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My Story

People sometimes ask how I came to this work.

The truthful answer is that it grew slowly through simply living.

For nearly forty years I have lived and worked alongside children, families, teachers and communities in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Along the way I founded early childhood schools, raised four children, became a grandmother and spent many years studying human development, education and therapeutic approaches.

All of these experiences have shaped me.

But what has shaped me most has been my love of creating warm, welcoming environments.

Over the years, I became fascinated by what happens when people feel genuinely welcomed.

When we know we can speak without being judged.

When we are listened to without being hurried or fixed.

When we feel safe enough to be ourselves.

Again and again, I noticed that something begins to settle.

People hear themselves more clearly.

They trust themselves a little more.

And often, the wisdom they have been searching for quietly begins to emerge.

Gradually this changed not only the way I worked, but the way I chose to live.

I became less interested in having the right answers and more interested in creating the conditions where people feel safe enough to discover their own.

Over time, this understanding became Connected Presence.

Today I write, facilitate gatherings and meet with people one to one.

My most precious moments are still found in ordinary life.

Caring for a home and the people in it.

Working in the garden and gathering herbs for recipes.

Sharing conversation around the kitchen table.

If there is one hope that sits beneath everything I do in my work, it is simply this.

That every person who spends time in a connected presence practice leaves feeling more able to hear themselves.

A little more at ease.

A little more at home within themselves.

And a little more able to offer that same gift to someone else.