About me

For a long time, I stayed quiet about what happened to me.

Childhood sexual abuse isn’t something you just leave behind. It followed me into everything — how I thought, how I felt, how I coped. I didn’t understand it at the time, but it showed up in my addiction, my behaviour, and the way I saw myself.

On the outside, I looked like I was managing. On the inside, I was struggling with things I didn’t have the words for.

Getting sober was a turning point — but it didn’t fix everything. If anything, it brought more to the surface. That’s when the real work started. Learning how to deal with emotions, triggers, and everything I’d spent years avoiding.

Now, I speak openly about what I went through and what it led to. Not because it’s easy, but because staying silent helps no one.

I’m a survivor, a person in recovery, a mental health recovery worker and now a speaker and advocate — using my experience to help others understand trauma, break silence, and realise they’re not alone in what they’re dealing with.