My journey with meditation began in 2009, during some of life’s most challenging moments, with a diagnosis of hereditary cancer and a rare disease that since then has led my body through multiple surgeries and ongoing health challenges. Today, I live with chronic pain, fatigue, and all that comes with a rare condition. These experiences have shaped my life, infusing it with deep resilience, compassion, and the gift of presence.

I find it important to highlight that mindfulness is not a magic fix or a way to become calm overnight, or escape pain: it’s an anchor, a steady companion through pain, grief, and hardship. Meditation has been my safe harbour, and I share it with humour, warmth, and honesty, meeting life as it is rather than selling impossible promises.