Fast-forward to May 2024. Lisbon has become my long-term home. My friends here have become my family. I’ve adopted a sweet 9yr-old Irish Setter x Collie from the shelter and have fully embraced being a dog mom. I feel “settled” for the first time in a decade.

On a recent trip to Sevilla, after soaking in the Arabic Hammam Baths — I asked into the wind: “What wants to be created?”… I could feel something was ripe to come alive. The entire vision for “Days Afar” came to me in my meditation. It was so complete, I was a little startled.

“Days Afar” represents the time in-between, when you are away from the love and comfort of home, your family, partner and friends. It takes courage to leave so that you may further find yourself. It takes time to heal and reinvent yourself. It is precisely in those “days afar” that you grow and evolve.

Wherever you are in your journey, I hope you can be proud of how much you’ve already grown. I want you to remember how “resilient, courageous and loved” you are. Soon, I will be launching my very first collection of Talisman Jewellery — a reminder to carry close with you on your days afar x