I started my career in corporate law, which is about as far away from this work as it sounds. But I didn't leave one life and step right into another. I took the long way around.
That experience plays a big part in the work I do now. I know what it's like when one decision pulls at a thread and the whole thing starts to unravel: the career, the relationship, the future you thought you knew.
I’ve left everything I knew behind, more than once. I understand how it feels to grieve a past you chose to leave, have no clear plan for what’s next, and keep going anyway.
about
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.
- Rumi
On one side was the legal world. Analytical, logical, demanding. Parts of it fit. A lot of it didn't.
On the other side was the spiritual world. It felt more like me, but there were also times I felt unsafe, unseen, and pressured to be someone I wasn't.
Finally, I stopped trying to pick a side.
I didn't belong on either side and I didn't want to. I belonged somewhere in the middle, on the bridge in between.
And that's where people usually find me.
On the bridge between something that's coming to a close and something new that's beginning to appear.
When logic isn't enough, but neither is spiritual advice that never has to live in the real world.
Turns out, the bridge is where I do my best work.
- Chiara
For a long time, parts of my life were so at odds with each other, I felt they couldn’t possibly belong to the same person.
beliefs + values
that shape my practice
1. I am a guide but you are your own guru. Trust yourself.
2. If you find yourself at a crossroads, I can help navigate next steps but you're in the driver's seat of your own life. Decisions are yours to make.
3. I deeply value honesty, transparency, and safety. Especially when it comes to anything spiritual. I've met more predators in the spiritual community than anywhere else. I said what I said.
4. If your spiritual community /mentor / practitioner contributes to feelings of shame, powerlessness, or self-abandonment, get the fuck out of there. They are the problem. Not you.
