a bit about me
Hey there,
Hi beautiful humans.
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First off, thanks so much for being here and being curious about me.
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I’m going to attempt to tell you about myself without making this 17 pages long.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with personal growth, with freeing myself from fear, and learning how to live from love, authenticity, and the freedom to be my wild, weird, and wonderful self.
It’s been a ride.
Earlier days...
I was a very creative kid. Shy and introverted. A dreamer.
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Most of my teens and twenties, I was deeply concerned with fitting in and being liked. I didn’t know how to belong to myself yet. So I looked for it outside of me, for someone to tell me I was good, attractive, worthy, chosen.
At 19, I read Anatomy of the Spirit by Carolyn Myss and it struck something so deep inside me.
Ah. This is truth.
And then I read Marianne Williamson’s words in A Return to Love:
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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won’t feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.”
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~ Marianne Williamson
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I sobbed.
I knew in that moment that this was my life’s purpose. To let my own light shine. To help others do the same. To live in a way that gives people permission to be fully themselves.
That moment kicked off a lifelong inner journey.
"Don't ask the what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs in people who have come alive." ~ Howard Thurman
Walk the talk, or dance it...
And yes, I’ve explored a lot of paths.
Including a cult. I like to drop that in there for the drama ;)
There was some truth in there... and a lot of bullshit.
Over the years I’ve studied nervous system regulation, somatic embodiment, feminine leadership, relational dynamics, trauma-informed coaching, meditation, and spiritual psychology. I hold multiple ICF-accredited coaching certifications, am a certified ADHD coach, and have trained extensively in holistic life coaching and embodiment practices.
But here’s what matters most: I don’t just teach this work. I’ve lived it.
Becoming an actor has been its own wild initiation, learning how to show up authentically in my work and in my life. Acting became my laboratory for courage. Coaching became the container where I help others do the same.
Along the way I’ve:
- Liberated myself from an eating disorder
- Rewired the kind of partners I attract (think dynamics where I have to shrink or abandon myself to belong, to relationships that feel wildly safe and sexy, where I get to be my whole messy, weird self and be celebrated for it)
- Moved from burnt-out hustler to embodied feminine leader
- Gone from shy to shiny
- From anxious to peaceful inside
I am a recovering people pleaser.
And I’m deeply proud of the woman I’ve become.
Why Relationships became my niche...
I LOVE love.
I love relationships.
I love helping people create partnerships where they feel safe, seen, and celebrated.
My own journey to calling in my soulmate wasn’t about getting someone.
It was about becoming the one.
It was about saying no to what was almost right, to make space for what was fully aligned.
Undoing limiting stories.
Regulating my nervous system so I could choose from clarity instead of fear.
Trusting my intuition.
Becoming the partner I wanted to attract.
When I finally released the story that my person didn’t live here in Vancouver and genuinely opened to possibility, I met a man in the most ordinary way, passing on the street.
There was a spark. A quiet knowing.
He chased me up the street.
It wasn’t luck. It was alignment.
And alignment isn’t mystical. It’s embodied self-trust.
That’s the real gift of this work.
It’s not about getting the relationship.
It’s about becoming more you.
Someone who feels safe in her body.
Regulated in her nervous system.
Proud of who she is.
Full of joy.
Free to be messy and radiant and weird.
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Wholeness over Perfection...
Let me be clear: my life isn’t perfect.
But it feels really, really good to be me.
And that’s something I could not have said 20 years ago.
It has been a wild ride to find the love, freedom, joy, and peace I now experience, and it has been so worth it.
I do this work because I want to help people get there faster than I did.
Not by fixing themselves.
But by accepting themselves.
And becoming the woman of their dreams.
It is my greatest joy to help people come home to themselves, shine bright in the world, and create healthy relationships with themselves and with each other.
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My wild and wonderful life...
When I’m not acting, coaching, running The Liberated Actress Playground, or podcasting on This Juicy Life, you will find me snuggling and smooching my partner, having intimate and hilarious conversations with friends, hanging with my family, hiking in the woods, dancing wildly, being weird and silly, watching movies, heading south to escape Vancouver winters, skinny dipping, or roaming wildly in my camper van.
My life is one giant adventure, whether it’s inner or outer ride…and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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If you're craving support, or just want to say hi, I'd love to hear from you.
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So much love,
Aliyah
