Where to from here?

I began my career in the marketing world, before an opportunity to work in Japan changed my trajectory. Upon returning home, I moved into education for 14 years, as a teacher, then leadership - which was at that time, a true calling. However, no level of career ‘success’ or moving up the ladder helped my personal experience with daily anxiety. In fact, with a big heart, a desire to help others, and wanting to be seen as ‘managing life’, I was internally struggling with overwhelming emotions, and on the fast track to burnout.

I somehow stumbled across an incredible holistic therapy called Bowen Therapy, and approached a local therapist with the goal of feeling more calm and in control. She explained a set of moves called ‘The Vagus Nerve Procedure’, and 45 minutes later, I left the clinic completely relaxed. This kicked off my fascination with the human body, the workings of the autonomic nervous system and left me wanting to learn more about how my anxiety was related to this.

I signed up to study Bowen and loved the anatomy and physiology units. During my Bowen Therapy work, I came to understand the connection of the mind and how much impact the brain-body connection had on my clients, some with years of trauma stored in their bodies. This led me to decide to go back to uni to gain a Masters degree in Counselling, in order to help people heal their mind as well as their bodies. Since then, I have gone on to learn more on nervous system regulation, studying Polyvagal theory, somatic healing techniques, EFT tapping, clinical hypnotherapy, strategic psychotherapy, positive psychology and other healing modalities that specifically look at the brain-body connection.

Combining these techniques and tools have helped me to understand and manage my mind and control the feelings in my body; and now here I am, ready to teach you how to do the same.