At 14, I left home and entered a world that demanded survival. My youth was marked by chaos, instability, and a physically and mentally abusive relationship that lasted until I was 19. Despite it all, I graduated high school in Edmonton with music credits in singing and piano — even when life around me felt completely unharmonized.

In my mid-20s, I went back to college and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Simon Fraser University. I worked in finance, studied for the CFA exam, and climbed my way up — but I was still operating in survival mode. At 27, I went through a painful divorce that triggered another downward spiral, compounding the emotional weight I hadn’t yet been able to fully process.

That fight-or-flight wiring from past trauma led to decisions that spiraled into bankruptcy. Rock bottom was humbling — and it was the beginning of something powerful.

I also faced significant physical health challenges: a serious concussion and brain injury, a massive dog bite to my right quadriceps, followed by six torn ligaments
in my right leg that left me unable to walk for two months. I battled gout and other health issues — all rooted in chronic stress and years of living in a dysregulated nervous system.

I spent the next five years rebuilding — not just financially, but emotionally, spiritually, physically, and energetically.