The Misfit Diaries

Uncovering My True Path: From Lawyer to Self-Rediscovery

Back in 2015, I found myself at a crossroads. I had been working as a lawyer, a career that once seemed to hold all the promise and prestige I could hope for. However, as time passed and life shifted with the arrival of my children, I began to feel a growing sense of unease in the world I once thought I belonged in.

The feeling of not fitting in became glaringly apparent, especially after the birth of my children. The demands of the legal profession, with its long hours and high-pressure environment, clashed with the newfound priorities and perspectives that came with motherhood. As the years went by, the sense of burnout became overwhelming, and I knew I had to make a change.

At that pivotal moment, with no clear path ahead and a sense of disillusionment with my current trajectory, I embarked on a journey of self-discovery. It was a process of peeling back the layers of expectations and assumptions that had led me down a path that, I realised, didn’t actually resonate with who I was at my core.

It was not an easy journey. Uncovering the reasons why I didn't fit into the legal world took time and introspection. But through that process, I rediscovered something magical – the truth of who I had always been, buried beneath the weight of societal norms and expectations.

As I reflected on my past experiences and delved into what truly brought me joy and fulfilment, I realised that I had always been drawn to creativity, to storytelling, to finding beauty in the world around me. It was a realization that sparked a new sense of purpose and a rekindling of passion that had long been dormant.

And so, with newfound clarity and determination, I began to reshape my path. I embraced my creativity, my curiosity and those things that lit a spark within me and began a remembering.

A remembering of my bare essence and the life that my soul incarnated to experience.

That remembering has been jump started many times through my introduction to new modalities and their teachers and now encoded in the ‘YouPrint’ that is the basis of my work.