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, won the awards. I chased the traditional version of success: the career, the titles, the recognition. 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. An often quiet questioning of whether we’re really being who we were meant to be, and the fear that we may never find out.

Call it crisis or awakening – either way, 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 trained as a yoga teacher. 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.