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✨Raw, real, dedicated, Trauma Informed Master Coach who also has AuDHD (keeping it real)
✨ Supporting NeuroSparkly women remove their mask, to own their worth and in turn enhance their lives.
✨ DM me to see how I can help you find your sparkle 🌸

You don’t look autistic…It’s something so many of us hear, and if I’m honest, it can feel confusing and invalidating all...
03/05/2026

You don’t look autistic…
It’s something so many of us hear, and if I’m honest, it can feel confusing and invalidating all at once.

Because autism doesn’t have a “look.”
Neither does ADHD, OCD or CPTSD.

So… how exactly am I meant to “look”?

For a long time, I tried to look “right.”
To blend in.
To mask.
To shape myself into something more acceptable, more understood, more comfortable for others.

But the people who truly know me?
They know my authentic “look” has always been rainbows, sparkles and all things quirky.

And the more I’ve felt safe to acknowledge who I really am…
the more those layers of masking have started to fall away.

This is what healing has looked like for me:
Less shrinking.
Less second-guessing every word, every action, every interaction.
Less of those relentless internal loops… the overthinking, the self-criticism, the harsh inner dialogue that once ran the show.

And more of this:
✨More self-acceptance.
✨More compassion for the parts of me that were only ever trying to keep me safe.
✨More space to be unapologetically me.

Because the biggest shift was never about how I look on the outside…
It was learning how to feel safe on the inside.

The work hasn’t been easy.
It’s been layered, confronting and deeply personal.

Through years of learning, healing, training, and unlearning… I didn’t just gather qualifications … I found myself.

And I’m genuinely proud that I’m not the same person I was five years ago… or in any of the decades before that.

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t “look” the way the world expects…
If you’re navigating AuDHD, trauma, or the quiet weight of masking v’s unmasking…

You’re not alone. ✨✨✨

One of the hardest things I’ve ever learned… was how to be gentle with myself.After over four decades of giving, support...
01/05/2026

One of the hardest things I’ve ever learned… was how to be gentle with myself.

After over four decades of giving, supporting, holding space, and showing up for everyone else…I realised I had no idea how to offer that same kindness inward.

Not because I didn’t care, but because I didn’t truly believe I was worthy of it.

We pour love into others with ease…yet hold ourselves to impossible standards.
We offer compassion outward… while speaking harshly within.

My 40’s have intentional become a chapter of deep self-love, growth, and unlearning.
✨A chapter where I’m choosing kindness over criticism.
✨Gentleness over pressure.
✨Acceptance over perfection

Massive shifts, awareness and alignment.

And in doing that I didn’t just change my own life… I changed what my children see, feel, and believe about themselves.

✨Because self-love isn’t selfish. It’s modelling.

And the ripple effect of that kind of gentle, consistent self-acceptance… is where true healing begins 🤍✨

You know it’s one of those random Sundays…Lunch with Mina, three different shops later and still no protein shaker 🤣 (bu...
26/04/2026

You know it’s one of those random Sundays…

Lunch with Mina, three different shops later and still no protein shaker 🤣 (but somehow I did come home with Nerf bullets… priorities, right?)

Then it was chess…
followed by homemade pretzels … completely way off the actual recipe, lots of laughter, flour everywhere… and absolutely no success to show for it 🤣 straight in the bin.

The lounge room turned into a full sensory mash-up…
‘Rick and Morty’ playing (the TV hasn’t been on in over 6 months 😅)
vs ‘Mmmbop’ and ‘Rock Around the Clock’ while I attempt some very questionable “little people” dance moves 🤣

Add in multiple Nerf gun battles… slightly painful, very committed… and a house now covered in foam bullet “shrapnel.”

The cats decided it was their moment and joined the chaos… Miss 19 made it very clear we were being far too loud 😏

There were giggles.
There were bruises.
There was a very strategic retreat… by me 😅

But underneath all the mess, the noise, the chaos… even the pain…
there was connection.

The kind that doesn’t look polished or perfect.
The kind you feel in the middle of it all.

And honestly… I wouldn’t trade it for anything 🍀 Wishing we actually looked like this.

NeuroSparkly Food Noise ✨Can you relate to this?Sometimes I don’t eat because I’m hungry…I eat because it’s “time to eat...
23/04/2026

NeuroSparkly Food Noise ✨
Can you relate to this?
Sometimes I don’t eat because I’m hungry…
I eat because it’s “time to eat.” 🤦🏼‍♀️

Because I know if I don’t eat right now, I might not get another chance for hours. (Teacher life… recess, lunch duty… you know the drill.)

And then there’s the evening…

The food noise gets louder.
The mental loops kick in.
Running through everything I bought at the shops…
Did I get enough?
Will the kids be happy?
What’s for dinner for them?
Snacks for them?
Tomorrow?

And then… the lock-in.
My brain latched onto ice cream.
Not because I was hungry.
Not because I even like it.
I’m actually ALLERGIC to it. 🤦🏼‍♀️

But the loop wouldn’t stop until I gave in.

That pull… that urgency… that “just eat it so your brain can rest” feeling 😢

This isn’t lack of willpower.
This isn’t “being naughty” with food.

This is a NeuroSparkly brain trying to feel safe, prepared, and regulated in a world that doesn’t always allow space for our needs.

And the truth?

When our bodies don’t feel safe or nourished consistently… our brains get louder, not quieter.

So if you’ve ever found yourself eating on a schedule instead of hunger…or stuck in a food loop that doesn’t make logical sense…

You’re not alone.

And there’s nothing wrong with you.

There’s just a nervous system asking for support in the only way it knows how 💛

First day back with my beautiful students… and honestly, we had the BEST day.I adore what I do , even on the full, messy...
22/04/2026

First day back with my beautiful students… and honestly, we had the BEST day.

I adore what I do , even on the full, messy, real-life kind of days.

Pay day, yay, so I stopped to do groceries on the way home… and somehow ended up at THREE shops instead of my usual one 😅
And you know what?
I handled it.
No overwhelm.
No shutdown.
Just… kept moving. ⭐️

Got home, unpacked with M’s help, and then went full “feed-the-family queen mode” creamy seafood fettuccine with steak and/or salmon.
Not even batting an eyelid.
⭐️ Just cruising.

Dinner done, kitchen cleaned, dishwasher humming away…
And I thought, you know what… I deserve a Coke Zero for the bubbles after litres of water all day.

Somewhere between life-ing and mum-ing, I must’ve put one in my drawers while grabbing washing…

Because a few minutes later I thought I could use some bubbles and I poured myself a Coke Zero, walked into my room… and popped it on the drawer
🤣🤣🤣
Right next to the original one.

And I just stood there and giggled.

Because THIS is what a full day in a NeuroSparkly brain can look like ✨ Held it together all day… and then a little glitch at the end.

A few years ago?
That moment would’ve turned into hours of internal noise…
“how f**king stupid are you” on repeat.

But now?

Now I laugh.
Now I soften.
Now I see it for what it is …a brain that did a LOT today.

No shame. Just sparkle ✨

And yes… before anyone asks…
it’s only Coke Zero 🤣

Healing isn’t rediscovering who you used to be…It’s radiantly embracing who you’ve become... UNAPOLOGETICALLY ✨✨
18/04/2026

Healing isn’t rediscovering who you used to be…

It’s radiantly embracing who you’ve become...

UNAPOLOGETICALLY ✨✨

There’s a quiet kind of grief that comes with being diagnosed as neurodivergent in your 40’s…Not loud. Not dramatic.But ...
15/04/2026

There’s a quiet kind of grief that comes with being diagnosed as neurodivergent in your 40’s…

Not loud. Not dramatic.
But deep. Tender. Expansive.

It’s the moment you look back at your childhood self… and realise … she was never “too much”, “too sensitive”, “too scattered”, or “too hard work”.

She was adapting.
She was observing.
She was learning how to survive in a world that didn’t understand her.

You don’t always remember it as “hard” at the time…because when you’re in it, it just feels like life.

But when you zoom out… with awareness, with language, with truth,
you begin to see the layers.

The constant scanning.
The rehearsing of conversations.
The analysing of tone, facial expressions, social rules.
The exhausting, invisible work of trying to fit in.

The masks you didn’t even know you were wearing… because they became your identity.

And somehow … through all of that … you made it here.

Not because it was easy.
But because you are deeply intuitive, resilient, and brilliantly adaptive.

And now…

You get to meet that younger version of you with new eyes.

Not with criticism.
Not with “why was I like that?”

But with compassion.

“With everything you were navigating… of course you did.”

This is where healing softens.
This is where the nervous system exhales.
This is where unmasking begins … not by ripping anything away,
but by gently allowing yourself to be.

You didn’t get it wrong.

You were navigating a world that didn’t yet have the language for you.

And now you do.

And that changes everything ✨

07/04/2026

It’s not selfish to put your self first… be your own loudest cheerleader. ✨✨

Easter… it doesn’t always look how we imagined.As the dust settles from Easter, I just want to gently remind you of some...
06/04/2026

Easter… it doesn’t always look how we imagined.

As the dust settles from Easter, I just want to gently remind you of something…

However it played out for you and your family this year…that was the experience your child had.

I had three different experiences here ✨🥰

Whether it was joyful and connected, messy and overwhelming, quiet and low-key,
or somewhere in between…

It mattered.

So often as parents, we hold expectations of what these moments should look like.

The magic.
The memories.
The togetherness.

And when reality doesn’t quite match that picture, it’s easy to sit in guilt… or feel like we didn’t quite “get it right.”

But here’s the truth…

Your child didn’t need perfect.
They needed real.
They needed you… exactly as you were in those moments.

Every experience, big, small, beautiful, or challenging… is shaping their understanding of connection, safety, and love.

And sometimes what they needed most wasn’t the picture-perfect Easter…
but a regulated nervous system beside them, a parent doing their best, or even a moment of repair after things felt hard.

That counts.
That matters.
That’s enough.

So wherever you find yourself …
Take a breath.

You showed up.
And that is always more powerful than perfection 🤍✨

09/03/2026

When “School Can’t” Isn’t a Choice
A glimpse into a NeuroSparkly morning.
Some mornings I would give anything for an eye roll and a grunt.
For a slammed car door.
For a backpack thrown onto the back seat.
For the rushed “Mum, hurry up, I’ll miss the bus.”
I would love the ordinary.

I would love to know someone else is guiding his education for the day…
that he’s surrounded by kids his own age, navigating friendships, rules, expectations, learning and growing.

I would love for him to feel the pride that comes with success.
To see him high five a mate… or even just give that quiet head nod of acknowledgment.

Because he is brilliant.
And the world deserves to see that.

But right now his nervous system lives in a constant state of fight or flight.

Instead of school mornings, we face chronic pain, nausea, and a body that feels constantly under attack.
Some days he is pale and grey, covered in sweat, his anxiety holding him hostage.

And I would do anything to take that feeling away from him.

“School can’t” is not defiance.
It’s not laziness. It’s not a lack of trying.

It’s a nervous system that feels unsafe.

So while many people see an empty seat in a classroom…
what they don’t see is the battle happening at home.

The hours of support.
The problem solving.
The searching for answers.
The holding it all together.

It’s a horrific journey for him…
and some days I’m honestly at a loss about how to support him further.

The ripple effects are real too.

Driving to work feeling like you might be sick because everything you have poured into helping just never feels like enough.

But unconditional love and support will always be my core.

Even when that core aches.

To the families walking this path too…
I see you.
I feel you.

You are not alone. 🤍

Today was a powerful deep dive into my Integrated Self Dynamics certification, grounded in Fragmented Psychology and Int...
07/03/2026

Today was a powerful deep dive into my Integrated Self Dynamics certification, grounded in Fragmented Psychology and Internal Family Structures.

This work isn’t just something I’m studying… it’s something I’m living and feeling.

Today I stepped into the role of demonstration “guinea pig,” and wow… the emotional shifts were profound. New perspectives emerged, long-held tension began releasing, and the muscles in my neck and shoulders have been fluttering ever since.

Because the truth is this:

Emotions are energy.
And energy that gets trapped in the body needs somewhere to go.

The healing really is in the feeling.

One of the most powerful truths in this work is that there are no bad parts of you. Only parts that have been trying to protect you, often in the only way they knew how.

This certification is already proving to be life-changing for me, both personally and professionally. I cannot wait to begin sharing the Homecoming Queen Program with my clients as the year unfolds.

Because coming home to yourself…
to every part of you… is where true transformation begins.

And today, as if the universe was affirming the work, a storm rolled in.

Which naturally means you can find me standing in the rain.

Letting it wash away what no longer needs to be carried.

My 40s have already been a decade of profound shifts and self-discovery.

I can’t help but wonder…

What will my 50s feel like?

✨ The sparkle continues.

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Hunter Valley
Valley
2325

Opening Hours

Monday 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Thursday 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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+61403745696

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