About

I have a passion for travel: the novelty, diversity and shock. Now, having moved continents 8 times, I feel like I have lived a hundred lives in the best way possible, and that's truly liberating.

After a while on the road, I found myself missing the more ordinary moments: grocery shopping for snacks, hanging with friends, movie nights in. I realized I wanted more of that too. As my thinking shifted, I slowly began to feel alive in those smaller everyday moments. It got me curious.

From a young age, I was interested in the human mind and how people connect. So I studied politics, history, sociology, psychology and anthropology, as well as several languages. At university, I specialized in international security, intelligence, conflict, crime science and advanced data analysis. Then I turned to ways of thinking: cognitive behavioural therapy, metacognition and the ego.

After over a decade of learning, I needed a break from the books. 2021 was my “Year of Yes” and boy oh boy did things shift. Project Aliveness foundations began to form, initially around openness, inspiration and happiness.

I found, however, that this didn't leave room for when my mind and body were affected by things like illness or overwhelm, and I would simply crash. Not consistently being able to find that spark felt like a failure.

Through rest, I developed compassion for how we change throughout our lives. Sometimes there are unexpected situations that throw us off the path we had hoped to be on.

While we are responsible for ourselves, to ride life's waves means learning to work with our interconnected and interdependent existence; as the Māori proverb goes, he waka eke noa, we are all in this together.

Project Aliveness thus needed to include working with the harder parts of life, in whatever way you can. Living this way, no day is ever the same, and there is always something new to discover. By taking part and listening to what your body tells you, you can make better decisions about what feels right, and about where you're headed.

In those periods where it feels like life is on pause, I still believe in aliveness, even when I can't fully experience it. When able to, I remain open and curious, make intentional choices, and move toward the people, places and interests that bring out the best in me.

Choose aliveness.