I am a poet… not simply in the sense of being a writer, but in the sense that I am a highly sensitive person journeying through this life with such awe, emotion and contemplation, and who wants to transform my experience into something creatively beautiful!

I write and take photography because I cannot avoid it. I feel a constant pull to express my heart’s stirrings, musings and revelations of life.

The artist

I am a multidisciplinary artist - poet, photographer, and videographer - whose work celebrates the beauty of life and the path of inner awakening.

My creative practice is rooted in close observation: of the inner world, and of the small, living details of the world around us that often go unnoticed.

Much of my work lingers with the beauty of slow and simple moments ~ animals resting or playing, flowers blooming, sunsets, sacred temples adorned with offerings, Himalayan mountain views, and nourishing food.

I create from the heart, moving through devotion, wonder, joy, and beauty, while also offering honest contemplations on the self, its shadows, and the quiet pain of being a sensitive soul in the modern world.

Like the mystics before me, I understand this path as more than “love and light”. Spirituality must be lived, not merely performed or conceptualised. I am not interested in transcendence that bypasses the body or the psyche. This is why my writings are grounded in presence, honesty, and embodiment, and with a willingness to remain with complexity rather than rushing towards enlightenment.

Wholeness is not perfection or arrival. It is a steady devotion to presence ~ embracing vulnerability, suffering, and becoming… as much as light and awakening.

My work gives language and validation to being deeply sensitive, honours the wisdom of so-called “negative” emotions, and questions the unhealthy dynamics that pervade contemporary spiritual and mental health communities (e.g. false light gurus, spiritual bypassing).

This work is an ongoing practice of mine, a way of staying in relationship with life as it unfolds.

The person

I hold art and creativity very close to my heart. I love films (especially arthouse films) and music, as well as writing and photographing.

I also love travelling, backpacking, nature and animals. Travelling has fuelled much of my self-exploration and poetic musings. Nepal is my heart’s home. While there, I do most of my photography and spiritual contemplation. Nepal also awakened in me a passion for caring for stray dogs. (Nepal has an overpopulation of stray dogs, many of whom are hungry and thin, or unwanted and abandoned. I decided without question after my first trip that I wanted to devote myself to animal welfare on a regular basis).

I am studying psychology in university (Australia). My own journey through suffering, spiritual seeking, and transcendental joy has sparked an interest in me for both the Eastern traditions of psychology (e.g. mindfulness, self-realisation) and the Western scientifically-grounded tradition. As a late-diagnosed neurodivergent person, I am also totally affirming of neurodivergency and the struggles we face in a society that still favours neurotypicalness. I want to bring that awareness and validation of neurodiversity into my future work as a psychologist.

As a child, I had an early sensitivity that drew me towards nature and self-care for peace and joy. I enjoyed quiet rituals that soothe the nervous system and the heart, such as making natural beauty remedies at home after school, using natural makeup, and exploring the outdoors.

In early adulthood, I started feeling really out of place in the modern world. Life asked questions of me that could not be answered through conventional paths. I was unclear on what I should “do with my life”, and felt an irresistible calling to travel and focus on deep inner exploration rather than on a career.

What followed was a period of searching, and suffering from unhealed wounds, undiagnosed neurodivergency, and digestive issues.

This is when my spiritual path began to take form. I started meditating, writing spiritual poetry and taking an interest in different religions and modalities of medicine.

Writing became a means of articulating both the ache of being human and the quiet guidance of the heart on the reminder of the beauty of life.

After completing some studies in university, I decided to put tertiary education on hold to truly tend to this inner work more. I needed to focus on the heart work, not the head work. I needed to focus on my personal healing and self-exploration.

Over a few years, I travelled through Japan and Nepal. I experimented with Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicines, observed and immersed in rural ways of living, taught English to children in language schools, and created enough freedom to explore my creative energy.

I was able to explore my deepest contemplations of life, and my feelings as a young woman ~ which I expressed through continued poetry writing. I was able to see a different, more harmonious and reverent way of living from the East than the fast-paced, modern, Western way that I had grown up with.

And, I came to understand sensitivity not as a flaw to overcome, but as a way of perceiving ~ a capacity to feel life more intimately.

My personal healing journey involved experimenting with seeing psychotherapists, psychologists, herbalists, Ayurvedic doctors, naturopaths, an acupuncturist, a Tibetan energy healer, homeopaths, and life coaches. I witnessed spiritual bypassing and unethical practices from some of them, which fuelled me with anger and motivation to pursue a career as a health professional who is grounded by integrity and empathy.

This all taught me discernment. I have learned to honour both ancient wisdom and modern knowledge, faith and critical thinking. This integration now informs how I understand the body, the psyche, and the spiritual path.

Upon returning to Australia in 2025, with renewed health and spirit, I decided that I wanted to continue studying at university. My passion for knowledge and truth had expanded.

I remain devoted to my writing and photography as frequent practices ~ ways of staying in conversation with life.

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My photographic work is based in Nepal and Australia. ❤︎