The Truth behind the Whole of us
“We hadn’t been dreaming of travel. We hadn’t been saving up for years. Our decision to leave everything we knew and had worked so hard for was made from desperation, but covered by peace.”
Our Story
Our whole life completely changed a few years ago when we sold our growing and incredibly successful business, rented our house, took the kids from school, and left Australia on a one way ticket to explore the world. From the time we sold the business to getting on that first plane to Thailand it was less than four months.
We were desperate.
Although from the outside, our life looked perfect, we were drowning. Our mental health was declining, we were burnt out, exhausted and disconnected – from ourselves and each other. We knew that we could continue to work harder, shove down what our minds and bodies were trying to tell us OR choose into an unknown. We decided to take a huge leap of faith, step outside the box that we had created for ourselves and were expected to stay in, and jump.
The purpose behind our travel was to pursue healing – physically, mentally and emotionally. To heal The Whole of Us.
The story Continues
In the years we spent full-time travelling the world every part of our lives was shaken and transformed. Tom once said it was like the Lego Set we had built was completely destroyed, more lego was added and now we had to rebuild, without instructions. We were forced to take a close look at our life choices, belief systems, values, and face the decades of trauma that was holding us captive and keeping us from the life we actually wanted to live.
It was in no way an overnight transformation but gradually we learnt to care for, challenge and change our physical, mental and emotional health. By far the greatest transformation came when we understood our story and how our past was affecting our present and consequently our future. Through compassion, ownership, learning to connect to safety, and regulating our nervous systems, we began moving towards a healthier more authentic version of ourselves.
This was the shift that ultimately transformed our lives. It was messy. Brutal. Painful, and yet so, so beautiful. It required a humility to own the part we played in our story, but on the other side of ownership was a freedom we’d never tasted before. When all we had wanted was out – out of life, out of marriage, out of responsibility we now found ourselves powerfully choosing in. Into marriage, into parenting and into our sweet, sweet life.
A couple of years and twenty countries later we decided to head back home to Australia and create a base. Now we consult with clients from all over the world, helping them transform their lives, whilst continuing to travel and sharing about our life through social media.
The Whole of Us 