About Me

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I have always been drawn to more — more happiness, more fun, more freedom. I like adventures and I do not like being stuck in a room with fluorescent lights while someone tells me I can't leave.

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One step at a time toward freedom. Yoga teacher training — I taught in the evenings and weekends. Then my own coffee shop for eleven years. Then the pandemic and another yoga teacher training and Martha Beck's Wayfinder Life Coach training. Every step a little closer to joy, meaning and fulfillment. Every step a little closer to my true nature.

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I was born in the former Soviet Union. Twenty years ago I moved from Ukraine to Canada where I currently live in Victoria, BC with my husband, daughter, a dog and a cat. I also have a plot in a community garden where I enjoy growing my own food and being close to the Earth.

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I am still on the journey. This spring I am walking part of the Camino de Santiago alone — to reconnect with myself more deeply. Not because I have it all figured out. Because I don't. I write about this journey every week on Substack — ​come read along​​

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I do this work because I genuinely enjoy it. There is nothing quite like watching a woman remember who she is.

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When you work with me you will feel heard, safe and capable. I will not tell you what to do or what to think. I will not be offended if you disagree with me — in fact I encourage it. My job is not to give you my answers but to give you space to find your own. Many women have never had that kind of space before. It can be surprisingly powerful.

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I am an ICF certified coach, a certified Wayfinder Coach, a Taurus, and a Human Design Projector — which means I am here to guide, not to hustle.