My journey began as a world’s exploration, to discover different cultures and ways of living, to then evolve into a journey of inner research, towards the discovery of my true essence.
Travel and transformation have always been one of the main focuses of my life. That’s why I decided to call my site “Transformational Journeys”.
My Journey: The World’s Exploration
My external journey, the one aimed at discovering the world, started in 2008, which was the year I left Italy, after graduating from my degree in Literature and Communication.
My passion for personal growth and passionate work was already there, even though I didn’t know it. In fact, during the university, I was inspired by the teachings of the utopian socialist Charles Fourier and his society of love. In this society he theorized a new utopic model where everyone works solely in activities they love doing, free from tedious work.
After graduation, wanting to postpone the looming future of the office cubicle and a 9-5 job, with the excuse of learning English, I embarked on a sabbatical year in Australia. After this, it was clear to me that there was no way back. During that time, I traveled to Southeast Asia and witnessed extreme poverty, so decided that I wanted to help the world. I then moved to Germany, where I studied a master’s degree in international cooperation. Since then, I have started working engaged in various humanitarian projects in several countries around the world, like: Colombia, Tanzania and Kenya.
All these experiences have allowed me to encounter realities and ways of life that are profoundly different from those to which I had been accustomed in my limited Western and European experience. Despite this, there was still something missing in my life, a deeper unfulfilled call. As my discomfort grew, I made space for the next version of myself.
The Inner Journey
My inner journey began in 2015, triggered by a profound spiritual crisis during my year of work for the United Nations in Kenya. I felt a huge dissatisfaction that I could not explain, given that on paper I had achieved the goal that I had been wanting for years.
Considering that for the precedent 6 years I had thought that helping others was my “dharma“, the service I was called to give to the world, it was really hard for me to let go that I was wrong. Than, realized that the work and people were not what I had in mind. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a plan B or another dream to go after, so I felt a bit in despair, and could not bring myself out of sadness and lack of motivation.
Therefore, I entered a deep crisis, not understanding why that reality and that world were so different from how I had imagined them. I had been so little in touch with myself that I didn’t realize that this was never going to be my way. I had no dreams to pursue in the outer world, therefore, I felt lost.
So many questions, and still no answers, about my place and my contribution to this world. Service was my greatest calling, but I was not called to carry it out within these hierarchical, bureaucratic, and little-hearted organizations.
A book of Osho prompted my following chapter, so the journey turned into an inner and spiritual search. I leaved East Africa and move to India, where I joined various ashrams to study meditation and oriental philosophy. Then I moved to Nepal, where I continued to engage in humanitarian work for the earthquake relief, while continuing to go to ashrams and deepening my practice on weekends.
Perù: Spiritual Growth
After two years, I realized that I took what I could from this path, that at that point it was not enough for me, as I was searching to a more direct path to truth, as there were too many things that I still did not understand about myself. And this is how in 2017 I arrived in Peru. There, I attended various shamanic rituals, which provided me with a greater knowledge of myself, freeing me from who I thought I was supposed to become to please the outer world.
Therefore, I then left my previous career path and embarked in the digital nomad world, and while continuing to work part-time in the humanitarian field, I started organizing spiritual retreats in Peru, until the arrival of the pandemic.
At that moment, I immediately felt that the world would change forever, and that this difficult situation would also give more people the opportunity to live the freedom lifestyle I had already been living for so long, free from office hours, constraints and rules.
Since 2015 I have been always been following my heart and freedom, and I now help people to do do the same.
Life Coaching and Career Coaching
In previous years I had been introduced to the world of self-development and life coaching thanks to the teachings of Tony Robbins. Since the pandemic started, I obtained various certificates in life coaching, career coaching and neuro linguistic programming and I started to work with clients from all over the world.
My goal has been helping them overcome the pre-existing limiting beliefs, letting their true passions emerge and pushing them to reach a more meaningful life, in line with their potential.
My dream world is a place where everyone engages in what they love, not afraid to share their gifts with the world, a world where they can live in alignment with what they want to be to contribute to the world.
This difficult time has made remote work a possibility of freedom for all of us. Let’s not miss out on this amazing opportunity!