I found sound therapy the way that many people working in the mental health and wellbeing space enter the industry: I needed it for myself. But my story started long before that.

I grew up in Cumbria as a wild curly haired, free spirited little person constantly covered in mud, scampering up trees, jumping in rivers and admiring nature with wide-eyed wonder. I was so curious. So intrigued by the world around me. And then, one day - I was 10 years old - something happened that took that curiosity and added in something totally new. Something that would allow me to express my voice in a different way. That ‘way’ was the violin.

It was one of those defining moments, and marked the start of my first true love.

I went from learning how to play to gaining my grade eight distinction in five years. I remember winning a scholarship violin for performance when I was 15 and going in to choose it; it was like walking into Olivander’s wand shop in Harry Potter. The moment I held MY violin, I knew that there was no one else for me. It had its own voice, and that voice matched my own. It was my first experience of magic.

I had my entire life planned out, and it all revolved around that violin. But then something completely unexpected - and very unwanted - happened. I lost the ability to play and lost my voice in the process. Everything changed. And I had no idea how to process that.

Eventually, my voice returned…

Life found a new path, still strongly carved out by my love for sound. Music was the way I communicated, and no matter what it would always be a huge part of who I was. But, of course, love and passion can’t stop the challenges and pain of life finding their way back in.

Sudden loss, surgical trauma, long term chronic illness and grief (in all senses of the word) became unwelcome visitors at my door. However, I didn’t process any of it.

Like so many others, I just kept going.

Until I saw an advertisement for a Sound Therapist Qualification. It seemed like a good distraction.  Little did I know what it was going to unearth.

I wasn’t your *typical* healing type.

You’d rarely find me in a yoga studio, I’d never been to a woman’s circle and I’d rolled my eyes a fair few times at the elaborate promises of manifestation coaches and self-appointed gurus on Instagram. But this? It couldn't have been more different.

During a sound bath for my course, I had an experience that well and truly blasted any of the scepticism out of me. I had such a profound and impactful emotional response that I was overcome by tears and could not stop. I wailed like I was a little girl. Everything from the past decade was there, unable to ignore. And with the support of my amazing tutor, I started to process it, bit by bit, in my own way. 

Through sound therapy, my body and mind slowly started to unravel and shift the trauma that had been unknowingly dictating my life for years. I learnt about the darkest parts of myself and the reasons I was who I was. I peeled away all of those messy layers and learnt to love them all. I set the wildest parts of my inner self free.

I felt more energised than I’d ever been; it was as if the fog had lifted.

It empowered me to start making the adjustments that would ultimately lead to transformative changes. It gave me a new community, a new way of seeing the world and a new love to share. I’d once again found my magic.

Now, I’m still that wild curly haired, free spirited person walking into everything with a big smile and an open heart. Life continues to have its ups and downs. The difference is that I now lean into each and every one of them, sit with them and allow my understanding of the world through sound - and myself - help me navigate all other worlds.

I feel it all because feelings are to be felt.

That’s why I’ve made it my mission to use my voice - in all of its different forms - to share the power of sound so that I can bring it to those who may not have felt able to reach it before. 
You’ll find me based in North Yorkshire.

Sound therapy is a relatively new concept here, and it’s my dream to make it as accessible as possible so people from all walks of life, can benefit from it.