What Brought Me Here

I spent many years disembodied, overworking, and disconnected from my emotions as a survival strategy. It kept me safe for many years. And then it started to get in the way of what I wanted to do, how I wanted to be, and how I wanted to connect with those around me. I could feel it holding me down, holding me back, despite it looking on the surface like I was achieving a lot. I started to experience these strategies as a barrier rather than something that was serving me. And it was excruciating - starting to thaw out, feel my feelings, say no, express my needs and allow myself to be held. And sometimes, it still is.

I hold so much compassion for those who are on their own journey with this, who similarly had to learn how to protect themselves and now want something different for themselves and their life. I’m committed to supporting those who are interested in discovering the softer parts of themselves, their joy, their sensory pleasures, and whatever other forms of nourishment they can give themselves and learn to receive from others. This is how we heal.