Befriending Change

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I’m a 70’s child. I remember one of my most favorite things to do when I was barely tall enough was to pull open drawers after drawers in the kitchen and the feeling of excitement of what I might find in them.

This sense of discovery and wonder stayed with me. I first forayed into medical research, I was a Research Fellow doing public health studies in a university hospital. This built my abilities to see big pictures, understand causal patterning and thinking reflectively.

Meanwhile, I discovered swing dancing and got bitten by the passion bug for the first time. I didn’t just danced, I also DJ-ed for my dance community. I learnt to listen not just with my ears. I learnt to tune in and follow my inner rhythms, read non-verbal queues from my dance partners, sense atmosphere and energies on the dance floor, and whip the dancers into a frenzy with the music I play. I was using more than my thinking brain.

A sudden dance injury hit too soon. I was in chronic pain for two years. Physical pain makes you depressed. Not having a conclusive diagnosis and solution were extremely perplexing. Having my dancing dreams dashed crushed me.

Yet, these initiated me into the worlds of healing, mind-body connection, humanistic sciences and transformative psychology. This became a period of deep self-reflection and reckoning of my inner workings. A few more fortuitous twists and turns later, I encountered coaching.

Everything fell into place. And I’m now in service of enabling others to do the same.

If you believe in deep lessons and gifts hidden in life’s twists and turns, I’m here to discover yours with you.