About Me

I always find it difficult to describe myself...

I am ever-changing flow on a quest to its essence.

Traveler, explorer, dreamer, doer, strategist, planner, organizer, naturalist, advocate, activist, observer, questioner, linguist, teacher, student, hypnotherapist, mystic, yogi, sun-gazer, writer, poet, messenger, philosopher, alchemist, artist, dancer, warrior…

These words capture some of the things I have been and done in both the narrowest and broadest sense…

I was born with a thirst for truth and knowledge, fired up by an innate desire to help bring oneness and fairness into this world, and moved by unquenchable wanderlust.

After earning a solid academic background, I set out with much enthusiasm to work for international cooperation. I was confident that joining my efforts with those of eminent organizations in this field would save the world from misery and self-destruction... I worked with both high profile international agencies (such as the United Nations’ F.A.O., the Council of the European Union, etc.) and local grassroots organizations in 3 different continents, where I lived and traveled extensively. I met with realities, experiences and people that widely broadened my horizons and deeply enriched me.

Despite a successful career, having helped raise nearly USD 1,5 Million for the projects I worked for, and enjoying an exciting life that came with many privileges, something seemed amiss both inside of me and around me. While in Nepal, the first “developing country” I had come into contact with, I started to see the full truth of the sector. I realized it was just a business like any other—operated by governments, politics, finance, and hidden agendas. I realized that the "investment" in this business was such that the co-dependence between donor and recipient country had to necessarily be perpetuated. And I found that the social, environmental, and cultural side-effects of this far outweighed the proclaimed goals. I grew disillusioned and eventually left my field of work as I could no longer support a mechanism I found faulty by design. That was my first look into empowerment and self-reliance (or lack thereof)—from both the “macro” perspective (the sector I was working in and its contradictions) and from the “micro” perspective (my choice to quit and leap into the unknown).

I realized that the positive change I was seeking to contribute towards could only be brought about at the individual level, one person at a time, starting with myself! Interestingly, the deepest search of my life for far-reaching insight and vision started in the Himalayas—the highest ground in the world. There, I found myself amidst people and events that inspired me to explore deeper into myself in my quest for meaning and purpose.

While growing up, I had already read many self-help books about self-realization. I had become a Certified Hypnotherapist before completing my M.A. studies. It was in Nepal, however, that without even looking for them, I somehow attracted those teachers, yogis, and healers who helped me see experientially those theories and notions I had read in my books. I learned how my life was a reflection of my deeply held beliefs, definitions, and conditioning.

​I started to recognize how the more I became conscious of these, the more I could be empowered to change those things I didn't prefer. And I realized how I had to become all that which I wanted to see in the world. Since then, I have been peeling away at the layers and going deeper into more and more of who I really am...

​Perhaps, most importantly, I learned that all along I was the teacher I was looking for.

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Left Brain Bio

Sustainability & International Cooperation Specialist

◦ International cooperation specialist with a deep passion for investigating all aspects of human development and promoting innovation in earth-friendly and self-reliant living.

◦ B.A. with honors in Political Science (International Relations) and a M.A. in International and Intercultural Management. She has traveled extensively and lived in different countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, working at various international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Council, and other international and local non-profit organizations around the world.

◦ Projects related to "sustainable development"; human and environmental rights; poverty and equity; community development; energy policy; early childhood education and intervention.

◦ ​Areas of expertise include strategic planning, organizational development and management, project coordination, communications, advocacy and outreach, event organizing, etc.

◦ Thanks to exposure to different life- and work settings at organizations of varied scope and size, she earned considerable experience in her field of expertise and is very comfortable relating with people from all walks of life and backgrounds. She had chosen this line of work moved by a deep wish to help build a world where healthy communities and environments and a sense of brotherhood could thrive.

◦ After working for international cooperation and sustainable development for over a decade, she realized that true "sustainable development" and world peace can only begin at the individual level. She found that true and long-lasting change can be attained when individuals are awakened to their full potential and individual gifts and empowered to share them.

◦ Thanks to a life-long and innate passion for investigating all aspects of human nature and the nature of reality, she delved deep into her own explorations in the areas of personal development and self-realization. Before earning her M.A. she had already become a Certified Hypnotherapist and later attended many self-help workshops.

◦ Earned significant insight in the field of mind-body connection, holistic living and self-empowerment. She speaks 6 languages and has a deep appreciation of the world's cultural diversity and heritage, and yet oneness in humanity.

Right Brain Bio

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