How Breathwork Found Me | From Survival to Soulful Leadership

If you’d told me in 2018 that breathwork and embodiment practices would become two of the most powerful tools in both my healing and my business, I probably would’ve smiled politely and changed the subject.

But as it turns out, they found me before my diagnosis, and I’m so deeply grateful they did!

By the time I was diagnosed with Stage 3 bowel cancer, I was already on a wellness and self-discovery journey. I had lost weight, joined incredible communities, reconnected with my spirituality, and, most importantly, started to remember who I was, all while navigating parenthood, life, and a demanding corporate career.

That year, life cracked me open in a way that changed everything.

💫 When Breath Became My Anchor

In those early days, everything felt uncertain. And yet, underneath the chaos, within myself — connected to my breath and to the earth — I felt a deep sense of peace, surrender, and a knowing that I was divinely supported, that somehow everything was going to be okay.

Somewhere in that stillness, something small and steady began to call to me — my breath.

At first, it wasn’t a practice. It was survival.

When I couldn’t control the outcome, I could still control one thing: the inhale and the exhale.
And that’s where breathwork found me — in the stillness between everything falling apart and everything beginning again.

🌿 Discovering the Power of Somatic & Embodiment Practices

As I moved through treatment and recovery, I deepened my relationship with somatic and embodiment practices, gentle movement, mindful touch, sound, stillness and deep witnessing.

These practices helped me feel again.

They helped me notice the subtle language of my body; the tightening in my chest when I pushed too hard, the release in my shoulders when I finally let myself cry, the grounding calm that came when I remembered to breathe with intention.

What began as tools for physical recovery soon became the foundation for emotional regulation and nervous system repair.
And over time, those same tools became the heartbeat of how I now lead, mentor, and do business.

✨ From Healing to Holding Space

As my strength returned, I began sharing my journey and the practices that had supported me — with friends, clients, and the incredible women who crossed my path.

I realised that these tools, and feeling my feelings, weren’t just helping me survive cancer; they were helping me live again.

It gave me the clarity to rebuild my life with intention.
It gave me the courage to show up authentically.
And it gave me the calm to hold space for others in their own transformations.

The women I’ve shared these practices with — whether in business mentoring sessions or group spaces — often tell me it’s the first time they’ve felt truly present in their body in years.
That’s the magic of this work. It meets you where you are and gently brings you home.

🌸 Breathwork in Business (and Beyond)

I recently wrote about how breathwork and self-love can clear mental chatter and support sustainable business growth — especially for women balancing the emotional load of entrepreneurship.
If you missed it, you can read that post here:
👉 Breathwork, Self-Love & Business Growth

Because breathwork isn’t just for healing — it’s for living.
It’s for reconnecting with your intuition before a client call.
It’s for finding calm before a launch.
It’s for pausing before you make that big decision.

💗 A Gift from My Heart

I’ve created a free guided self-love breathwork session for you — the same style of practice that supported me during my recovery and continues to hold me through every new chapter of life and business.

It’s gentle, trauma-aware, and deeply grounding — a chance to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with the part of you that already knows the way forward.

Take 30 minutes for yourself today:
👉 Access the Free Self-Love Breathwork Session

🌕 Final Thoughts

If my journey has taught me anything, it’s that our breath is our most powerful teacher.
It’s always there — steady, patient, forgiving — waiting to bring us back to presence.

Whether you’re healing, growing, or leading, you don’t have to have it all figured out.
Just keep breathing.