My Story

Originally from Scotland, I travelled around before finally returning to settle in the beautiful, wild, Scottish Highlands.

As a child, I was enchanted by nature and the imaginary. These two worlds were equally captivating. I spent a lot of my time in liminal spaces, exploring nature, immersed in books and creating imaginary worlds through creative expression.

I have been very fortunate to have these interests supported by my family and further encouraged throughout high school by three excellent art teachers. My creative studies continued at Edinburgh College of Art, where I specialised in illustration. During my third year, I spent a semester at Rhode Island School of Design where I learned invaluable lessons that changed the trajectory of my life. It was while studying at RISD that I discovered the work of Carl Jung (in an appropriately synchronistic way) and my interest in depth psychology was fostered.

A year after graduating, I moved to Kingston Upon Thames to complete an MA in Design for Film and Television. For the next few years, I held various creative roles in film and TV. Although I loved the variety of this work, it felt like something was missing. A working break in the Italian Dolomites, teaching watercolour painting, renewed my love of the natural world and became a catalyst for change. When I returned to the UK, I began to devote more of my time to creative pursuits and develop my own art practice. In 2008, my husband and I co-created an artisan coffee business in Manchester. At the same time, I started to exhibit my work and followed a longing to explore traditional printmaking, particularly etching and aquatint. Engaging with these new techniques I began to have flow-state experiences and became fascinated with the potential for creative expression to be a portal to a knowing that lies beyond the self.

In 2014, an opportunity arose to relocate our business to our dream location - a remote hamlet on the West Coast of Scotland. During this intense transitional period, I experienced what I now know as a psycho-spiritual crisis. Although I had a long-term interest in psychology, spirituality, and alternative healing modalities, I did not have a framework for understanding this fragmenting and painful experience. This tumultuous melting pot of personal crisis and inner development, creation and destruction, spanned several years. I followed breadcrumbs of inner promptings on a long journey of healing, eventually immersing myself in deep inner work. Throughout this process, I was guided by numinous dreams, synchronicities, and anomalous occurrences onto a pathway of self-discovery.

Looking back, the inherent wisdom and transformative power underlying this stormy period is more apparent. I realise that much of the pain and struggle was created by my own resistance, and lack of knowledge and guidance. Having now spent several years studying many different perspectives on these experiences, and benefited from the wisdom of many wise teachers along the way, I have developed a deeper understanding of the paradoxical and non-linear processes of personal growth. My particular interest is how this relates to our creativity and ability to embody our unique purpose. Now my aim is to use this knowledge to help others find a smoother transition through life challenges and follow their inner calling to creativity and soul.