Growing up, I cherished the close bond in my family. My father's unconditional love was the bedrock of my world. However, my parents’ repeated separation left me with a fear of abandonment. His untimely passing when I was 18 triggered a life-long fear of losing my loved ones and a shy attempt to make sense of “life, love, and loss”. Which would later become a quest for understanding, healing and transformation.

I immersed myself in a successful IT career for 10 years, using work as a shield from my emotions. However, my eventual lack of fulfillment and self-understanding caught up with me. Through what can only be described as divine guidance, the next phase of my life began. I attended my first spiritual retreat, leading me to quit my IT career a year later without knowing where my path was taking me. I simply felt alive and trusting.

Initially volunteering for a humanitarian NGO led to being hired due to exceptional work. Through my work, I was introduced to the world of coaching, where I felt I’d found my vocation.

Over the years, exclusively through word of mouth, I've had the privilege of working with government officials, celebrities, high-profile individuals and those in need whom I've supported pro-bono. I lived a life of purpose, doing meaningful work. I was content.

My husband and I had a very loving marriage and were often considered a role model in our community. But an unexpected multifaceted betrayal shattered our marriage and my world.

That marked the start of my new, reluctant journey. And because when it rains, it pours, my uncle who was more like a best friend, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Concurrently, my beloved dog experienced renal failure, and I had to make the hard decision to put her to rest. Life seemed to bundle all my fears and present them to me on a silver platter, with a side note: "Conquer your fears, and you will thrive."

I'm grateful that I'm thriving. It was incredibly painful and hard, yet equally enlightening.