Aleksandra

Meditation, yoga, therapy, self-awareness tools. You name it, I tried it all. Probably for a good part of 10-15 years even. All of this while building a successful career at one of the world’s top companies, performing confidence I didn’t feel, people-pleasing my way through every room, hiding the part of me that felt anxious, awkward, and fundamentally ill-fitting. Underneath the polished exterior was depression, trauma, CPTSD and anxiety. And eventually, burnout so bad I wasn’t sure I...

Why burnout and disconnection is not a "head" problem What I see consistently in the people I work with is this:they want relief, and so they try to resolve, fix, or biohack their way out of what they’re feeling. And somehow, not that much changes. That’s because they’re trying to think their way out of problems that have their roots in the body. We grow up in a culture built on productivity and conformity. One that teaches us to override the body’s signals, push past our limits,...

Why restoring the sense of safety in the body should be your priority Most of us don’t realise we’ve never actually felt safe. And often we’re too busy surviving to even notice. Here’s what that means and here’s the most important thing you need on your healing and transformation journey. Many of us live in a state of chronic survival. When there is a threat, something new, something uncertain, something that feels dangerous, your sympathetic nervous system kicks in. What’s called the defense...