I’ve always been sensitive, playful, mystical and a bit of a “wild child”. I was seven when I started sensing things I couldn’t explain and having dreams that came true. As a highly sensitive child, I learned early how to cope; how to be capable and responsible, how to function even when parts of me felt overwhelmed or unsure. Grief, loss and fear shaped much of my inner world and for a long time I tried to manage that by partying (all night) to disconnect from the pain I felt inside.

It took time for me to accept the possibility that there wasn’t something wrong with me - I just didn’t know how to feel my feelings safely.

Everything shifted when a blissful experience in a Yoga class showed me there was another way of living. What followed was a deep commitment to learning how to stay with myself - in my body, with my emotions and in uncertainty - rather than numbing or overriding what was there. That path took me across countries, into long periods of study and practice and into a deep relationship with trust, intuition, and compassion. I’ve been living sober for over a decade and now find freedom in shouting FUCK in the middle of a Yoga class or dancing in nature.

Over time, self-trust has grown, not as a concept, but as something embodied.

A continual practice of returning - to presence, compassion, and myself and it continues to shape how I live, how I lead and how I hold space for others.