I was raised to trust logic over emotions, head over heart. 

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For 28 years, I worked as a strategist in advertising. I managed teams, led global brands, travelled the world. 

I chased the traditional version of success - focused on buildng a career, getting the titles, receving recognition, and even winning  awards.

 

It is what I’d been told was the proper thing to do when I grew up, so I followed the rules.  

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On the outside I looked successful, but inside I felt empty.

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Then midlife hit.

Hormones went wild. Time felt shorter. And I started to wonder whether I was still on the right path.

 

Yes, it is a familiar story – the search for one’s true self – but it’s also one I see many women live. You often get to a point in life - it can be in your 30s, 40s, 50s or even later, when you start to question whether you’re really being who you were meant to be. And as time goes by, you start to fear  you may never find out.

 

Call it crisis or awakening – either way, for me the call was impossible to ignore. The problem was that I had no idea what I wanted to do next, and the thought of reinventing myself felt seriously scary.

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My journey back to myself began when I decided to train as a yoga teacher, in 2014. Little by little I learnt to quiet my busy mind and start to reconnect with my body. That path led me to coaching, and eventually to somatic coaching with the Strozzi Institute, where I finally found my ‘home’. 

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My way back to myself was, quite literally, a way back to my body.

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There is so much we hold in our muscles and tissues – old conditioning and old stories.  Working through it can open the door to an entirely new way of being.  

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Reconnecting with my body, and listening to what I truly wanted, gave me the courage to leave my corporate career and create my own business. A choice that once felt impossible. 

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Today I help others make the same journey, integrating somatic work with more cognitive/neuroscience based and emotional work.