I was born in Serbia and grew up around people who learned to survive through silence, adjustment, and putting peace before everything else.

After many life changes, different countries and experiences, I made my way to the other side of the world — Australia. But the most significant journey was not geographical.

I know from experience how fear shapes decisions. How silence becomes a habit. How a woman slowly loses connection with herself while trying to keep everything around her intact.

I went through a period where I lost myself in a relationship that was quietly diminishing me. Not in one dramatic moment. But gradually. Steadily.

You start explaining yourself more. Apologising more. Doubting your own memory. Adjusting your tone. Managing someone else’s emotions before your own.

You tell yourself it’s love. That you’re strong enough to handle it. That it’s not that bad.

Until one day you realise you no longer recognise yourself.

I know that place. And I know what it takes to find your way back.

Today I work with women who are somewhere in between. After divorce, the end of an important relationship, relocation, years of putting everyone else first, or simply that quiet feeling that something needs to change.

It doesn’t matter where that feeling comes from. What matters is that you recognise it.

My own experience taught me to understand any woman who has lost herself, whatever the reason. And to know what the path back looks like.