My story

I had a good job, in a really fun company, doing what I liked and I was on a great salary. I also had several businesses on the side that were very successful. My days were full-on and my multi-tasking was impressive. I had many friends and a full social diary. I was grateful for all that I had, and I laughed a lot every day - yet I would also have frequent low moments where I’d find myself googling questions like ‘What is the point of life?’ and ‘What does a truly happy life look like?’ I would read article after article trying to answer these questions that nagged me.

The articles I found that helped mainly talked of taking leaps of faith; I have never had any trouble making brave choices and taking exciting leaps in my life; I knew my issue was not bravery. My problem was that I had absolutely no idea which way to leap my life, or why I even felt the need to leap – I just kept thinking that if what I had wasn’t enough, how would anything ever be?

I realise now, many years later, that I could never have seen how to get here from there. I can clearly see now, but it was impossible from there. It feels a bit like at the end of the Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis – when we're given the missing piece of information, and suddenly everything we thought we knew is different.

I see now what the problem was; I had absolutely no idea who I was – and without any idea of who I was, how could I know what I needed, liked or wanted? How had I got to 35 without knowing? I had been moulded by society, and I had followed the crowd; I had everything society dictated I needed to be successful, but I had missed out the part where I was a match to most of it – I had got an impressively long way up a ladder, that was, unfortunately, leaning against the wrong tree.

I realised that it had nothing to do with the amount I had accumulated or how excellent my life looked to anyone else; it was an inside job that I needed to complete. I cringed a tiny bit as I realised this, that it ultimately comes down to self-love – the phrase used to make me twitch because to me it sounded so self-indulgent, but I needed to love myself enough to invest in finding out who I was, and therefore what I liked, or I would never know which way to leap.

It was not easy. After 35 years of going with the flow, having a spotlight on me felt very unsettling and against my nature. My resistance was huge... until I started noticing the positive benefits. I started to access a deeper layer of feelings that I had not felt before. I started hearing and listening to myself from inside. I started hearing my needs and valuing them, and slowly I worked out who I was and what I loved. It was the most fascinating, worthwhile and empowering journey of my life so far. I now love and understand myself and my life flows beautifully. I no longer question my point and I have never been happier.

I found my missing peace.

Animas; Accredited diploma in transformational coaching

The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre; 200Hrs Yoga teacher training

Animas; Accredited certificate in mindfulness coaching

Rainbow Kids Yoga; Yoga for kids and families teacher training

Cosmic Kids; Yoga for kids teacher training

Sri Sri School of Yoga; 350 Hrs Yoga teacher training
QCI Certificate of yoga professionals; Level 2 Yoga teacher training

The Salus Academy; Diploma in person-centered NLP and integrative hypnotherapy

The Marisa Peer School; Rapid transformational therapy practitioner.

International School of Dru yoga; Dru meditation teacher training diploma.

International School of Dru Yoga; 350 Hrs Yoga teacher training.