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Nominee for what Award/s
Trusted Mentor and Coach Award
Confidence Reclaimed Award
Trusted Mentor and Coach Award
Trusted Mentor and Coach Award
1. Why did you first step into mentorship or coaching?
I stepped into mentorship not because I had it all figured out, but because I had lived it. After surviving years in a toxic, trauma-bonded relationship, I finally found healing through hypnotherapy. That experience didn’t just change my life; it gave me a calling. I knew there were countless other women still stuck in silence, shame, and self-doubt. So I trained, studied, and created a space where women could feel safe, seen, and guided back to themselves. Becoming a coach wasn’t a career move but a soul mission born from everything I had once needed and couldn’t find.
2. What philosophy or values guide how you mentor others?
I lead with truth, compassion, and emotional safety. My core philosophy is this: healing doesn’t happen through pressure but through presence. I don’t fix, rescue, or rush. I hold real space for women to feel seen, heard, and safe enough to rise. I believe in walking beside my clients, not in front of them. I honour their pace, trust their inner wisdom, and reflect the strength they’ve forgotten they have.
Every woman I work with has a story, and I meet her there, without judgment. My role isn’t to give her all the answers but to help her remember that they already live within her. I show up with honesty, lived experience, and deep respect for her journey because I know what it feels like to lose yourself and what it takes to find your way back.
3. Tell us about a mentee/client transformation you're proud of.
Honestly, I’m proud of every client transformation. Each woman I work with shows immense courage, and watching them reclaim their power is an honour I don’t take lightly. If you asked me to choose just one, it’s hard — because they all transform abundantly, in their own deeply personal way.
One that stands out is a woman who came to me completely depleted. She was trapped in a toxic relationship, emotionally numb, and had lost all sense of who she was. She told me she didn’t remember what joy felt like. We started peeling back the layers through our work together — using hypnotherapy, emotional release, and subconscious rewiring. She broke through trauma bonds, reconnected with her self-worth, and found the strength to leave the relationship. But the fundamental transformation wasn’t just that she left; it was how she returned to herself. Today, she’s not just surviving… she’s thriving, grounded, and creating a life on her terms. Witnessing that journey reminded me that when a woman heals, everything around her begins to heal too.
4. How do you continue to grow so you can serve better?
I believe growth is an ongoing responsibility I hold with pride and purpose. I’m constantly studying and expanding my knowledge in hypnotherapy, NLP, Time Line Therapy®, EMDR-style techniques, and energy healing to support my clients better. I also channel that growth into creating tools that empower lasting transformation. I wrote my book, I See You, to help women feel seen and validated in their healing journey and paired it with a powerful hypnotherapy audio, Rise Above, so that they could take that healing with them forever.
I also created the I See Me guided journal, a reflection tool I use in sessions to help clients deepen their breakthroughs, reconnect with themselves, and rebuild their worth. Beyond the sessions, I check in, follow up, and ensure my clients know they’re not walking this alone. My work doesn’t stop at the therapy room — it continues in the resources I provide, the spaces I create, and the unwavering support I give every step of the way.
5. What advice do you have for women stepping into leadership roles?
Lead from your truth, not your title. You don’t need to be perfect to lead — you just need to be real. Own your story. Speak even when your voice shakes. And remember, the most powerful thing you can do as a woman in leadership is to create safety for others to rise. Don’t just lead the way — turn around and light the path for someone else. That’s how we all rise — together.
Confidence Reclaimed Award
Confidence Reclaimed Award
1. Describe a moment when you had to rebuild your confidence from rock bottom.
There was a time in my life when I looked confident on the outside — but inside, I was completely numb. I had lost my identity in a toxic relationship that slowly stripped away my worth. I spiralled into depression, drinking to dull the pain, and pretending everything was fine. The truth was, I had nothing left in me. I was showing up for everyone but myself. And when I finally left the relationship for the last time, it didn’t feel freeing — it felt like falling apart. That was my rock bottom. I wasn’t just walking away from someone else — I was trying to find the pieces of who I used to be.
2. What internal beliefs did you have to change to reclaim your self-worth?
I had to let go of the belief that love required sacrifice — especially of myself. I had to stop believing that I was the problem, that I wasn’t good enough, and that if I just tried harder, things would change. I was addicted to hope, stuck in the Maybe Syndrome, and clinging to the illusion that he would become the man I wanted him to be. Reclaiming my self-worth meant facing the brutal truth: I was not the broken one. I had to teach myself that I deserved peace, not pain — and that being loved should never mean being destroyed.
3. Who or what supported you during your comeback?
My friends and children stood by me through it all. I’ll never forget the moment I told my son I was leaving for the last time. He said, “Wow… okay. You must finally see your worth.” That moment shattered me — because he was right. Everyone else could see the damage I was in. I was the only one who couldn’t. I had been living in denial, covered in hope, hiding behind rose-coloured glasses. When I finally took them off, the illusion crumbled. And when you see the truth, you hit rock bottom all over again — but this time, it’s real. I cried endlessly, I pieced together the lies like a broken puzzle, and I started to rebuild — one painful truth at a time.
But what truly changed everything for me was hypnotherapy. My closest friend and mentor, who is a hypnotherapist, held space for me when I couldn’t hold it for myself. Through hypnotherapy, I accessed the parts of me that were too wounded to speak. I released the trauma I had been carrying for decades. I began to rewire the emotional patterns keeping me stuck. For the first time, I felt safe in my own body. Hypnotherapy didn’t just help me heal — it gave me back to myself.
4. How do you now walk in your truth and inspire others?
Today, I live with honesty, vulnerability, and purpose. I share my story openly through my book I See You, and I help other women heal through my hypnotherapy practice. I created healing programs, a teen journal, and a school wellbeing initiative because I know what it’s like to feel invisible — and I refuse to let another woman or young person believe they are unworthy of love and peace. I don’t pretend to have it all together — but I do have my power back. I walk in truth, not fear. And I use everything I’ve lived through to remind others that it’s never too late to come home to yourself.
5. What advice would you give to a woman currently doubting herself?
You don’t have to be ready. You just have to be willing. Willing to see the truth, even if it hurts. Willing to let go of the hope that’s keeping you stuck. And willing to take one brave step — toward yourself. The version of you who is confident, calm, and free? She’s still in there. You don’t need fixing. You need healing. And healing starts with the decision to no longer abandon yourself. You are worthy. You are enough. And you are never alone.