Hello, I’m Steph.
For the last ten years I’ve worked as a Coach and Facilitator, leading retreats internationally and hosting powerful containers for personal and collective transformation.
I have always been fascinated by consciousness, by the driving force behind life. Questions about the nature of existence have been in the foreground for me ever since I can remember; Why does life exist? What does it want? What is the evolutionary purpose of the human being, and what is our role in the bigger picture?
The unseen, invisible threads of the web in which we exist have always been a felt sense experience to me, so seeing and thinking systemically is my default. And the vision of a kind, sane, beautiful world has lived in my heart my whole life; it can be different, so why isn’t it? This existential grief pushed me towards philosophy and spirituality from a young age – they are still my preferred hangouts.
I grew up in Brussels, with a German Mum and an English/Irish Dad, went to a European School and forged ahead on the well-worn Eurobrat path of studying and residing in many different countries – until, in the Autumn of 2020, I packed a suitcase and drove from Brussels to Devon (UK) and finally found a place that felt like home. I’ve been here ever since, and I’m still unreasonably in love.
What I am most passionate about is the evolution of the human heart.
Many years ago, in the middle of the night, I read passage in a book by Steven Foster that made a deeper impression on me than anything I have ever read before or since. It read, “The people are starving and have nothing to eat”. In that one line lies the underlying purpose of my life: to bring the people spiritual nourishment.
The vessels through which I accomplish this have taken many forms already and will likely take many more; for me, as long as it feels alive, potent and soul-nourishing to me, I know it’s the right thing in that moment. The highest priority in my life is staying open, listening deeply to what life is asking of me, and living into that with as much humility, grace and enjoyment as possible.