I arrived in this world hyper sensitive to energy and had a way of embodying all the negative stuff around me and making the attribution that I had both caused it and was it. After a difficult journey into adulthood, struggling to navigate many developmental tasks and failing, I developed a façade of okayness, whereby the world wouldn’t have known of the struggles beneath the surface, but they were very present nonetheless.
Fast forward a few years, and a complicated struggle to find my way, I ended up back at University studying Psychology. It took me 10 years to complete undergrad psych, Honours and a Doctorate, and as grateful as I am for much of what I learned, I am also aware it gave me formulas or frameworks to understand myself and others. This left me in my head, and yet there was a whole lot of lostness living in my heart and my cells.
I got lucky. I’ve had some wonderful mentors, some amazing guides on the journey to healing: many who have taught me how to touch my deeper vulnerability and make peace with it; and many who have taught me the difference between self-love and other-approval. Life is much easier when you live out of love, and it has to start with you. And so I have dedicated myself to finding my own self-love and to working with both individuals and couples to find a way to love themselves and/or each other better, and to be able to be compassionate with the stumbling blocks that arise on the journey. Believe me I get inner pain! And I know the salvation of joy!!
So if you are struggling with a niggling sense of something not quite fitting within you; if you find yourself being reactive rather than engaged, and not just with activities but in relation to others; if you hunger for more of a feeling of ‘foundness’ than ‘lostness’; if you recognize that you are the common denominator in the problems you may be dealing with; or if you’ve been given a mental health diagnosis and wish to explore ways of managing life despite it, or even moving beyond it; or quite simply you want to live more in celebration of life, then we likely have a great platform for making change together. Of course I’d love to hear from you.
I know how difficult the first step of contact can be but please, if you are interested in seeking out my services, know that I will be delighted to hear from you and I will be right there to help with the second step. I am contactable on 0400 100 893, or via the contact tab.
