My Story
I came to wellness work because I needed it myself.
For two decades I lived inside urgent, high-stress work—activism, human rights, and leadership in complex environments, including 15 years connected to the occupied Palestinian territory. I spent time in rooms where decisions were made by governments, institutions, and corporations, and I also worked alongside grassroots communities living with profound loss. I learned a lot about courage and responsibility. I also learned what chronic stress does to a body.
In doing this work, my heart was broken open dozens of times. I lost people I loved—to sudden death, to fractured relationships, to the necessity of stepping back and realigning.
For a long time, I pushed through. I worked long hours. I numbed fatigue with sugar, caffeine, cigarettes, and marijuana. I went through stretches of intense productivity followed by days when I could barely get out of bed. I was so disconnected from my body that I couldn’t even hear my inner voice.
The work was urgent. The stakes were high. And like so many changemakers, I burned out—again and again.
Eventually, I couldn’t ignore what was true: my body was asking for kindness, my mind was crying out for rest, and my spirit was begging for renewal. I realized there was nothing more important than ending the cycle.
What followed was a steady journey of learning, unlearning, and integrating practices that supported my whole self.
I began looking at my life and slowly dismantling what wasn’t working. I stripped things down to the foundations and gave myself real time to rest. I left behind people, places, and professional patterns that were not contributing to my wellness. I did it with as much authenticity, love, and grace as I could. I let myself decompose so I could renew and regenerate.
I turned to family, friends, teachers, healers, clinicians, and nature to help me heal and build new habits. It took years—starting and stopping, continuing when I felt I couldn’t, and learning to pause when my system needed a break.
At one point, I left my full time work, took an entire year off and committed myself to do nothing but healing. No volunteering, no passion projects, no strategizing for what was going to come next. Just learning how to be with myself and discover who I had become.
Little by little, I built small, sustainable routines. I improved my sleep. I brought movement back into my days. I made changes to how I ate so I had more energy and clarity. I learned to step away from screens and return to quiet, nature, and real presence. I started weaving together my physical, emotional, and creative health—realizing they were never separate in the first place.
Wellness for me is an ongoing practice, a living relationship with myself and the world around me.
What I have now is resilience—not the absence of struggle, but the presence of tools, practices, and perspective that help me meet life as it comes. I can notice stress without being swallowed by it. I can listen to my body with compassion instead of criticism. I can hold grief and urgency without losing myself.
I no longer live in cycles of anxiety and collapse. My energy doesn’t come from pushing or numbing—it comes from rhythm, balance, and care.
This is what I want for my clients, too: the ability to live in alignment with their values while also feeling nourished, clear, and fully alive.
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