You deserve to shine

Through Women Shining, I work with women in group workshops in Australia and Italy, as well as in 1:1 online sessions to help them on their own self-discovery journeys.

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There must be more to life.

I’m tired of pleasing everyone but me!

I want to feel more fulfilled.

These are common phrases women have shared with me since I started sharing my journey of self-discovery online, in workshops and in my personal life. Do they sound familiar to you? They certainly did to me.

Women Shining is a manifestation of the events that have transpired and the lessons I’ve learned in my own life.

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By my mid-50s, as a wife and mother, I found myself in a place where I was disconnected with myself, living everyone else’s dreams but my own.

I started using spiritual and creative practices as a way to reduce the stress in my daily life, to invite more peace and calm in.

Through that quiet place I found within, I inadvertently started on a journey of self-discovery. In that quiet place within, I found I could finally hear my deepest self and desires.

From then on, things changed in my life:

  • I started meditating, connecting with the quiet within

  • I became aware of my dissatisfaction and disconnection

  • I found new spiritual practices and mentors

  • I started writing again

  • I started making art for the first time in my life (at 56!)

  • I wrote and illustrated a mindfulness book for children and adults; we’ve sold over 2,000 copies worldwide

  • I created a business around mindfulness, women and children

  • I started hosting creative self-discovery workshops for women

Personally:

  • I left a long-term marriage and explored life on my own

  • I became my focus after years of ignoring my needs and goals 

  • I moved to Italy part-time

  • I now feel ready and able to shine in my own life

I discovered that these creative, spiritual and mindful practices connected me very deeply with myself, giving me the courage to create a life that was more a reflection of myself, that’s made me infinitely happier.

Now I find myself splitting my time between Italy and Australia, surrounded by new and old friends and family living a life I truly love.

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Through Women Shining, I work with women just like you, to support them through their self-discovery journeys. I offer 1:1 online sessions and group creativity and mindfulness workshops in Australia and Italy.