table and open it whenever you need a moment of inspiration. Or bring it into the kitchen when you feel like making something simple, healthy, and genuinely nourishing.

The idea behind the 21 days is rooted in the well-known principle that it takes roughly three weeks to shift a habit. My hope is that by the last page, you feel a deeper sense of love for yourself. That you feel inspired to go after what you want, and that you realise taking care of yourself through food, mindset, or small daily rituals, isn't as complicated as it can seem.

The goal was never to transform your life overnight. It was to show that small shifts can actually stick and that, over time, they can help you grow into the best version of yourself.

 

You have been modelling since you were fourteen. How has that world shaped the message of Peaches?

Being exposed to that kind of pressure so young (how you look, how you perform, how you build a career) forces you to confront questions of identity and self-worth earlier than most. In some ways, I grew up very quickly. But it also gave me a certain awareness.

I became deeply conscious of how external expectations shape the way you see yourself. And I think that's also why I feel a strong connection to a younger audience, not in a negative sense, but because I understand how disorienting it can be to navigate those pressures early on.

If anything, my experience in fashion made me want to create something that offers a different perspective: one that feels more grounded, more supportive, and less defined by perfection. Peaches is ultimately about building a relationship with yourself that exists beyond the external gaze.

It is, in many ways, a sensibility that resonates with what Momonì has always stood for: the idea that true elegance begins from within, and that the most beautiful thing a woman can wear is confidence in herself.