My military training equipped me with valuable leadership and analytical skills, but it also conditioned me to constantly push my limits and ignore my natural human instincts. My motto was simple: 'Don't stop until you drop.' As a young woman in the Australian Army, I also had to endure significant sexual harassment and was even advised to take hormones to halt my menstrual cycle as it got in the way of field exercises. Interestingly, the corporate world and our education system often resemble softer versions of the same structure, out of alignment with regenerative ways of being.

Living this way led to burnout and recovery, a cycle I couldn't break until a brain injury forced me to slow down and immerse myself in my art. Talk therapy, communication training and somatic therapy helped me become more aware and emotionally resilient. But deep-seated patterns on a cellular and energetic level still held me back. That's when I discovered biofield therapy, which released blocks and changed patterns on a cellular level. It was a pivotal moment when I realised the connection between this energy and the transformative power of my art.