I sought therapy at a breaking point of my life. I was experiencing severe anxieties and I remember thinking “I need to get my anxiety sorted before I reach a level of severe depression.” Back then, nothing seemed right - I was not right - with myself. I remember being extremely unsatisfied of myself and of my life. I was living in between feelings of frustration and helplessness, which kept dragging me down in all aspects of my life : work, love, identity, relationships (family in particular). Though everything was a blur, one thing was clear to me : I needed help. It was time for me to confront it all, work on what needed to be addressed and get getter. And I knew I needed someone else other than my loved ones - I needed a neutral territory and I needed a professional. 

Now that I look back, therapy has had the biggest impact - it changed me and therefore, my life. Though it started with the intention to address my anxiety - it taught me to understand it and understand its origins. It allowed me to address my life-long depression, rooted by unconscious depressive narratives running my mind which then were guiding my mindsets and behaviours in life. Therapy taught me to become much more self-aware of these narratives and helped learn how to take control back of how my mind runs - by shifting perspectives - for example, my anxiety went from being my most feared enemy to now my biggest ally. Therapy helped me understand that emotions are there to be felt and experienced but are not meant to drive my behaviours and decisions in life. Therapy allowed me to let go of pains, hurt and resentments and to move forward. It reconciled on-going conflicts within me that caused issues of identity (let it be culturally or sexually) and of self-esteem which were not allowing me to connect and relate to others, romantically and/or in friendships or family. By addressing it all, I have learned to develop many tools which enhanced my experience of life, it re-aligned me with my own life and it truly helped me grow into the best version of myself. A version today I feel really proud of and genuinely satisfied with.

Therapy enhanced my life by giving me the tools to manage myself through out all circumstances of life. It taught me to handle adversities as challenges that are always possible to overcome by managing my emotions which are no longer in control of me. I learn what emotional intelligence is about and most importantly, learned how to make it my most precious asset to navigate life, which allowed me for example to take my career to next levels, as well as my finances and with that, my lifestyle.

While enhancing my mental health , therapy naturally influenced and nurtured an interest to also better my physical health starting by nutrition and with the latter locked down, I am currently starting a new journey, committing to a physical therapy journey involving more physical activities to now improve my physicality. What started as a journey to fix my anxiety has become a conquest to master all three pillars of wellness and well-being, giving me all the tools to feel confident, positive and excited about growing older and always better.

What also came as a surprise along my personal journey is to see how my own healing has inspired members of my family to commit to their own, and now collectively healing traumas - elevating us and our family upwards.