My Journey to the Mandalas

For much of my life, I was the person who made things happen.
I built a career in economics and business, became a mother of two, and learned to navigate the many different roles that life placed in front of me. I was often the practical one, the organised one, the one who thought things through. I lived very much in my head.

Life also took me through some unexpected chapters. I experienced divorce twice and, for a time, found myself raising my children as a single working mother. Through all of this, my children remained at the very heart of my life. My connection with them — and with people in general — has always been something deeply important to me.
Yet, somewhere along the way, I began to realise that there was another part of me asking for space.

A more intuitive, playful and creative part.

I had always thought of myself as someone with a very rational mind. But when I discovered mandala drawing, I suddenly found a completely different way of expressing myself. I discovered that I was far more creative than I had ever imagined. What started as a search for stillness gradually became a journey of self-discovery. Through mandalas, I found a space where I didn't need to analyse, organise or find the right answer. I could simply create. I could follow colors, shapes and patterns and see where they led me. I could let my intuition have a voice.

And something changed.

My life became filled with more color — quite literally, but also in a much deeper sense. Creativity gave me a new way of seeing, feeling and connecting with myself.

Today, I cannot imagine my life without this creative space. My mandalas are an expression of that journey: the meeting of the structured and the intuitive, the thoughtful and the spontaneous, the world I knew so well and the creative world I was only beginning to discover. I create them not because I have all the answers, but because creating gives me a place to pause, to listen and to discover what is within me.
And perhaps this is also what I hope my mandalas can offer to others: a little moment to step away from the noise, reconnect with themselves, and let a little more color into their lives.