My Story

My mental health journey started in my mid teens. Moved from Macedonia to Australia in 1997 with my parents and brother. It was a massive change for me. At the age of 13, when a girl is going through emotional, mental and physical changes as is the natural process for a girl that age, I was also experiencing environmental and social changes. My English was OK to get by but I had no friends and was feeling isolated, like I didn't belong anywhere. I was in a foreign country. And to add to the all that mix, I was the go to for everything for my parents, including translating and decision making. 

Over time since arriving in Australia, I experienced bullying at school for being 'off the boat' and I was mostly made fun off for not stringing my sentences correctly.  Suffice to say the only thing I enjoyed at school was the classes. They were my escape.

Communication and the ability to express myself became more and more difficult as time went by as I found myself stuck in-between being a teen and having to grow up and be an adult.

The result of all of that was getting overwhelmed, experiencing stress and anxiety all the time. I becoming an emotional eater as a result and gaining over 40 kg by the time I turned 20. 

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The bullying was only amplified more when I entered the workforce. There was a lot of pressure, unrealistic expectations, the stress and overwhelm of the deadlines, people's behaviour, lack of support, and micro management. There was a snowballing effect on my mental health. I started getting frequent panic attacks in additon to the anxiety.

And it wasn't just my mental health that suffered but my physical health deteriorated as well. I had a lot of body aches, developed chronic pain, kidney issues, gut problems, insulin resistance, migraines, join pain, weakness in my muscles, just to name a few. 

For years, or more specifically 2 decades, I tried a lot of other methods to cure me and fix me. Medication, meditation, holidays away, acupuncture, personal training, therapy and so one but it wasn't until I discovered coaching. Initially I thought to give it a go to help me with one managing the stress but that opened up the door to my healing much more then the stress. I not only healed from the stress and anxiety, my migraines are gone, I've gained muscles and stamina in my body and my mental health is on another level.

It took a few years and extensive work on myself but I came out the other end. 

During my re-discovery journey I found my purpose. To be of service to other women that battle with stress and anxiety just like me. I became a coach to help women, not just with their mental health but with everyday stresses and issues that are blocking their progress.

In addition to my Life Coaching Certification, I also gained my Practitioner qualification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and became a Natural Success Graduate were I was able to gain understanding on the programmed human behaviour and thought processes. I gained insight on an intuitive level for a more aligned and authentic approach to transform those human behaviours and thoughts into a desired outcome for myself and my clients. 

Equipped with the tools and techniques I had learned over the years I developed programs to specifically target stress and anxiety. The range of tools and techniques I use are customised to the individual client and their needs and wants, and are so unique that they are designed to be applied to all aspects of life. 

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The years of learning and testing out different methods, models, tools and techniques on myself, gave me the skills, knowledge and opportunity to create, refine and apply methods that guarantee a shift in mind, body and soul for my clients. I genuinely believe in the applications. They worked for me, they will work for your too. 

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