About

Less is more

Today's world is a massive source of technological input, speed, and dreaming of something "else." Of course, we should have goals and feel fulfilled in our day to day. But being a human in a human experience is not only about achieving, having more, and seeking validation from external sources. We need all parts of life, but also to feel good on the way. It's more about finding the right balance. Keep this constant energy flowing to fill our souls. To know what we need in any situation, by exploring ways to be more mindful and present, taking a moment to reflect on our internal state. Becoming aware enough not to follow the stream but to grow a strong awareness and inner sense of love and trust from within. There's a subtle difference between our wants and needs. Being mindful of that space between can easily change the course of your day and life choices, as well as experience — a balance we must understand within ourselves to learn and live fulfilling lives.

The long version

I have encountered numerous challenges in my life that have given me much to reflect on and process. It became my passion to understand myself better, why I am who I am, how I became like this, and how I could embody the free spirit within me and nurture it. To find purpose and meaning that made sense to me.

During my childhood, I experienced situations that caused me a lot of pullbacks, distrust, stress, deep scars, and emotional traumas in my soul, making my inner environment very angry, lonely, anxious, and insecure for the rest of my childhood and young adulthood. I decided that I wanted to do something about my inner climate.

After many years, when I understood more about myself and came deeper into the core, I knew I needed to reframe and detangle the patterns and trauma triggers I had attached since childhood, with a deep desire to discover a sense of security, love, and strength from within, I wanted to recover from my past wounds and repair my nervous system, mind, and body.

Healing is what we refer to as recovery.

This journey can be very confusing. Imagine being a person at the same time as opening "Pandora's box" and also changing. A cocktail of vulnerability, insecurity, unsure of who you are, what you want, where you are going, and impatience, daily wondering when you’ll ever just be able to become and finally be happy, especially when recovering from wounds that take you back to that dark, sad, place. No wonder we want to avoid it! While trying to manage life simultaneously, the environment, people, and so much more. I guess that’s why people tend to isolate themselves during such an extensive process.

Eventually, I got to the point where I had a strong, intuitive pull toward Greece and many reasons to be there for a longer time, more than a summer vacation. I felt I needed to experience the Island in the winter. So, in 2019, I moved to Paxos, which became an isolation for four winters also due to the pandemic.

And it was meaningful learning because I had felt so rootless all my life. Like a part of me was missing, my Greek roots. Embracing the land on my mother's and grandmother's side was needed for my healing process. To gather parts of my soul that I had been overlooking. And to strengthen other parts of me that were weak or completely missing.

I spent the time mainly in nature; the Islands around here are so pure still. Embracing the land with ancient olive groves, I finally felt healing messages coming through. I took the time to learn mind-body practices to help support my healing through movement, exercise, yoga, mindfulness, and mental training. I slowly reframed the stress and triggers in my mind-body connection and, in the process, also grew in a new way. Throughout life, I’ve understood that every extreme and rough situation is valuable information in the form of experience and knowledge. We can practice and reframe all parts of our human experience, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, backed by science, but we can also trust and dare to go beyond.

I began my professional journey in wellbeing by getting a stress coaching diploma, where I learned about stress and preventing stress through techniques like Mental Training, Mindfulness, and Coaching (mindset). In addition, I started practicing yoga for a few years; I then completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training program that I’m constantly expanding within. Later in the process, as I delved deeper into the workings of the mind and our subconscious mind, I added hypnotherapy to my list of certifications where we can reframe our beliefs around stress in our mind and body in easy steps. In 2019, I organized the first retreat in Antipaxos for people who want to visit Antipaxos and combine it with practice. And the journey toward a more grounded lifestyle continues.

I have a deep passion for nature, wellbeing, and personal development. I aim to inspire and guide you to connect with yourself and to find comfort, love, and strength from within. With small, easy, and subtle but very practical ways to grow and heal, as long as you keep repeating them and doing what you need to feel good. I took the long, hard road, but I prefer simplicity in general. My purpose is to bring this essence forward and give you the essential tools and practice to get there quickly and simply so that you can live more fully now — And always have your way of finding headspace and a sense of balance in life, from feeling a vast disconnect to deeply reconnecting. To return to your natural state and live more authentically, whatever that looks like — I support you.