Perth. Sydney. Dubai. The long way round.
I grew up in Perth, Western Australia. My mother ran a naturopathic health and wellness business. My father was an actor, entrepreneur, and investor. Two step-dads, one a yoga teacher and one a psychotherapist at his own leadership & personal development company. By the time I was a teenager I had been exposed to more ideas about how humans work than most people encounter in a lifetime. I had no idea what to do with any of it yet.
I went to a Rudolf Steiner school and struggled badly with learning. Reading, retention, spelling. I didn't know how to spell my own name until grade four or five. That taught me something I have never forgotten: the problem is almost never intelligence. It is almost always the wrong method.
Rudolf Steiner schooling taught me the fundamentals of holistic living and cultural community building. I would not be where I am today without it. I cannot recommend that style of education enough.
When I was young, someone I loved went through a psychosis. The family split apart. We moved from Perth to Sydney to start over. Watching someone I loved fight their own mind from the inside was the moment I became obsessed with understanding how human beings actually work. Not as a theory. As a necessity.
