About
I was the capable one.
Completely shut off, but completely capable of doing everything. I could handle the most intense situations without blinking, because I didn’t have access to my own emotions. For a long time, I thought that was strength.
My story
I spent years in mental health holding steady for other people. The calm one. The one others looked to when things got hard. What no one saw, including me, was that the calm wasn’t regulation. It was distance.
The calm wasn’t regulation. It was distance.
That changed in September 2024, on my own floor, doing a 9D Breathwork session called Letting Go. I didn’t find calm. I found exactly how far I’d gone from my own body. That was the moment that changed my life.
I trained as a facilitator that same year, and by 2025 I’d left mental health to build Original Breath: a method I developed by living it first, then refining it across hundreds of sessions with the people who trusted me with it.
I wrote The Body Decides from my own journey. I needed everything that’s in it. Then I took the method to the people I work with. The body decides before the mind explains. Calm is trained, not found.
Background
Where I’ve come from
2013 to 2025
Nursing, and years across mental health: acute wards, forensic, rehabilitation and community.
2022
Built and ran a mental health support company with staff across Queensland and New South Wales, including a 24-hour client support line.
September 2024
A 9D Breathwork session called Letting Go, on my own floor. Trained as a certified 9D Breathwork facilitator that same year.
2025
Left mental health to build Original Breath.
2026
The Body Decides, Women’s Edition and Men’s Edition.
What I work from
What I work from
- Calm is trained, not found.
- The body decides, the mind explains.
- State comes before story.
- Past hurt informs future fear.
- Awareness alone doesn’t create change.
- You don’t need fixing. You need understanding.
Why Original Breath exists
Your nervous system is part of everything.
It shapes how you sleep, how you react, how you love, how you work and how you recover. Most people were never told. I created Original Breath to change that.
It’s for men and women. For the ones who became strong because they had no choice, and the ones who’ve been pushing through for so long they’ve forgotten what calm feels like.
