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I help you reclaim your authentic self & resolve emotional + physical blocks to live a fulfilling life•Mind Body Soul Medicine Woman Co-Founder@assistpersonaltraining•
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16/03/2026

Most people try to change their life by changing their habits.

But habits come from patterns.
Patterns come from emotions.
And emotions come from the way we think and perceive the world.

That’s why surface-level change rarely lasts.

Alchemyze was created as a transformational environment where women can work with mindset, emotional healing, lifestyle alignment and energetic work together.

Because when these systems align, change stops feeling like force… and starts feeling natural.

If you feel ready for your next level of growth, explore Alchemyze, an online transformation hub of resources, healing, coaching and intuitive guidance, as an option starting with a free soul strategy call. Link in bio.

14/03/2026

Hurt doesn’t disappear when we suppress it. It moves into the body.

Hurt is one of the deepest emotions we carry as human beings.

It forms when trust is broken.

When we feel rejected.

Abandoned.

Misunderstood.

Or when something meaningful to us is lost.

Most of us were never taught how to process hurt. So instead we suppress it.

We push it down. We try to “move on.”

But emotional energy doesn’t just disappear.

When hurt isn’t allowed to move, it can stay stored in the body as:

• tension in the nervous system
• heaviness in the heart
• emotional sensitivity or reactivity
• a subtle disconnection from ourselves

Over time, these stored emotions quietly shape how we respond to life.

This is why healing isn’t just about thinking differently. The body must be involved in the process.

Inside Alchemyze this morning we worked deeply with the emotion of HURT during our live healing session.

Through somatic and energetic practices, members were guided to safely release the emotional energy the body has been holding.

Alongside breathwork, we also:
✨ Supported the kidneys
Supporting the release of deep emotional stress and shock that can strain the nervous system.

✨ Cleansed the Aura
Clearing dense emotional residue so the body no longer holds the energetic imprint of past hurt.

✨ Completed a spiritual life force activation
When deep hurt occurs, parts of our life force energy can withdraw. This process helps restore that natural flow while clearing patterns that keep emotional wounds repeating.

The intention of the session was simple:

To allow the body to release what it has been holding so life force energy can flow again.

Because when hurt is processed and released, something powerful happens.

Space opens.

Peace returns.

And you reconnect with yourself.

If this resonates and you’re curious about the work we do inside Alchemyze, feel free to reach out.

I’m always happy to have a free chat to see if it feels like the right space for your healing and growth.

Just send me a message 🤍

03/03/2026

I drove past him.

There is something incredibly powerful about the intention you hold and the frequency you live in.

Recently, I found myself thinking about how my work might evolve over time — how, when the resources and structure are in place, it could extend even further to support people rebuilding their lives.

It’s been a personal intention of mine for many years to help those who’ve overcome addiction create a life full of purpose, fulfilment and joy.

On this particular day last week as I drove to school pick up, I was reflecting on it so deeply that the intention felt fully alive in my body, like I was already living it.

15 minutes later, I came across a man standing in the torrential rain with a suitcase.

I braked — but drove past — because my children were waiting for me about 500 metres up the road and around the corner.

I felt the internal conflict — the pull between showing humanity and the instinct to protect myself and my children.

I knew that after picking up my boys, I would come back. But was it safe to get involved? To offer him a ride?

I couldn’t get a park at school pick-up, so I did a lap of the block and looped back around.

As I came back out, I looked down the road. He was still there in the pouring rain, bent over beside his suitcase.

After collecting my boys, we walked back toward the car, and there he was at the school gate, looking around.

I put the boys in the car and then asked him if he needed help.

From his eyes, his posture, his demeanour, I could sense he wasn’t a threat.

He was trying to find a rehabilitation facility nearby.

In that moment, the stronger voice was the one aligned with the intention I had already been sitting in. Contribution, compassion, service.

So I chose that frequency instead of fear.

I offered him a lift. And as I drove him to rehab, we were both overcome with emotion.

He softened in a way that only genuine kindness can invite.

What got me wasn’t the “coincidence.”

It was the congruence.

When your intention is clear, you begin noticing opportunities to live it.

When your internal state is aligned with who you want to be, your responses change.

Your reality shifts not because the universe drops something magical in your lap, but because you act differently.

Intention shapes perception.
Perception shapes behaviour.
Behaviour shapes outcomes.

So many people think reality is something happening to them.
But often, it’s responding to who they are being.

The frequency of fear closes.
The frequency of service opens.
The frequency of avoidance contracts.
The frequency of responsibility expands.

You don’t need a dramatic overhaul to change your life, or to wait for the perfect moment to begin.

You need alignment between who you say you want to be and how you show up in small moments.

Those moments compound.

And that is how reality begins to reorganise itself around you.

24/02/2026

Depression often arises when parts of us feel out of alignment — when our daily choices, relationships or habits don’t reflect who we truly are. It can leave us feeling stuck, heavy or disconnected.

I experienced depression firsthand throughout my 20s. I felt like a failure and useless, but at the root of my depresseion, my body and mind were alerting me that I needed safety before clarity could arrive.

For me, that safety didn’t exist because of religious indoctrination that had me living in fear and feeling worthless, unable to find joy in the life I was supposed to be living.

But I got there and every part of my life turned around for the better.

So today, I took what I’ve learned about the contributing factors to depression, what it feels like to be in that space, and how emotions and beliefs shape our body and mind, and created a healing session addressing depression somatically called “From Darkness to Presence.”

It’s now part of the Alchemyze library, and it’s designed to help you:
✨ Release stored heaviness and stuck emotional patterns
✨ Restore flow through your root, solar plexus & heart
✨ Reconnect with your inner vitality
✨ Create space for clarity, self-trust and grounded presence

Throughout the session, we move through four different somatic practices combined with guided processes to support emotional release, restore energetic balance and reprogram negative beliefs, creating a safe space for gentle transformation.

You can catch the replay now, plus gain access to over 150+ transformative sessions and practices inside Alchemyze to support your mind, body and soul every day.

DM me if you’d like joining information or a 1:1 session.

18/02/2026

When my youngest started school 2 weeks ago, I didn’t expect to feel what I felt. I spent the first week shocked

He’s been with me every step of the way for the past 6 years. Born during lockdown, growing up loving his own company, comfortable at home and no kinder. I had cleared my work schedule that week for what I thought would be long, emotional mornings.

But 30 minutes into his first day, when it was time to leave, he high fived us goodbye. I got up from the floor and walked out, stood outside the classroom with Matt completely stunned, then realised I’d left my handbag in the classroom and had to duck back in, and still, he was happy there with the lego, so off we went.

Not even 2 minutes down the road, Matt asked, “What would you like to do today?” and I felt the tears surfacing. I was used to having my little sidekick with me and my days revolving around him, and suddenly, this next chapter felt so official.

So I spent the first week enjoying the space and lots of gratitude for all the moments that I recalled over the past 9 years where I never missed a special moment of these early years with them. These years at home were full, exhausting at times, with sleep deprivation and juggling all the hats life demanded.

But the transition has been so special.

Prior to having children I did a lot of personal development and identity work. Becoming a Mum took me by surprise. I had plans to be the working Mumma and Matt to be the stay at home Dad but once those pregnancy hormones kicked in, I was a changed woman.

During those early years of motherhood, my identity shifted in ways I hadn’t expected. Before children, health, fitness and personal growth were strong anchors for me, but motherhood asked me to soften my expectations and honour the season I was in.

There were times balance felt hard to find and instead of striving for who I used to be, I learned to meet myself where I was, doing what I could, with what I had, while still staying connected to growth in new and evolving ways.

In those years, life didn’t slow down like I initially thought it would. Instead, it expanded me.

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06/02/2026

Sometimes what feels like lack of motivation or desire is actually something much deeper.

A client recently booked in a session feeling
🚨 stuck and stagnant
🚨 disconnected from drive and excitement
🚨 unsure how to move forward in business
🚨 not overly lit up by the things that he once enjoyed
🚨 anxious about money and provision
🚨 heavy in the body, especially through the solar plexus

It presented as
🚩 “I can’t be bothered.”
🚩 “I don’t know what to do.”
🚩 “I’m just existing.”

But the body was telling a very different story.

Through a Retrieval Recode session, it became clear that his nervous system was protecting him.

During this session he regressed to a past life where moving forward was linked to survival. It meant fear, danger and abandonment.

So the astral body, (the layer that carries feeling, attachment, fear, longing, pleasure and unfinished emotional charge) learned to pause, conserve energy and stay small. And for this client, it wasn't just in work, but across all areas of life.

In this session, we cleared the programming created from that life time and reprogrammed it with safety and truth, and then retrieved and integrated a fragmented part of the soul that fled from carrying abandonment and survival fear.

Immediately after the session this client felt activated and excited about life. He had clarity on his business and next steps, because his soul revealed it to him.

This session wasn’t just about business or money.

It was about reconnecting to life itself, creativity, enjoyment, curiosity and forward momentum.

This is the work I'm here for, helping you find the answers you need.

If you’ve been feeling stuck across one or multiple areas of your life, it might not be a mindset issue.

It might be your body waiting for safety to return at a soul level.

Retrieval Recode sessions are held online via zoom and come with a detailed report of your experience to help you integrate.

DM for availability.

04/02/2026

The theme for February is all about moving forward with clarity, letting go of mental or emotional baggage and trusting your journey.

✨ Coming Up in February Inside Alchemyze ✨

This is a month to align your thoughts with your next steps, instead of getting stuck in overthinking or confusion.

I’ll be hosting two live group sessions this month:

🗓 Live Session 1:
Saturday, 7th February | The Somatic Path to Forgiveness and Acceptance
Focus: Emotion – Resentment

🗓 Live Session 2:
Tuesday, 24th February | From Darkness to Presence – Healing Depression Somatically
Focus: Emotion – Depression

If you’re ready for February to be a month of forward momentum, where you:

• Move out of confusion or challenges

• Leave behind overthinking or situations that have been holding you back

• Step toward clarity, insight or resolution

…then reach out to discover how to access all of this and more inside Alchemyze.

Even if things feel uncertain, taking these next steps can help you align more fully with your goals, your truth and your inner peace.

Let February be the month where a new perspective helps you resolve conflicts, make more empowering choices and create momentum in your life.

📩 Message me to see how you can be part of Alchemyze this month.

25/01/2026

Our latest session is now live inside Alchemyze. This one isn’t about creating empowerment. That work began in the previous session on disempowerment.

In this session we prepared the astral body and anchored it in, so that what you’ve already started doesn’t fade when life gets busy or old patterns get triggered.

Because empowerment only lasts when the body can hold it, not just when the mind understands it.

We focused on:
• clearing the imprint left by long-term disempowerment
• releasing what no longer belongs
• reprogramming the astral field
• stabilising the empowered state in the nervous system
• restoring internal authority and a sense of wholeness

This is how the shifts you’ve already made don’t disappear… they settle, where insight becomes embodied change.

If you’re a member, you’ll find the replay inside Alchemyze now.

If you're not a member but would like information on Alchemyze to make 2026 a transformative year for your mind, body and soul, reach out x

23/01/2026

I started my day with a client in Bali.

Her life has completely turned around. Everything is falling into place. Today’s session was about healing past identities, and showing those old versions of ourselves that life gets to be beautiful.

When I was 19, I was holding an object in my hands, ready to end it all.

I didn’t. I dropped it. And I broke down on the floor.

I had no hope. No vision of a future. No feeling that I mattered.

I was exhausted from pretending I was okay when I wasn’t. The mask was becoming heavier than the pain and it was steering me down a rocky road.

If you’re in that place right now, hear this: The part of you that thinks nothing will change is lying.

Time changes things. Choice changes things. One decision not to quit changes everything.

Following my heart didn’t ruin my life. No longer caring how I'd be judged gave me space to find myself. And choosing myself didn’t make me selfish, it saved me.

To some, I survived.
To me, I arrived.

And now I get to work with people while they remember who they are… and see them build lives they once couldn’t imagine surviving to see.

If you’re here, there is a reason. Even if you can’t see it yet.

DM me or comment below for a free Soul strategy call and I'll share with you, the next step.

21/01/2026

Disempowerment doesn’t often slap you in the face.

It looks like putting things off. Going back and forth on decisions.

Waiting to feel more ready, clear or motivated before you move.

It’s the gap between what you know and what you actually do.

A lot of people assume that gap means they lack discipline or the right mindset.

But in our latest live session inside Alchemyze, we explored Disempowerment as a nervous system state.

When the body doesn’t feel safe to lead, thinking harder doesn’t help. Planning more doesn’t help. Positive self-talk doesn’t help.

Because real momentum starts in the body. In rebuilding a sense of steadiness, choice and internal authority.

That’s what our Power Retrieval session was designed for.

Not to push you into action, but to help you return to self-led movement in a way your nervous system can actually sustain.

If you recognise the pattern of wanting to move forward, but feeling internally stuck or hesitant, this session is for you.

The replay is now available inside Alchemyze.

Comment below or DM me if you’d like to know what Alchemyze is about and if it might be just what you need in 2026.

20/01/2026

This is what happens when you stop trying to push forward…

…and instead remove what’s been weighing you down.

Most people don’t lack motivation. They lack regulation, safety and emotional space.

When those return, movement becomes natural. Decisions become clearer. The next step stops feeling heavy.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, foggy or disconnected from yourself, it’s a signal.

And it can change.

Reach out if you'd like a session ❤️

19/01/2026

If things feel blocked, slow or restricted, read this.

There are times when life creates a strange tension.

Wanting progress but meeting delays. Wanting clarity but feeling paused. Wanting momentum but hitting invisible walls.

This can feel frustrating or heavy but you've got to trust the sacred pause.

Not all growth comes from movement.

Some of the deepest change comes from being reshaped while nothing seems to be happening.

This is the kind of energy that quietly says “Not yet. Sit here. Let me reorganise you.”

You might notice:
• plans stalling
• motivation dipping
• melancholy or low mood
• irritation at limitations
• a desire to control everything (or give up completely)
• questioning your direction

This means something new is forming BUT it requires a different structure than the old one.

Growth is not always loud. Sometimes it’s architectural.

It happens in the quiet recalibration.

In the space between actions.

In the uncomfortable pause.

If you try to force your way through this phase, it often shows up as burnout, anger, rigid control, chaos or abandoning things that actually matter.

The wiser path?

Acceptance.

Not giving up, but standing steady in trust.

Working with reality instead of fighting it.

Building better foundations instead of demanding faster results.

Letting life show you what is sustainable.

Some doors only open when the room is rebuilt and sometimes limitation isn’t punishment. It’s protection while something stronger is being made.

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Lilydale, VIC
3140

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Wednesday	9am - 3pm
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