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a STORY of Surrender and Safety

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In 2017, I was forced to rest.
I burnt out and my body gave up.

At the time, I was an Account Manager at a busy advertising agency in London’s West End. On paper, everything looked like it was falling into place. I was managing the marketing for three West End shows and two London museums. I’d spent years working towards that moment. I’d built the career I’d always wanted. But behind the scenes, I was exhausted, disconnected from myself, and quietly wondering why a life that looked so good on paper no longer felt like mine.

I’d spend the entire weekend dreading Monday morning. It wasn’t just Sunday night blues. It was weekend blues. Every single weekend.

After a frightening dissociative experience during a meeting, I knew something had to change.

So, I quit.

‘We teach best what we most need to learn’

Richard Bach

I took a month off with no plan other than to rest. That month became my first powerful pause. It was the beginning of a journey back to myself - a journey that led me to a completely different understanding of what it means to truly thrive.

Rest doesn’t come naturally to me. It’s something I have to practise, again and again. Which is why I believe it is one of the bravest things we can choose.

Powerful Pause was born from my own experience of losing myself in the pursuit of success, and slowly learning how to come home to myself.

It’s a space for those who are ready to do the same.

My approach is whole-bodied - I work with women physically, mentally and emotionally, honouring each woman and where she is in her cycle. My immersive, embodied approach is what sets me apart. I understand that real rest is reached somatically and intentionally.

Stories have the power to shape everything – how we see ourselves, the roles we inherit and what we believe about our lives and our abilities. And where stories are the anchor, safety is my superpower – allowing the coaching to drop into a sacred space.

I’ve chosen unconventional paths throughout my life, from being childfree by choice to walking away from traditional success and forging my own freedom. Perhaps that is why I feel so drawn to working with people who don’t quite fit the mould either. The creatives, the sensitive souls, the women who know there is another way.

A better way.

Your safety begins here.

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