Guiding others toward emotional wellbeing has been the focus of my professional life for the past decade. 

My formal and informal education are focused at the intersection of psychology, neurodiversity, neuroscience, education, and leadership. I have a master’s degree in clinical psychology, a postmaster credential in school psychology, and a doctorate in educational leadership (EdD). My academic background provides me with a broad perspective on the importance of education in emotional wellbeing.

More than a decade ago, I discovered the concept of self-compassion, which is associated with many positive outcomes including increased psychological wellbeing, self-efficacy, motivation, self-worth, physiological functioning, and positive interpersonal relationships, as well as decreased psychopathology.

My intrigue in the subject led me to studying it, starting my own self-compassion practice, and ultimately researching it.

I started practicing self-compassion with the hope that my own personal experience would meet the findings of the scientific research.

The more studies I read on the subject and the more I practiced it, the more interested I became in sharing the knowledge and benefits of self-compassion with as many people as I could. 

I started by introducing the concept to my clients within the psychotherapy process. What I witnessed was my clients becoming kinder with themselves and developing their ability to hold difficult emotions without judgment. 

In parallel, I continuously talked about self-compassion with family and friends. Soon enough, their own stories of discovering love and kindness for themselves started to unfold.