My Story
I’m not at all interested in the feverish pursuit of purpose-hunting, but what I do find intriguing is how small moments in our lives can lead to where we are today. Throughout my life, there have been two things that have guided my decisions, the first is my adoration for words and the second is my curiosity about the human experience. Even when I didn’t know why I was making seemingly random choices, like nearly studying to become a forensic psychologist or being over-excited for writing essays about how brands and the government communicated with women during WWII. My things (words and humans) were always there.
They were there when I started my fashion degree which kickstarted a 13-year journey working in creative and cultural industries. From London to New York City, I was fascinated not by fashion and beauty itself, but the philosophical, social, cultural and historical context of it all. Working in museum collections, archives, brands, journalism, PR, and product development, I got the best of both worlds, to write and then relate it to what it means to be human.
Always one to take risks and never settle with things being simply "okay", I retrained. As a wellbeing guide, speaker, educator and workshop facilitator, I worked with nearly a thousand people spanning the breadth from 18 months old to 80 years old, from London to Bahrain, Melbourne to Toronto and Mumbai to Krugersdorp.
After shifting out of client work and the wellbeing space, I realised that I wanted to take this vast experience of working with individuals to a deeper level, bringing my human insights to brands and the public sector, to create work that adds more humanness, thought, meaning and depth. As that's what I believe we need for what's next. Then, The CD Lab was born.
RECEIPTS
Fellow, Royal Society for Arts
Story, Narrative and Systems
School of System Change
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness & Meditation
Dr David Treleaven, PhD - Oxford Mindfulness Centre
Meditation Teacher Training DipBSoM
British School of Meditation
Meditation for Children
British School of Meditation
Mental and Emotional Health and Wellbeing Perspectives
Balens
Mental Health First Aider
Mental Health First Aid England
Psychological First Aid
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Reiki I, Reiki II, Reiki Master Teacher
Reiki Academy London
Advanced Akashic Records Practitioner
Dr Linda Howe
BA Fashion Journalism
University of The Arts London, London College of Fashion
MA Visual Culture: Costume Studies
New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
8 years client-informed practice
ancestral healing lineage | 13 year meditation practice
previous teacher for Reiki I and Reiki II courses