Before building careers, I helped rebuild lives.
I did not become a counsellor because it felt like a calling. I became one because I knew what it felt like to be lost. I had sat in counsellors' offices myself and walked out feeling worse than when I walked in. That stuck with me.
I worked with young athletes dealing with anxiety, perfectionism, and fear of failure — and youth navigating substance use and identity. That work showed me what real resilience looks like.
Leaving counselling was not a failure. It was self-respect. What I learned in those rooms still guides me today — in every conversation, every relationship, every placement.
Find ResourcesRegistered Therapeutic Counsellor
Built BMR Counselling from lived experience, not a business plan.
Young Athletes & Youth
Worked with athletes and youth navigating anxiety, substance use, and identity.
What I Brought Forward
Compassion. Honesty. Resilience. Empathy as a default — not a technique.
BMR Counselling & Consulting
Founded in 2017. Built on the belief that hard times do not have to be the end of the story.
Stories Save Lives.
So We Told Ours.
In 2017, after launching BMR Counselling, I wanted to create something that reached farther — real stories, real conversations, real people willing to be honest about what they had been through.
Everyone's recovery looks different. There is no single path. The only non-negotiable is the decision itself.
It is okay not to be okay. It does get better. And you do not have to figure it out alone.
The goal was simple — share what I went through honestly enough that someone else might feel less alone in what they are going through. Project Awareness exists because a group of us decided our stories were worth telling out loud. That decision has not changed.
Find ResourcesBorn in 2017
After launching BMR Counselling, the idea grew — tell real stories and spark real conversations.
Community Built
Brought together people willing to be honest about what they had been through.
Every Path is Different
AA opened a door for me. But the path I walked through it was mine alone. Find what works. Ditch what doesn't. Keep going.
One Day at a Time
Not on a timeline, not in a straight line. It does get better. If one door does not open, try another.
High performers break too. They often just do it quietly.
Nobody talks about it enough.
High pressure. High expectations. Not a lot of space for honesty about the hard stuff. You keep showing up. And somewhere in between, you start running on empty.
Find SupportBurnout is Not a Badge
Irritability that does not stop. Sleep that does not restore. Work that used to mean something that now just feels like survival. That is your signal. Choose yourself before the choice gets made for you.
Ask for Help
Nearly 60% of legal professionals in Canada are experiencing burnout. One in three have depression or anxiety. Those are not outliers — those are your colleagues. Nothing matters more than you do.
The Silence is the Problem
Everyone in the room is performing. Nobody rehearses how to say they are not okay. So they do not say it. And the cycle stays intact. That is not strength. That is a very well-maintained lie.
You Do Not Have to Figure This Out Alone
Most people wait until they are completely underwater before they look for a lifeline. Do not wait that long. The resources page here is a starting point for people who know something needs to change.
AuDHD. Recovered. Former counsellor.
Built different on purpose.
Most recruiters source resumes. I read people. A lawyer burning out inside. A candidate who undersells because they have spent years masking. A firm dynamic that looks fine on paper but will not hold. I catch these things before they become expensive mistakes — because I have lived most of them myself.
That is not a skill set. It is a wiring.
The legal profession has a mental health problem. .
Lawyers are among the highest-risk professions in Canada for burnout, depression, and addiction.
I have been through the fire — addiction, recovery, a late diagnosis that explained decades of struggle. I know what it is to perform fine while everything inside is falling apart. That is not a talking point. It is the reason I do this work the way I do.
If you need someone who actually gets it — not just the legal market, but the human cost of it — that is exactly who I am.
Living in The Chaos
What it actually feels like to live in a brain wired differently.
Running Blind in a World Built for Others
Not in a dramatic way. In the quiet, persistent way that nobody notices because you have gotten good at functioning while lost. You show up. You perform. You hit your marks. And underneath all of it you have no idea why nothing feels like it fits. That is not a character flaw. That is what it feels like to be undiagnosed in a world built for a different kind of brain.
Everything. All at Once.
Everything is coming in at once. The noise of the room. The weight of a look. The task you have been avoiding for three days that is now eating everything else. You are not overwhelmed by one thing. You are overwhelmed by all of it at the same time, all the time, with no filter and no off switch.
Permission to Stop Pretending
The diagnosis did not fix anything. It named everything. And naming it — after decades of being told you were too much, too sensitive, too distracted — changes something fundamental. You stop fighting yourself. You start building around how you actually work instead of trying to force yourself into a shape that was never yours.
Wired Differently. Living Fully.
Not because the world got easier. Because I stopped trying to play by rules that were never written for me. I work the way my brain works. I rest the way my nervous system needs. I show up as myself — fully, without apology. For most of my life I did not think it was possible. It is.
"Let's have an honest conversation."
I work with lawyers planning their next move and with the firms and general counsels who need to find the right one.
