Surrender and Grow

The birth of Lacuna as my next project was unexpected, but not surprising. The pandemic profoundly changed the course of my life, and like all creative and the best kind of business projects, it just kind of happened. I truly believe that creative energy is always there, working for us and through us in the background, behind the scenes if you like.

I am one of those “scrappers”, a “hustler”, my resume doesn’t flow conventionally, it might kind of look like I didn’t really ever know what career I would pursue, or that I flip-flopped. I didn’t make a career plan. The truth is, I am guided and I listen by some very strong intuition, and I do not stay in situations that I know are not aligned with my purpose and what feels right for what my offering to the world should be at that time. I listen closely for people, situations that feel right and I regularly vision and ask for where my contribution can be most valuable to the world and is in alignment with my current self.

I studied 2 very different undergraduate degrees (Development Studies and Industrial Design, one at age 20, one at age 30 in cities across the world. I now know, looking back, that my career was to lie in entrepreneurship, development, and creativity, versus one exact industry. It is always easy to see looking back.

I have by now worked across many industries (design, hospitality, tech, events and art/design), and all levels of lots of industries, it has given me clear insights on the common struggles all people face.

During the pandemic, I was forced to surrender, not just by becoming a first-time mother in May 2020, but by being made furlough in March 2020, by being separated from my partner during our last trimester, by being laid-off, from my events business going dark overnight. These challenges forced me to surrender, and grow. Each week I will share more about the challenges, struggles, insights, and ultimately growth which has emerged from the pandemics impact on my life.

Lacuna, is a birth of the idea that personal wellness is the most important thing you can give to yourself in this modern world, that it is your care towards yourself, that will ultimately help you to live the most fulfilled life, and will give you a tools and the strength when needed to navigate the tough times, and it will give you the lightness of self and joy to celebrate and enjoy the good times. As we know both are fleeting and don’t last forever.

My life long practice of Yoga is what got me through an extremely difficult 18 months, I am convinced of it. As well as an understanding of the need to surrender, and allow the experience to help me to grow, whatever that would look like, and whatever it will continue to look like.

thoughts, reflections, feedback, relation welcome.