“I was going through some hard times in my life. My marriage was going through a breakdown. We were really struggling. That was destabiliszing in so many ways. My housing, my access to my child, my employment… All these pillars in my life were shaky …”

“I was definitely a hardcore workaholic, using work and lifting weights to numb and disassociate…”

“I started a new role about three years ago and I went in not knowing much about the position and that was very stressful and I was also experiencing panic attacks …”

“I started meditating during a time that was particularly challenging for me. I was going through a breakup … and I was feeling a lot of anxiety, a lot of self-doubt…”