being me, being you, being free
Hi, I’m Joanna, and I’ve been practicing in the wellness field for almost 20 years. I’m a solo parent and my teenager has always been home-educated. My nomadic and curious heart has sent me on many adventures around this beautiful planet, and deeply within.
What I have found is that the more we are able to connect with our own self, and get out of our own way, the more grounded and balanced we become, and the better we can connect with others and live with truth and integrity.
Life is always going to throw us challenges - it’s how we respond that matters. I’m not a clinical therapist, but I’m trained in a variety of disciplines and holistic modalities, which has honed my natural healer-spirit. Mindfulness and movement practices have been part of my healing and my work for many years.
Reclaim your own power, realise your full potential, and thrive. Remember what it is to be a human BEING.
My roots are working class, I come from a family who believe in hard work and don’t expect huge returns. Going to university was not a norm in my family, nor was travelling around the world on a hope and a prayer. For a time, I became part of the spiritual scene and the love and light crowd. Becoming a single parent 15 years ago humbled me. I shifted into deeper self-connection and a grounded reality. I did many trainings, a lot of which were not necessary: undoing deep conditioning takes time. I believe this would have been greatly accelerated if I had access to a dedicated mentor or someone with my specific life challenges that I could explore things with. This is what I offer others, and why I have created sections for the groups that get the most out of working with me.
You can read more about my journey and qualifications below. I work on zoom, and around Sheffield and Derbyshire, either outdoors or in a therapy room. Please contact me to discuss what is right for you.
My deeper journey began when I was lost at sea for almost a month. I have told my story on youtube here, if you would like to know more about what this experience taught me.
Qualifications & Experience
I have done many training courses and I have really enjoyed most of them. I’ve spent all my spare money on investing in them, however, and sometimes that really didn’t make sense. Some courses were run by people who had less experience than I had, and were great at what they did. It took me a long time to stand and trust in my own skills and knowledge. Instead of listing everything here, I’ve made a non-exhaustive list of training courses and experiences and you can see that here.
As someone looking for a wellbeing mentor, you have to be discerning. There are those who have no skills and experience and have decided to hold space with no thoughts on safety, which is obviously not what you want (and not always easy to spot). There are those who are highly trained, but lacking experience. There are those who have much experience but no official training courses. And there are those with both. None of these is necessarily better than another, you have to decide what resonates with you. The world of psychotherapy is a great example of this: link to article about psychotherapy etc
I’m registered with both the FHT and NAWE, and have PLI and a DBS.
How to connect
I would love to connect. Please fill in the contact form to send me a message and sign up to my newsletter, where you’ll receive my fortnightly substack and hear about my courses and offers first.
You can find more of my work on Youtube and Substack.