Together, we’ll explore healing, confidence, and self-expression through language and poetry.
Let me tell you a secret. I used to be a shy, subdued, people-pleaser, and in constant need of validation. Now, after a long journey of healing, questioning, unlearning and relearning, I am a confident, unrestrained, clear-thinking, authentic speaker.
I am not here to give you a blueprint on how to be more grounded and authentic in your expression and communication. Only you can find your own voice. But I can provide you with exploratory tools to find your own path towards an embodied self-expression in any language (included your non-native ones) you want to express yourself in.
Authentic self-expression became very important in my life when I realised how performative my expression was, how much I was seeking to fit it and how unseen I felt.
Being authentic means that you act in ways that show your true self and how you feel. I had to learn who my true self actually was because my expression had been so influenced by the need to be a nice girl, quiet, never rocking the boat, pleasing and accommodating others that I really didn’t know who I was. I only knew there was a disconnection between who I felt I was and how I expressed myself.
As a result, the belonging that I was so desperately seeking was unfulfilled. People didn’t know who I really was so they couldn’t relate to me.
With time, therapy, coaching and other means, I discovered who I truly was and how to express it.
I discovered how to feel grounded and safe enough to express myself wholeheartedly.
Authenticity is a survival need. –Gabor Maté
approach & philosophy
My trauma-informed approach integrates experiential learning, neuroeducation, mindfulness, creative writing, and poetry therapy to support healing and growth. I believe in the power of embodied cognition—the idea that our body’s interaction with the environment shapes our thinking and expression. My work centers on creating emotionally safe spaces for expats, language learners, educators, and anyone seeking to heal trauma related to learning and self-expression. Through compassionate, creative methods, I help clients build confidence, resilience, and authentic communication skills.
Metaphor is embodied in language. – Dennis Potter
who am I?
I am a systems thinker. I am committed to personal and societal well-being, and I am very curious about how the mind works. Authentic and compassionate self-expression is paramount in my life and professional practice.
I call Spain and Ireland home. Spanish is my mother tongue, and English is the language in which I currently express myself better, but they don’t tell the whole story, and indeed, they don’t exist in different boxes.
I am an introverted, multi-passionate person, and I panic whenever I have to give my “elevator pitch”. I am a human, and as such, who I am and what I do, do not fit in a box nor are static. But for clarity and connection’s sake, I work with languages, mostly Spanish. I write multilingual poetry and essays. I love dancing, moving my body and being in nature.
advanced education, training & accreditation
• Diploma in trauma and mental health informed schools and communities (Level 5 diploma, practitioner status) by TISUK (2024). 20CPD
• Trauma-Informed Teaching, delivered by educational consultant Ryhan Nadji (2022).
• Intercultural Awareness, HSE, Ireland (2022).
• “Understanding trauma and supporting the needs of people fleeing war and/or persecution”, webinar delivered by Jennifer Hayes, Department of Psychology, HSE, Ireland (2022).
• Poetry Therapy Practitioner by iaPoetry (2023).
• Emotional learning based on thought training by Instituto Cervantes (2017).
• Transforming Business, Society and Self with u.Lab (Online, MIT X, 2016)
• DELE and SIELE examiner by Instituto Cervantes (2014, 2016)
• Diploma Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language by Instituto Cervantes (2011)
• MA. in Scenery Arts by Universidad de Burgos. (2008)
• BA. in Humanities (Applied Languages) by Universidad de Burgos (2005).
Informal research and training in embodied/experiential learning, integrational lingüistics, identity, multiculturalism and multilingualism, creative writing.
