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I’ve spent my whole life seeking for ways to be of service. As an empathic and intuitive being, my entire identity is rooted in the need to help, heal, and find or create deeper connections. I left uni, quite a good one, at that, at age 19. I was studying Politics at the University of Leicester (inspired by a laid-back, cannabis smoking lecturer at the college I studied Gov & Politics at- he had a bohemian spirit and made the subject fun! Hence why I chose to pursue it as a career path… That and a dream I had about becoming the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister~ I wanted to change the world from the inside.)
After one year of depression, sadness, and repeated notions of “why on earth am I sitting listening to the justification of hundreds of thousands of people being murdered,” I chose to leave the University of Leicester. I joined the Environmental Conservation Volunteers, a few months later choosing to travel South East Asia solo. I had previously volunteered on organic farms in Thailand and Malaysia in my mid-late teens. Healing the land, Mother Earth- our beautiful Gaia, was core to my desires in this life.
During my twenties, I had many opportunities to join loving, conscious, and ecological-principled communities and co-living opportunities, but I lacked boundaries. I still hadn’t worked on my shadow, was young, very naive and innocent, and, as a Pisces with a true empath nature, lacked boundaries entirely. So I missed out on my ideal community.
Roll the cosmic camera forward, and now I am back in the UK in a house-share. I have security, I find peace and happiness in the small things- I count my blessings! But I am not where my heart knows I should be. I did spend 5 years energizing a project in Portugal, which my friends sold as an amazing vision. Despite their good intentions, the reality of the situation was not how it appeared to be on social media, or with their idealistic minds! I lost a lot of time, money, and vital life force- my essence, working on their land, for free, buying my own food, and supporting myself, which was just a family (not a community) with minimal resources and lots of internal issues. I give gratitude to the experience, however this added more trauma to my story…
People often confuse me for something I'm not. I'm deeply misunderstood. For example, I haven't smoked a cigarette, drank alcohol, or taken a recreational drug for over 11 years. Yet in the UK, specifically the "anti-social," addiction infused, house-sharing benefits and temporary housing system, people seem to pull me into their dramas. People project on me. As an empath, I pick up on a lot of stuff that is not mine... or have done (up until now).
I am a qualified, moreover passionate Herbalist, Reiki Master Teacher, Dream therapist, and Holistic Health Specialist. I am a Shamanic and Sound Healer, Astrologer, Poet, Storyteller, and Gaia-Guardian (in spirit and Soul Signature)... I have much experience in event planning and organization, hosting, teaching, guiding, and leading, as well as vegetarian and vegan cooking, healing and sound/poetry circles, presenting workshops, caring for crops and animals, and creating high quality Herb Gardens. I have also been a residential landlady.
I am currently looking for my new community! ✧
If you have any live-in opportunities, paid or voluntary (for home and hearth), or would like to welcome me to your community to be a thriving member, I am very open to an invitation. Anywhere in the UK would suffice (with possibility of moving abroad!). Please know my online presence is very enigmatic, perhaps mysterious or overly-eclectic. But how I am in a community is deeply focused; I give my all to the people, projects, and structures I am involved in, when in physical presence.
Thank you for reading,
Grace Gabriella ✰
First image taken during my first solo travels, in Thailand! (Aged 20.) Second image shows me outside Watkins Books, London, aged 23, where I presented my first public poetry reading and book signing.
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