Location: Cambridge/ London.

Background: London College of Fashion Grad, Hospitality Pro, Creative Entrepreneur, Conscious Living Advocate.

Bio: Plant Lover, Sun Stalker, Eco-Warrior, Spiritual Thinker, Serial Eater.

Ambitions: Eat Plenty, Live Freely, Explore, Learn, Share, Connect and Create.

 

Chapters

Twenty-twelve

Having graduated from London College of Fashion I realised that I’d just spent four years learning about an industry that it turns out, I had zero interest in being a part of.

On the upside, I discovered that over the period of four years I had developed a keen interest for the culinary arts. I grew up within a family of 6, 2 sisters & 1 brother. We have always been a pretty close-knit family and although we share many differences, the one very basic yet crucial thing that we all have in common is the love and passion for food. Not just eating it, I mean yes, of course eating it, but also everything else: the ingredients, the fragrances, the textures, the colours, the flavours, the preparation, the cooking, the presentation, the sharing, and also the hosting.

This passion ignited further whilst I was away at University in London with my middle sister. S and I loved to explore and discover new places especially when it came to food. Having been Globetrotters from a young age, we were very open to different styles and cuisines. Eating out for us was like a learning experience: what ingredients are being used? What combination of flavours are coming through? How’s the presentation? Etcetera, etcetera. We would then take this information away and try to re-create dishes which in turn inspired us to develop our own creations.

Skipping forward a couple of pages, I stood amongst the majority of my graduate peers, with a BA (Hons) to my name,  yet zero interest in using my degree, or entering the fashion world. So, what next? Long story short, whilst engaging in various temping opportunities for six months, an opportunity presented itself: a commercial property in my hometown became available, it was almost as if it was calling out to me. A longer story even shorter: I started my very own food business, and so it began – a new chapter.

Twenty-eighteen

As time went on, I became exhausted. What had been created was magical, but it soon became all-consuming. I ended up making it my entire being and reason for existence. I had personified the exact opposite sentiment that my business stood for. I felt far from free, calm, present or any of the other things I was trying to promote to others. I felt trapped within four walls, unable to think about or see the future, my only focus was the never-ending to-do list that fell before my eyes on a daily basis, and it soon became clear that I would have to let it go… Which is exactly what I did.

Since letting go of the business I moved around kind of and made the decision to focus on myself: my wellbeing, natural healing, and making up for lost time. I filled my time with yoga, meditation, breathing, reading, cooking, exploring, learning and teaching the art of slow living, and most importantly living, as opposed to just existing, or worse: surviving.

Today

I am an advocate for the conscious living movement and founder of ‘to Woke Souls’. As a Creative Writer, Culinary Goddess and Entrepreneur, I am passionate about making a real difference by using my platforms to inform, inspire and motivate others to live a more enlightened and fulfilled life. I have come to the understanding that what can be perceived as a means of suffering, eventually reveals itself for what it really is: a blessing in disguise. We often feel as though life is happening to us, when almost certainly it is happening for us.

Having experienced severe anxiety & claustrophobia for some years, I found myself on a holistic healing journey. This dis-ease led me to peel back the outer layers, to explore deep inside of myself, and to discover all the parts that had been pushed back, hidden away, and trapped, and that had been yearning for attention. I have explored conventional methods like CBT, therapy, hypnosis, working with a life coach, and more, all the way across to the slightly wackier practices including work with psychics and mediums, shamans, shadow work, inner-child healing, regression and past life trauma, trapped emotions, kinesiology… the list goes on. Head over to the directory for more on these practices and healers.

I am both bewildered, and bewitched by all of the insights I have gained and the gifted beings that I have had the pleasure to work with. The profound knowledge that I have developed regarding mental dis-ease, conditioning, patriarchy, psychology, trauma, healing and more has been immensely fascinating, and I continue to be captivated by what I learn every single day – which is where you come in. We all have parts of ourselves that need tending to, and we must find a way to spend some time looking through, and cleaning out our closets so to speak. I feel extremely fortunate to have found this path, and I am excited to share with you my findings along the way.

Once again here I am, having closed one chapter, ready to write the next.

That’s great, but what is this website actually about?

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