Who am I?
Psychotherapist, Coach, Mum, friend, traveller, lover, seeker … and so much more.
Like most of us, I am many things and I find it hard to limit myself to any particular identity.
I live life fully - with an open heart and open mind.
“Living an authentic and full life is about being in alignment with our essential nature – it’s about feeling good, knowing that we belong in these bodies, and we belong this world.”
Clare Salmon
Life has not always felt easy for me. I have spent years in the wilderness, living outside of myself and looking in, wondering how I could feel worthy enough to participate fully in an erotic and fulfilling life. My passion for healing has taught me to see life’s challenges as vital portals on the journey to wholeness.
“You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”
Brene Brown
My mission
I am on a mission to really feel life. For me this is a lifelong practice; I am devoted to a journey of self-actualisation – to reaching my full potential.
Extending this to creating a space for other, I am deeply committed to creating a safe space for people to self-actualise.
Living to our potential means the feeling whole range of human experiences, the joys and the sorrows, the longing and the shame, the hopes and the fears. We can’t ‘pick and choose’ which emotions we experience - they all serve as messengers from our deepest self, the want to speak to us. The challenge for most of us is to listen to those messages and to learn the language of our feeling. Too often we get caught up in trying to change, ignore or deny our experience. We create stories about our feelings, and these stories can leave us feeling stuck and limited, like a broken record on repeat.
I believe emotional freedom comes from learning the language of our feelings and emotions, not in the resistance of them. And sadly, many of us grow up in environments where we are not taught how to feel well, or where are feelings are ignored or ridiculed.
The greatest epiphanies I have had in my personal journey, and often the most profound shifts I have witnessed in my clients, are when we are fully seen in our wholeness; our brilliance and our flawed-ness. This being human isn’t about being perfect, its about being whole and being true to our deepest self.
“Somewhere deep inside we know why we are here and and we are perfectly equipped to live to our fullest potential. We may get lost from time to time, but our soul is always calling us home. ”
Clare Salmon
As part of my own ongoing restoration, I am currently taking 6 months out of clinical practice to travel, to learn and to feel.
‘If you restore balance in your own self, you will be contributing immensely to the healing of the world.’
Deepak Chopra