About Me

I’m 40 years old, half-American, half-Spanish. I've lived in many places, mostly in the US and Europe and now call Finland home, with my partner Jani. I grew up in Colorado and spent my Summers with my brother at our grandparents’ home in northern Spain.

 

I did the International Baccalaureate Program and then studied International Relations and Romance Languages at NYU, and then International Law and Sustainable Development in the universities of Paris and Vienna. I tried to follow the career path implied by my studies but quickly collapsed as I experienced a strong episode of depression and anxiety that lasted a couple of years.

 

With the help of a therapist I started doing inner-child healing work and enjoyed a gradual improvement in my levels of self-love and wellbeing, including overcoming intense struggles with body image, food, insecure attachment, and social and workplace anxiety.

 

In  2019 I decided to follow my true interests in the inner worlds of emotion and psychology and became a social worker for refugees. I loved it and eventually became a team leader.

 

Continuing to allow myself to be led by my interests, I sought out training as a certified Soul-based Coach and a Completion Process Practitioner (a trauma-healing modality created by Teal Swan that I am also certified in, after being selected and trained by her in person). I have also worked very closely with the founder of the Academy for Soul-based Coaching Annemiek van Helsdingen as a trainer for her certification program, teaching my own groups of students in the year-long training.

 

Holding space is a deep and essential part of who I am. It’s always a pleasure and an honor to hold space for a person's unique process of healing and becoming. Oh and I'm a very into jigsaw puzzles and painting-by-numbers! :)