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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate
Our deepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure.
-Marianne Wiliamson, Return to Love, 1992
Much of what we avoid is our own greatness. I can relate, I’ve done it myself.
Bringing our deepest visions to life calls for radical responsibility. Yet many of us hesitate — not because we lack clarity or capability, but because taking action would threaten the very structures we lean on for security.
Here lies the edge: where change feels terrifying and comfort becomes powerfully seductive. Many, instead of pursuing their passions or honouring their heart’s longings, trade their soul for the temporary illusion of safety and a predictable routine, risking a lifetime of haunting what-ifs.
But why are we here, if not to experience, learn, and grow?
What if we viewed our aspirations as paths, not just outcomes?
When we recognise that our limits are self-imposed, and choose to be what we seek — to be grounded, self-trusting, and resourced — our reality begins to reflect what we believe and allow to be true.
That’s where I come in.
Over time — as a therapist, mother, woman, and guide — I've come to understand these cycles well, becoming well-versed in the backroads of the psyche — the ones that at first appear as shortcuts but only take you in loops.
I know what it's like to ignore deep wants, to stay quiet when something inside you is asking for more. I’ve downplayed my needs to keep the peace, as if they were things I could pack up and put away. I’ve been there, but one day the price I paid for stability began to bankrupt my sense of self.
This is why I specialise in working with soul-led, ambitious women. By virtue of pursuing excellence, they’re asked to become comfortable with change. It's a confronting path, but it's the only one for leaders, trailblazers, pattern breakers, and icons.
Our evolution hinges upon our capacity to live at the horizon of what’s known. It can be a beautiful, lonely place. That’s why my work exists — to meet you there: at the brink, in the trenches of transitions, through the arc of the death and the rebirth.
I support you in reconnecting with, accepting, and becoming more of who you fundamentally are, so you can claim your highest visions, elevate your standards, move with discernment, and ultimately guide yourself out of the labyrinths you once mistook for safety toward the leading edge of your life.
Through this work, we remember that the unseen — our intuition, energy, and essence — isn't something to master, but to lean into, honour, and trust. And in meeting it — and ourselves — we come to know our greatness.
This is the lens through which I live, work, and lead.
I’m a native Californian — deeply empathic, energetic, and thoughtful. A dreamer, and a proud mama of two. Those who know me best say I carry both depth and lightness; that I notice the small things, and make people feel seen.
I come from a long line of cowboys, trailblazers, and spirited free-thinkers, and that same pull to explore is what led me across the Atlantic, where I now call the UK home. My lineage gifted me a reverence for nature, an instinct to test boundaries, and the courage to venture into the unknown. To me, everything holds soul — every circumstance, every connection, every fleeting moment invites curiosity. It’s in this dance with meaning that we discover a certain joie de vivre — a fullness that changes not just how we live, but how deeply we experience being alive.
I’m a psychologist by training, and a mystic at heart. My sensitivity runs deep; some might call it clairsentience, though I think of it simply as attunement — a felt sense of life. Above all, I prize love: as lens, as practice, as the steady pulse beneath everything. I see the world through many prisms, endlessly curious about how our realities are shaped. Few things fascinate me more than the conversation between psyche and body, and the magic that unfolds when we trust our own wisdom and move with intention.
The woman I am today owes much of who she is to my younger self — my sweet inner child who, even then, felt called to protect and uplift others.
If you’d met me back then, you might have thought I was thriving. I got good grades, had close friends, and lived in lovely neighbourhoods. But behind the smiles and straight A’s, I was hurting. I hid it well — but I was navigating trauma, complicated family dynamics, and an eating disorder I didn’t yet have language for.
I learned early that love and safety could be earned through performance and self-sacrifice. So I became the good girl: the one who over-delivered, who stayed composed, who contorted and made herself easy to love.
At sixteen, I left home believing freedom lived somewhere else. And for a while, it did. I studied and worked in Santa Barbara, Cambridge, Madrid, Ibiza, and London. I became skilled at adapting, at excelling, at beginning again. But wherever I went, the old programming followed: perform, please, achieve, stay safe. I hadn’t yet planted a flag within myself.
By my early thirties — immersed in my professional doctorate, marriage, and motherhood — I still felt a dull ache; a sense that my inner light had dimmed. I blamed the relationship, chased credentials, sought out healers, and eventually divorced — consciously, lovingly — though I still wish I’d ended things with more grace.
In the years that followed, life invited me into even deeper lessons. I learned how to hold both strength and softness as a single mother, how to unlearn old patterns of attachment and step beyond trauma bonds disguised as love. I began challenging the status quo, redefining success, womanhood, and what it means to rebuild on your own terms. And somewhere between late nights, school runs, and starting over professionally, I discovered that the sparks of reinvention fly when you dare to be more of yourself.
Growth, I’ve realised, is rarely linear; every detour refined me. Every heartbreak became a teacher. Slowly, I began to turn inward—to listen, to feel, to accept. It was brutal and messy, but it taught me what I needed to know: that I could no longer barter pieces of my soul for love. I learned to meet my wounded parts with compassion, to live with integrity and softness. That chapter was raw, but it was real; and in hindsight, it became the initiation into my best era yet.
This isn’t just my story; it’s a frequency. If you’re here, you likely recognise it. Maybe life looks beautiful on paper, but something inside still whispers for more. Maybe you’re standing at the threshold between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming.
I don’t believe in quick fixes or bypassing the human experience. I believe in courage, in tenderness, in taking as long as it takes. In creating a life—a love, a purpose—you can inhabit fully, with no regrets.
Although I’m still becoming, this is the path I’ve walked to shed the versions of myself I outgrew. And it’s the one I now hold space for you to walk, too. A path where we don’t rush to fix, but slow down to feel—where we learn to weave what longs to be whole.
From that wholeness, we build something honest. Something lasting. A life that finally holds you as fully as you’ve held everyone else.
I approach client work with the belief that while human experience is endlessly diverse, certain universal truths unite us. We are interconnected, drawn to meaning, and animated by forces beyond our current understanding.
My work is grounded in a humanistic ethos, where each client is honoured as the expert of their own experience—naturally inclined to grow, heal, and evolve. I trust in the organic unfolding of life, and I hold deep respect for the inner knowing that emerges when we pause and listen closely.
Love, grace, integrity, freedom, and wholeheartedness aren’t just ideals for me — they’re the values I live by. They inform how I hold space, how I support transformation, and how I show up.
An Integrative Pathway to Wholeness
My approach sits at the intersection of traditional therapy, modern coaching, and somatic healing. It's rooted in rigorous psychotherapeutic training, drawing from evidence-based models that explore how early experiences shape our beliefs, behaviours, and relationships.
But insight alone isn't enough — true transformation requires embodiment. That's why I integrate body, breath, and nervous system practices, helping you rewire survival strategies, establish new baselines, and expand from within.
I weave together psychodynamic and relational models with somatic practices, spiritual principles, and transformational guidance so that your healing isn’t just understood intellectually, but integrated and lived.
Walking Beside You, Not Ahead
As a Transformational Guide, I don’t fix or offer quick solutions. I walk beside you — with humility and expertise — creating a space where you can unravel, reimagine, and ultimately blossom, fully and freely.
My work honours spiral growth over linear progress, blending structured insight with intuitive presence — engaging not just the mind, but the body, the energy field, and the soul.