Most of the people I work with aren't struggling because something is wrong with them. They're struggling because, a long time ago, they learned that being fully themselves wasn't safe. So they adapted. They pleased, performed, shrank, and stayed quiet, and it worked well enough that they never stopped.
My whole career has circled one question: how does a nervous system learn what's dangerous, and how does it learn, again, that it's safe?
I hold honours degrees in neuroscience and psychology from the University of Alberta, and I spent more than a decade as a behaviour consultant supporting children with developmental diagnoses, work that showed me, up close, that behaviour is almost always the nervous system doing its best to stay safe. I went on to found a research group building VR and wearable tools for cognitive training and stroke rehabilitation, work recognized with Edify's Business Leader of the Year award.
But the thread under all of it is the same, whether I'm in a lab, a group home, or a workshop with a few hundred people: our patterns were learned, which means they can be released. And underneath them, who you actually are was never gone.
That's what my workshops, my journal, and the Simba Mindset podcast are all for: helping you see what's been shaping you, teach your body it's safe, and come home to yourself.
A few things about me
- Neuroengineer, with honours degrees in Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Alberta
- 10+ years as a behaviour consultant
- Founder of a research group in VR cognitive training and stroke rehabilitation
- 2023 Edify Business Leader of the Year
- Featured on CBC, CTV, and in Authority Magazine
- Elite salsa and bachata dancer and instructor; movement is part of the work