For years, my body felt like a mystery I couldn’t solve. My period had gone missing, my skin changed, my energy dipped, and my moods were unpredictable. Eventually, I was diagnosed with PCOS - a label that explained some of the symptoms, but didn’t really tell me why my body had stopped feeling like mine.

On paper, I was “managing” it. I tried dietary changes, supplements, and regular check-ups. I went to talking therapy to unpack the trauma I’d carried for years. Those sessions helped me understand my story and gave me a safe place to put words to my pain - but something still felt stuck. My body wasn’t getting the message that I was safe. My cycle didn’t return. My symptoms didn’t shift in the way I’d hoped.

It wasn’t until I started learning about the nervous system that everything began to click. I realised that my body had been living in survival mode for years - long after the actual threats were gone. The hypervigilance, the anxiety, the shutdowns… they weren’t flaws or failures. They were my nervous system trying to protect me the only way it knew how.

Once I began working with my body instead of against it - through gentle somatic practices, breathwork, movement, and regulation techniques - I noticed changes I hadn’t been able to access before. My energy started to return. My cycle showed signs of life. My relationship with food and movement softened. Most importantly, I started to feel at home in myself again.

This work isn’t just about hormones, or trauma, or mental health in isolation. It’s about the way our bodies hold stories - and how learning to speak the language of our nervous system can help us write a new chapter. That’s why I do what I do now: to help others bridge that gap between mind and body, and to remind them that healing is not about “fixing” yourself, but about coming home to yourself.

MY PERIOD, MY NERVOUS SYSTEM & ME

MY STORY