My pain is my purpose.
I use it to make the world a better place.
I pay attention to the signs in front of me.
I trust that life is guiding me exactly where I am meant to be.
When my heart feels heavy,
I return to my heart through my breath.
Home is within myself.
In December 2024, I signed up for my first group breathwork healing session with Krista Reid, not knowing it would be the beginning of a much bigger journey.
Something shifted within me. For the first time in my life, I knew—this wasn’t only a tool for my own healing journey. It was a tool I could truly use to help others.
To share more about myself, I am from Austria and came to Canada in 2021 on a work and travel visa. My plan was to work and travel for one year—but in a beautiful way, I am still here, just in a different location, a little bit older, with many growing changes along the way.
Just a month after my first breathwork session, my life took a huge change. I was heartbroken and, truthfully, lost. It is painful having to leave a place where I had slowly built a new life. It was hard, but I knew I had to go. So I packed my car—my “old lady,” as I lovingly call her—and left. I chose Newfoundland as my destination, and I know that most people thought it was just another one of my adventures—and yes, it definitely was one—but in truth, it was simply an anchor, something to hold onto so I wouldn’t feel completely lost.
Along the way, my car caused me a lot of headaches—losing oil, making the weirdest noises, turning on her engine light—until I reached a point where I started to connect the dots and see that my old lady was “trying” to give me signs not to go to Newfoundland, at least not in that moment of uncertainty.
I changed my destination. I drove back to New Brunswick.
Looking back, I know deeply that breathwork entered my life for a reason. It helped me to keep going.
It strengthened my trust in life—it taught me to pay attention to signs, to trust that they will guide me to where I belong next and what to do next.
Connecting to my heart through my breath supported me in an enormous way, helping me find the trust and strength I needed to use my voice.
I have a voice. And it wants to be heard.
I remember so clearly, in March 2025, during my first breathwork training with Krista, my greatest pain was the belief that I didn’t have a home. She looked at me and said, “Home is within, Steph,” and pointed to my heart.
I will never forget that moment.
With my breathwork certification, I would love to be the person who holds space for you—to show you that your breath is always there for you.
This is your heart journey. I will be there to hold you, to see you, and to support you as you come back… home.
