ABOUT
a story of awakening
THE ART OF DEEP LISTENING.
So here it is - we all come here from the same place, and we return to the same place… why?
I believe that each of us has come here with a blueprint of what we are supposed to experience, and to break free from this lifetime to find true liberation and step into our soul mission. The Human Experience is a wonderful thing, and it can also become a trap if we have not awoken to our true essence.
It is when we truly become aligned to the inner calling of our heart, and start to use our mind as an ally to the heart that we will start living in our personal truth. Cracking this code is a gateway to flow state, inner peace, harmonic relationships and contentment.
As someone who actively explores the edge, I’ve had a life filled with incredible teachers. From Yogis, Buddhists, Shamans, Mediums, Healers, Business Partners, and of course all the clients, friends, animals & spirits. I learned that the universe is always speaking to us in every moment, and that we just need to tune in and listen.
I consider this the Art of Deep Listening.
I also consider this the gateway to liberation.
I help people tap into their highest potential and make their vision a reality.
As an avid dreamer, and somewhat of an explorer, I’ve found myself living many lives this lifetime. I believe in potential, and along my journey I have acquired a number of different ways to dream big, and to bring it right down here to Earth.
From studying with Shamans & Mystics, to telling stories on stage with the Circus, building off-grid communities on the edge of society, to learning the processes & implementation of Design Think, and delivering architectural projects from concept to materialisation - they have all led me to believe that just about anything is possible with the right intention, focus, team & drive.
My life is devoted to deep listening & unlocking codes to discover & awaken the truth that lies within.
MY STORY: EARLY ON.
Without going too deep, let’s just say it started in 1986 when I decided to be a little Scorpio child growing up in Australia in a pretty standard Australian household with mum, dad, sister and brother. From as early as I remember, I felt different. Like, really different.
My best time was spent with animals, and I would get lost in nature for hours on end. I had a wild dream space and was fortunate to have access to the internet and study things like Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection, Breathwork and Meditation techniques from very young. At high school, I was introduced to Yoga, and would eventually become one of my deepest pillars in life.
I was a highly sensitive being, and am eternally grateful for my grandmother - a big light in my life as she taught me about Art. When I would visit, we spent all day on different projects.
From early on, I would seek growth outside my nest. This started with spending extensive amounts of time with neighbours & the families of close friends, and testing entrepreneurial waters. Eventually I moved in with a friends family at 14, when my sister was diagnosed with cancer and I started to feed a curiosity on how other people did life.
I made a decision pretty early on that I wanted to know more, and I would travel the world. I decided to leave school to do so. My decision caused a few ripples as I was in an academically accelerated school and it was definitely not the norm. Undeterred, I stuck with my vision and my family surrendered to the fact that I have my own mission on this life.
Cycle: 0 - 14
After my sister recovered from cancer, my family told me that whatever decision in life that I make, so long as it is following my heart, that I have their full blessing. I’m so grateful for their trust, and how open they were to me leading the unconventional life that I chose. To my family, my roots, thank you, thank you, thank you.
RISE, SHINE, BURN.
To make those travel plans a reality, I had to take work and resource myself. I chose a path of Health & Wellness, following my love for movement, and began my journey as a Swim Coach and Personal Trainer. Despite my extreme embodiment practices and devotion to my physical well-being, I became very ill by 17. I took myself to a naturopath and started an elimination diet to discover what was going on inside. Through much fasting and cleansing of my system, I discovered my entire gut health was destroyed by the chlorine I was in daily for swimming, which showed up as IBS, asthma, and dermatitis. I had also fallen for the old school traps of ‘healthy’ low fat & low sugar philosophies, and was consuming a ton of sweeteners and processed foods. My body was breaking down.
This reset of fasting & healing my gut health allowed me to reset what food I was consuming and I became very conscious of what I put into my body. I stayed predominantly vegan & organic from this point onward.
During this time I met a very significant connection in my journey. My life partner I consciously journeyed with for 11 years. We decided to take on the world travels together, and took off on a trip of 30 countries over a year. No words can describe the amount of growth and learning this trip (and this human) provided me. By its end, I had developed a deep fascination with phenomenology and how space evokes emotion. And so, made a decision to devote my next cycle to Design & Architecture. I found the most highly regarded design institute in Sydney, enrolled, tested and was to my surprise accepted into the four year program.
This chapter was nothing short of profound. We dove deep into human evolutionary psychology, acoustics, colour theory, materiality, and creative processes. Throughout these studies, I was also working nights & weekends in an IT start up - and developed a mindset that serves me still to this day. And it was a total recipe for burn out. Thankfully I connected with an exceptional yogi that I would spend 5 years studying with. Meditation, movement & yoga literally were my pillars in this time. If I skipped practice, my entire system would shut down. And, at times it did. I struggled with anxiety and dermatitis, which didn’t really cease until I left the IT contract after three years service and stepped into a creative environment - my first Design Studio - an Artist Collective who were in start up phase. Here, I merged the worlds of tech, business & design by building and launching the website, PR & marketing for the collective, as well as taking on lead role of my own design projects.
We built the brand for a few years to where it was thriving before the universe made some big shifts for me. At the time I had no idea, but I had entered my Saturn Return. My relationship of 11 years ended very abruptly, and just about everything in my social and family circles changed. I decided to take off on a period of indefinite travels, and was confronted with a near-death bike accident.
Cycle: 14 - 28
I was confronted with a near-death bike accident & I received a very profound message:
That I was not LISTENING. I was indeed asleep.
BACK TO SELF.
The message was to stop everything and come back to myself. I spent a month in bed recovering from four facial fractures, and impacted front left cortex and a skinned face. Despite the accident, I had an inner knowing that I still had to take off on that trip. I stuck to my plans to leave Australia. I soon enough found myself at Burning Man Festival in the USA - as a solo adventurer - and discovered enough things to write a book about.
The journey from there was a bit of a curve ball. I had my sights set on Nepal, however a devastating Earthquake was happening in the moment I was planning my trip, and I felt myself gravitate toward Nicaragua. This was an interesting message as i didn’t even know the country existed, I didn’t speak Spanish, nor have any contextual framework on what to expect, beside a small eco community on a volcanic island called Ometepe. Despite all of that, it was calling me very loudly. So, I let go and listened to that call and this is where I found stillness to recalibrate for what my next cycle had in store for me.
I lived off-grid, barefoot, drinking volcanic springwater under the stars for almost 2 months. At times I actually thought I had passed on, and was stuck somewhere between realms. The accident had made a significant impact on me and I had started quite literally hearing voices. My energy was through the roof as I experienced kundalini awakening, and my emotions were all over the place. Logic & rational thought were extremely difficult to access. I gave up on my grip on so-called reality, and I surrendered to this thing that was happening. Near the end of my stay, a Shaman came to visit and I had my first introduction to Ayahuasca. During this PROFOUND experience, I could quite literally feel the plant working on my head trauma. I also discovered a source of deep, unconditional love within myself and connection to the universe in entirely new way.
A portal had opened and I started meeting the most magical humans and was confronting wild synchronicities. Before I knew it, we had a community of Artists and Yogis in Nicaragua and quite literally started a circus. I entered a very deep (business) relationship with two of the most significant humans on my journey which initiated a 7 year cycle of growth. Before I knew it, I had helped bring a very big vision to life and found myself running events, performing on stages, and launching retreats around the world.
Cycle: 28 - 35
Throughout these experiences, I learned a new way of listening. These ‘voices’ & feelings I was experiencing became my most authentic way of navigating, and the more I listened, the more I was guided into experiences I can only describe as MAGIC.
DIVING DEEPER.
I started to receive the signs that it was time for me to move on from my business partnership & community, and with the world shutting down due to global pandemic, I really didn’t know what was coming. I was living in Nicaragua at the time and decided to return to Ometepe and had quite literally some of the best moments of my life during the pandemic. Connected with fresh springwater and living on a permaculture farm on the side of the volcano with a community of artists… it was like living in a dream.
I started working very deeply with certain plant medicines which deepened my roots with pacha mama, and also showed me many things about my soul & purpose here on Earth. I started an underground conscious event space where we would sit in ceremony with the New Moon, and celebrate with big events on the Full Moon. These events were filled with pure magic - portals to different dimensions. A real community formed in this time and much healing was done.
I started to connect very deeply with facilitation of Plant Medicines, and of SOUND. By chance, I found a teacher in the North of Nicaragua and discovered the branch of yoga called Nada - the internal sound that comes from pure consciousness. This led me to Guatemala 6 months later to dive deeper into Sound Healing.
The work with sound had a very deep impact on my life as I watched my internal frequency shift and I discovered new ways to manifest and navigate my life based on frequency.
After two years of trying to integrate into my business, I found that I was moving in a new direction and the time had come to let go. A very powerful 7 year cycle was complete. I have nothing but gratitude for all the experiences, the teachers, and the lessons that came with this incredibly enriching cycle.
In the moment of making my decision to leave, I decided it was time to finally get myself to Nepal where I spent six weeks in the mountains studying with a Nada yoga master diving deep into sound.
At this point, the call to Egypt was becoming louder, so I decided to take the plunge and took an open-ended one-way ticket to Cairo to discover what was there for me. Past Life Remembrance, Soul Contracts, and Ancient Egyptian medicine were part of this initiation. My connection with Egypt runs deep, and I have launched some retreats and projects there to anchor in my discoveries. To discover more, head over to my events page.
Cycle: 35 - present
