Who am I? Sometimes I feel this is a really big question. How do I know for certain who I am? Since childhood I have given myself many titles and labels. Some I found out to be correct and still valid; others have been discarded and replaced. 

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Right now, I am a highly sensitive person (HSP) and a searcher for my place in this world; I am a writer and an artist; I am a yogi and a massage therapist and I am a person who has had an emotionally challenging childhood and early adult life. I grew up in a family that valued thinking more than feeling and the family reputation and what others think about us more than meeting the family member's needs and their freedom of expression and opinion. My parents unfortunately also didn't know about the special needs of a highly sensitive child, which made matters worse for me, because I learned very early to hide any distress. I felt misunderstood and somehow "different". 

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I've been living with anxiety, depression and loneliness since I was a teenager and maybe even before that. Until recently I have never felt part of this world and had no clue why. I tried my best to be like everyone else while sticking to my very strong values and, as you can imagine, instead of leading to a successful and fulfilling life, it led me to total physical and emotional exhaustion instead, also known as “burnout”. This really difficult and challenging time was the turning point in my quest for a better life. I finally realised that I don’t have to be stronger in order to fit in.  

I started investigating and looking for more and more information about High Sensitivity and complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), finding answers to nearly all of my questions through therapy, reading, talking to others like me, opening up to friends and finally attracting a beautiful tribe of people who are good for me. Layer by layer I peeled off the skin of my ‘truth onion’ until I finally got really close to the centre, my Self, the real me.

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I am deeply grateful for this time. Now I know who I am and from this place of knowing I can be of service to you and share what I have learned. That can be through the stories and essays that you find on this website, through active listening sessions that I offer online or through body work such as Thai massage or Trauma Sensitive Yoga sessions.

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I have always gravitated strongly towards non-verbal communication. Speaking and reasoning is predominant in today's society and I feel that human beings have become very disconnected from the power that communicating without words has; a beautiful and healing power, an innate power that we can relearn to use and listen to. Entering the world of Thai massage has been the beginning of an inward journey for me.

Giving a massage is a moving meditation. While I am working on you, I am one hundred percent present and focused on feeling, listening and giving love and attention. Through my hands I transmit a message of “this is a safe space”, “you are loved and cared for”, “I am here to listen to you”. 

The beauty of Thai massage is that I not only treat a foot, a specific muscle or a neck with tension but you as a whole person. In addition to the physical state, I always take into account the mood, energy and emotional state of the day. It can be quite a journey.

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Drop me a message and I will get in touch with you for more details. 

Be well and be kind to yourself!

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Lots of Love

Miriam