Welcome

This is a quiet space.

A place for slow thoughts, honest reflections, and the kind of words that don’t rush you anywhere.

For a long time, my life was shaped by survival — by pushing, coping, adapting, and trying to fit into systems that didn’t feel safe in my body. Somewhere along the way, I lost the ability to listen to myself. My nervous system learned urgency. My heart learned silence.

This blog is part of my return.

Here, I write about healing after trauma, learning to trust the body again, and choosing a slower, more authentic way of living and creating. I share from lived experience — not from formulas, fixes, or pressure to “be better.”

You won’t find hustle here.

You won’t be sold to.

You won’t be told who to become.

Instead, you’ll find gentle reminders that your pace is allowed, your sensitivity is not a flaw, and your body carries wisdom — even when the world has taught you to doubt it.

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t quite fit, like you’re rebuilding after something that changed you, or like you’re learning to listen inward for the first time… you’re welcome here.

Take what resonates.

Leave the rest.

There’s no rush.

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The Mountain Before Me…
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The Mountain Before Me…

I started to paint and it just sort of evolved into this painting! I had already started my healing journey a few months before I did this piece of artwork and when I began putting the paint onto paper I realised that it had great significance to the story of my life.

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When Healing Doesn’t Look Like Progress
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When Healing Doesn’t Look Like Progress

Healing doesn’t ask us to clear something once. It invites us to meet it again and again with more safety, more awareness, more compassion for ourselves and even for them. Forgive ourselves and allow them to be them with no thoughts of fixing them. 

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Turn Intention Into Action, your thoughts precede your form.
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Turn Intention Into Action, your thoughts precede your form.

The key to making things happen isn’t waiting for the perfect moment; it’s starting with what you have, where you are. Big goals can feel overwhelming when viewed all at once, but momentum builds through small, consistent action.
“A journey of 1000 miles begins with one small step” Lao Tzu

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Safety is the foundation of change
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Safety is the foundation of change

Safety always comes first in your healing journey.

Safety cannot be built on pressure and deadlines; you go at your own pace and with consistency, gentleness, and care for yourself. Whilst you are healing, you will begin to see little changes in the way you respond to life.

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