I grew up believing that, in order to receive love, I had to earn it—through good grades, achievements, and impeccable behavior. So I followed the expected path: excellent grades, a university degree, and a secure job at a large company close to home. I became the "good girl," and in doing so, I lost myself. At every stage, I buried another piece of who I was in order to become the version of myself I believed I needed to present in order to belong.

I am deeply grateful that I eventually realized what was happening. At a certain point, I saw that I was chasing an internalized ideal, and that this pursuit was creating suffering for both me and my relationships. So, in a moment of clarity and courage, I resigned from what was supposed to be my dream job (whose dream was it, really?) and began searching for myself again—for that sense of wholeness and meaning that comes from living in your own skin rather than in the conditioned image of who you think you should be.

I devoted years to this search through personal projects, psychotherapy, and countless attempts to find myself again. Then my daughter was born, and she brought me the gift of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). I was deeply committed to building a relationship with her based on mutual respect and trust, yet I found myself unable to do so. In our earliest interactions, I watched myself react in automatic ways that were painful for both of us.

So I kept searching until, in 2019, I came across Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (Le parole sono finestre oppure muri). From that moment, I embarked on an intense and ongoing journey of practicing Nonviolent Communication.

For the first time, the pieces of the puzzle began to come together. NVC helped me reconnect with something that had always been there within me, hidden beneath layers of conditioning. I learned to listen to myself, recognize my needs, and choose how to respond to life, moment by moment. For the first time, I felt I had found the path back home—to myself as a unique and irreplaceable human being, while at the same time fundamentally equal to everyone else.

In 2021, after the loss of my second child, I felt a deep desire to honor that pain by transforming it into a contribution to life. I enrolled in a counseling school grounded in Nonviolent Communication, and the following year I began the international certification process to become a CNVC Certified Trainer. I was deeply aware that NVC is one of those rare treasures that multiplies the more it is shared.

Over these years, I have continued transforming the wounds, beliefs, and ways of being that made it difficult to connect with myself and with others, trusting that this inner work can help bring a more compassionate perspective into the world and cultivate "a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart," as Marshall Rosenberg described it.

Today, I accompany individuals, couples, and groups through training, counseling, and mediation. What guides me is the desire to support greater awareness by shining light on the beliefs we have learned to hold, so that space can open for change. In my work, it is essential to create an environment of unconditional welcome, where people can feel safe, seen, and heard. I trust that when we have access to the full range of our needs, our natural capacity for care, compassion, and spontaneous contribution to life can emerge.

I have a particular passion for education and parenting. I believe that the conditioning we receive from early childhood gradually distances us from our innate empathic nature. Transforming the way today's adults see themselves and others creates space for future generations to grow up freer and more conscious.

The dream that inspires my work is that of a non-hierarchical society, oriented toward life and designed for the well-being of all beings—a society in which every person brings light simply by existing. A society where everyone is free to be themselves because their uniqueness is recognized as the spontaneous and essential contribution that allows both belonging and life itself to flourish.