PROFESSIONAL BIO

For a long time, I considered myself a self-help addict. I was trying to find a way out of my life’s problems by looking for answers anywhere I could find them.  I was hungry to consume any personal development method or technique that came my way. My first introduction to an alternative way of life was through my parents, whose love of nature and ancient Greek wisdom of mind and body were at their core. When I was twenty years old, I went to study in San Francisco, in one of the most alternative universities of holistic health studies in the world.  I feel very lucky that I had meditation, Chinese medicine, Ayurveda and yoga as part of my curriculum at a time when none of these classes were commonly taught at a university level.

After San Francisco, my search continued. I travelled around the world looking for answers to the secrets to happiness, wellbeing and self-development. My pursuit of knowledge led me to study with some of the most influential teachers in the world, like Byron Katie, Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, Tony Robbins and Alan Cohen. I was certified as an Integral Master Coach, one of the most prestigious coaching methods based on Ken Wilber’s philosophy.  I started to coach people for personal and professional development and gave many workshops and lectures in a variety of audiences. Even though, people saw the benefits and results in their lives, I felt that I was missing an important piece of the puzzle.

As life has sometimes an unexpected turn, at 27 I found myself divorced, having been through a difficult marriage and feeling that I had failed in my personal life. Having been brought up in a Greek family where nobody had ever gotten divorced made me think that this was not the ideal scenario for my life. I was a single mother, in a challenging point of my career, trying to juggle many things at once. Pushing myself harder, I decided to open a wellness studio in Athens called Flow Center. Stress from trying to start a new business was consuming me (or at least, that’s how it looked to me at the time).  So much so that I started to experience intense physical symptoms. Something was not right.

Trying to find a solution to how I was feeling, I started going even more deeply into my studies of NLP, the Course in Miracles and different self-development methods. I started to see that there must be another way to live my life. I decided to change everything. I sold my studio and took a corporate job, working at my parent’s company, Apivita, an international natural cosmetic company.  This gave me a sense of being financially secure. I married the man of my dreams and for the first time I felt that my life was perfect. But, even though everything was exactly how I wished it, I still felt stressed, insecure and blocked. How could this be?

I was left more lost than ever. I had everything I ever wanted in life, I was practicing meditation and yoga regularly and was meticulously following every new trend for happiness, but still felt as stressed as ever. The logical conclusion was that, since it wasn’t circumstances, it must be me. Who knows, maybe life for me just came with stress, a reality I had to accept. It felt that the only solution was to do more practices, meditate even more until I could somehow change my brain so that I could delete all of my stress and insecurities.

Finding the Three Principles was the turning point in my life as it brought me a profound inner shift, with no effort. It was like all the dots finally connected and I saw clearly and simply the truth underneath all the methods and spiritual traditions I had encountered. It was the end of my self-help addiction and the beginning of my recovery. I immediately started feeling calm, more creative and have a sense of peace, even when I was dealing with difficult circumstances.
It felt like I woke up to a new life, where stress, constant worrying and insecurity did not affect me anymore.
The transformation was so drastic that I knew I had to share the Three Principles with the people I coach.