My personal story…

Since childhood, I’ve often felt different - I have felt highly sensitive and easily overwhelmed by the world around me. I became really good at hiding this, masking my anxiety especially throughout school and often even at home. I kept up the appearance of being capable, high-achieving, and “doing well”, whilst underneath, I struggled with anxiety, low self-worth, and at times, periods of deep depression and disconnection. There were points in my life where things felt so hard that I couldn’t function. I isolated myself, hurt myself and I hurt people I loved - I really didn’t know how to get out of that place.

Possibly because of these experiences, I’ve always been deeply fascinated by human behaviour and the human experience (What are we really doing here?! Why do we do what we do?). I became intent on trying to understand myself and the people around me. I was searching for meaning, connection, and tools to help people feel better… maybe because I didn’t know how to help myself yet.

Naturally, I gravitated towards psychology and spirituality—particularly child psychology, which made so much sense later as I began healing my own inner child. I spent over 8 years studying psychology all the way through to doctoral level. Alongside that, I explored psychotherapy, family therapy, education systems, coaching, spiritual texts, alternative healing modalities, nervous system health, somatic practices, sound, and energy work. I’ve also spent many years in my own therapy, coaching, and supervision - all forming part of a very personal healing process for me.

Despite all of this knowledge and experience, for a long time I still found myself living in survival mode. I became skilled at achieving. I worked long hours, collected qualifications, and kept myself very busy. I told myself I didn’t need rest, that holidays were ‘boring’ or ‘too time consuming’, that I “thrived under pressure”. But underneath that, my nervous system was in overdrive, some of the time to the point of dissociation, and my self-worth was completely entangled with how productive or impressive I could be.

Eventually, my body stopped me. I started getting migraines, pain in my joints, overwhelming anxiety, chronic fatigue, and a deep emotional exhaustion I couldn’t push through. I kept asking myself, “Why do I feel like this when I’ve done everything ‘right’? Why can’t I make it through a normal workday like everyone else?”.

The truth was, I couldn’t keep going. I had to walk away from the job that I had worked eight years to build. From the outside, it looked like a brave decision and many people said this to me. But for me, there was no choice. I had to choose a different life. My body— my whole being—needed something else. This decision was the beginning of everything changing for me.

Through a combination of therapy, somatic and embodiment practice (especially finding and using my voice and sound healing), finding Human Design, spiritual practice and slowing down, I began to connect with myself in a new way. I stopped trying to “fix” myself and started learning how to feel safe in my body. I have worked through trauma, conditioning, and limiting beliefs, and still today, my internal world continues to shift.

Watching my life and my inner-self change so much from making changes to the way I exist in this world allowed me a deeper understanding — almost a birds eye view — that the chronic stress, burnout, anxiety, and pain aren’t just my problem, they are symptoms of a way of living that so many of us are conditioned into. We’re told that it’s normal to live in tension, to ignore the body, to push through discomfort and pain, to ‘hustle’. But this is not true! Our outer lives reflect our inner state—and that’s something we can change.

What I’ve learned (and continue to learn) is that healing and change doesn’t come from doing more—it comes from softening, surrendering, listening, from reconnecting with ourselves on every level. And in my work now, I support others to do just that.

Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to work with children, young people, adults and families—supporting them to move through emotional blocks, transform their relationships, unstick what feels stuck, and rediscover a sense of hope and possibility. I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all approaches. I believe in deep listening. In integration. In the power of personalised, embodied support that sees the whole person—not just the problem.

I’m passionate about helping others find light in their darkest moments. To develop self-compassion. To feel safe enough to let go of what’s no longer serving them, and to create space for real, lasting change.

This work isn’t just what I do—it’s who I am. I’m so grateful to walk alongside others as they return home to themselves.