For a long time, from the outside, my life looked “fun.”

I spent 14 years teaching internationally, moving between countries, schools, cultures. I was dedicated, responsible, high-functioning. I showed up for my students, met expectations, kept going.

What people didn’t see was what was slowly happening inside.This is when “coping” becomes survival.

Over the years, the pressure accumulated quietly. Long workdays, emotional labor, constant adaptation. Responsibility without enough recovery. Then 2020 happened and the world got frozen in lockdowns. I couldn’t travel. I couldn’t see my family.

Food became a way to regulate emotions I didn’t have time to process. Alcohol became a socially acceptable way to “switch off,” even when my body was clearly asking for rest, not numbness.

I told myself it was normal, because everyone was doing the same thing.
I thought it was just adulthood. But my body knew the truth before I was ready to admit it.

The crash I couldn’t ignore happened in 2022.

Burnout doesn’t always arrive loudly. Sometimes it creeps in — until one day you realize you’re exhausted even after sleeping, emotionally flat, disconnected from yourself.

I was diagnosed with clinical depression. Later came fatty liver, subclinical hypothyroidism, constant low energy, brain fog, and a body that no longer responded to “trying harder.”

I felt betrayed by myself. I started dieting, participating in online marathons and failing at it eventually.
I felt ashamed — because I “knew better,” yet felt completely lost.

What changed everything wasn’t another trendy diet.
It wasn’t another plan telling me to push more.

It was finally asking a different question:

“What does my body actually need — not to perform, but to heal?”

I started learning how stress, emotions, hormones, food, sleep, and lifestyle are deeply connected. How poisonous most of our “normal” food choices are. How easily we are manipulated by trends and marketing strategies. How emotional eating isn’t a lack of willpower, but a nervous system looking for safety. How health isn’t about control that adds more stress to your life — it’s about support.

Slowly, consistently, things began to shift. And today I’m just happy to say that my liver is healthy, my emotions don’t need an extra piece of cake or a glass of wine. I’m in-tune with myself more than ever.

So why do I do this work now?

I didn’t become a health and nutrition coach because everything went right in my life. I became one because things went wrong — and I had to rebuild myself from the inside out.

Today, I work with people who:
• Feel tired of “starting over”
• Carry stress in their body
• Eat emotionally and then blame themselves
• Feel disconnected from their energy, hunger, or motivation
• Are successful on paper, but exhausted in reality

I don’t coach from a place of judgment.
I coach from experience.

I believe health is not about restriction or punishment. It’s about learning how to live in a way that doesn’t constantly drain you. Most importantly, it’s about rebuilding trust with your body.

If you’re tired, overwhelmed, or feel like your body is “working against you” — I want you to know this:

You are not broken.
You are not lazy.
You are not failing.

And I’m here for you.