The Home Retreat Studio didn’t begin as a plan. It began as a knowing.

Before anything existed physically, I could feel it; a space that held the warmth of home with the depth of retreat. A place to slow down, to listen, to be with what’s real.

At the time, I didn’t know how it would come together. But I trusted what I felt. That trust became the foundation.

Then, during my cancer journey, that knowing deepened.

What had felt like a vision became something much more personal, and much more honest. I found myself meeting that experience with curiosity instead of resistance, asking: what is this here to show me?, what is cancer here to teach me?

What unfolded wasn’t just about healing physically. It was a shift in how I related to myself. I learned how to listen more deeply, to soften in strength, to receive and become.

Self-compassion stopped being an idea and became something I had to live inside of. And through that, I began to understand that the space I had been called to create wasn’t only for others — it was for me first. It was part of my own healing. A place where I could practice what I was being asked to embody.

The studio and that chapter of my life were not separate; they were unfolding together. What emerged was something I couldn’t have designed from the outside.

The Home Retreat Studio is a reflection of that experience; a space rooted in trust, in presence, and in the quiet transformation that happens when we allow ourselves to truly receive. It exists as a place for practice, reflection, and renewal.

A place to step out of the noise, reconnect with yourself, and remember what it feels like to be supported — not just in your growth, but in your being.

If you feel called to understand more about the experience that shaped this space, you can read more about my cancer journey and what it revealed about trust, self-compassion, and the practice of receiving.