I Still Love This Work After All These Years

Most people assume that doing the kind of work I do would be exhausting. Sitting with people in their most vulnerable moments, holding space for whatever comes up, and doing it day after day. How do you not burn out?

Honestly? I find it energising.

People are genuinely fascinating. Every person who comes to me carries a completely unique inner world, and I get to be the person they let in. There's something extraordinary about that. When someone trusts you enough to be real with you, the conversation that happens in that space is unlike anything else.

What I find most fulfilling isn't just helping people work through difficulty. It's helping them see more of themselves more clearly. Most of us have parts of ourselves we haven't met yet, or haven't wanted to meet. Some of those parts are surprising in the best way. Others are confronting. My work creates a gentle space where people can look at both without flinching.

I learn as much as my clients do. Every session teaches me something about human nature, and something about my own humanness

The physical side surprises people too. I spend most of my day on my feet, even teaching TRE and Tai Chi some days too. You'd expect fatigue. Instead I end most days feeling clear-headed and physically steady because running all that energy throughout the day leaves me with more energy, not less. The practices I teach aren't separate from my life, they're woven through it.

That's probably why it doesn't feel like work, and why I love it so much.