Endings, Change & New Beginnings
A space where nothing has to remain as it was – and something new may be born.
“Transitions are not the exception – they are part of life.”
Why I hold space for life’s thresholds
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We pass through seasons where the familiar falls away and something uncharted begins. When certainties break, relationships or circumstances shift, or a known life ends, a path opens – one we don’t have to walk alone. I have walked it, step by step. What I experienced, integrated and learned now flows into my work.
In short – why I do this work
Life isn’t linear: Endings and new beginnings are part of being human
In thresholds space, time and presence help more than a plan and words
My path was patient: Staying with myself, layer by layer. Study & business → loss → years of inner work shaped how I hold space
Below: How I work today, who this is for, and how to begin
In the flow of life
Panta rhei – everything flows. Heraclitus’ thought has accompanied me for years. The river has a bed, yet it is never the same water that moves through it.
Life carries us through transitions – rapids, still pools, bends that surprise us. Some turns change everything: A loss, an inner call, a sense that there is more.
My own life held many bends and pauses. At times I could surrender – let the river hold me. At other times I swam against the current; questions without answers. I learned I cannot plan life into certainty. I meet what is here and let myself be surprised.
Many people I meet have lived through a lot. They are not asking for advice. They seek a place where nothing needs to be explained or performed. A steady counterpart when everything else wobbles. A breath. A small ritual. A hand that does not hold tight – but accompanies.
Experiences that ground my work
This work does not come from books alone – it comes from lived life (and years of training held in practice).
At 25, an early loss tore my heart open.
I lost my then-partner in a car accident. Something broke open. For years I had been performing and pushing. This loss asked me to feel what I had kept at a distance.
Beside her.
I accompanied a friend through her long illness. We stayed close in honesty and tears, in not-knowing. She taught me that witnessing is its own form of love.
Performance without depth.
Banking and startups, and the world of advertising, modelling: Output and performance counted, depth was rare. The contrast sharpened my sense for what truly nourishes.
Practice on the ground.
With people in hospitals, at home, in grief circles I learned that presence takes form: Create a simple container, slow the tempo, let feeling move.
A vessel for feeling.
Acting gave me a room where emotion could flow again – staying with the moment, becoming a vessel for what wants to appear.
A steady call to elsewhere.
Travel and ceremony kept leading me to places where the heart knew before the mind – a language older than words. Over time that sense became clearer: Remembering, source, connection.
My father’s death.
I sensed it somewhere in me – and yet I was never ready. It hit me deeply, as death always does. It brought grief and, with time, a deeper tenderness for what is here now.
These experiences shape my work. They run through it – quiet, but tangible. I hold space for the visible and the invisible; for words – and for what has none.
“I didn’t know what I was seeking –
and yet I was always on my way there.”
What I learned (from lived practice)
Notes from the path – gentle touchstones I keep returning to.
Presence, not fixing. In thresholds we don’t need quick tips; we need someone who stays, listens and witnesses.
Space & time. Breathing, pausing, moving more slowly within a held container changes the quality of the moment.
A language older than words. Ritual speaks through gesture, rhythm, movement and emotion –tears, drum, song, silence.
Patience with self & practice. Daily, small steps – showing up again and again – matter more than grand gestures.
Openness & learning. Trying practices and noticing what genuinely supports.
We are the key. Self first, then the field. Observe what shifts inside; relationships often follow.
Attention to details & environment. As inner noise grows quieter – over time and with practice – the small signs life offers become easier to notice.
Saying “yes” to what arrives. When readiness meets sincerity, life often meets us with gifts.
Acceptance, as far as possible. Meeting things as they are reduces struggle and eases the passage.
Asking for help. Mentors, guidance, community and honest friends matter.
“A call I could no longer avoid.”
From presence to words – why speaking helps
Unspoken things take up space. I’ve seen – in myself and around me – how silence can sit between people as tension you can feel in the body and the room. Naming what is present doesn’t burden others, nor does it force a solution; it lets the weight move. When we speak gently and honestly, it leaves the body, and the space between us becomes clearer. This is as true for endings as it is for everyday thresholds.
How I work today
This is not a method; it is a stance. It emerges in the moment – from what is here, and from what appears when there is room for it.
Forms: Deep listening, space-holding with presence, simple ritual, body-based practice
Qualities: Honest holding – with truth and dignity; and respect for what is visible and what is unseen
Settings: 1:1 sessions, small circles, rituals. In person and online
Themes: Transitions, endings, sadness & grief, thresholds and change, new beginnings; being witnessed rather than fixed
Centred in relationship: My work is relationship – with life, with change, with the now. I work with words, and with the frequency they carry – with what resonates between the lines. My intuition is practical: I pay close attention to what is present in the room – silence, breath, tone, posture, body language – and what clients often describe as “feeling seen”
“Why speak about endings and change? Because they are part of life – and whatever can be spoken becomes lighter to carry.”
CURAI stands for the space between worlds: for clarity, presence and heart-warmth; for the power of connection – with oneself, with others, with life.
And with me.
Who this is for / not for
For you if…
you are between an ending and a beginning, and want a space to be with what is here;
you long to be witnessed and listened to – not repaired;
you feel called to embodied presence;
step by step feels right to you: Speaking what is present, and learning simple practices and rituals that soothe and support.
Not a fit if…
you seek quick fixes, advice lists or performance coaching;
you are in an acute crisis that needs clinical/medical support (please reach out to appropriate services first).
How to begin
Complimentary short conversation (20–30 min): We sense what is needed
Or write to me / DM with a few lines about where you are
Reflection – if this meets you
Where are you between an ending and a beginning right now?
What is one micro-pause you could offer yourself this week?
What simple ritual could support you today?
When I am not accompanying others, my curiosity draws me to where the world reveals its quiet mysteries.
What is heavy can be shared.
Change can be held.
The sacred in the everyday can have a place again.
