I am Anna Pohjola, a certified transformational coach and sound practitioner, and explorer of the innermost self. Also 24/7 mom of two young kids.

I have spent much of my life seeking "good life" and happiness - like so many people do. I have believed happiness would actualise along with a nice home, stable relationship, good friends, successful and interesting career, beautiful children, amazing travelling adventures and inspiring hobbies. I have greatly valued these things and eventually I was fortunate enough to have all of them in my life. So a few years back, my life was basically pretty perfect. However, I felt something was always missing and I was not able to be happy. I felt trapped, uneasy, down and somehow in the wrong place.

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Today, after some years have passed, I now feel completely different: serene, grateful, joyous, strong, healthy and perfectly in the right place fulfilling my purpose in life. Life feels juicy, colourful, abundant and like the best adventure. But don't get me wrong; I naturally still get down sometimes. I also experience anger, fear, disappointment, sadness, and other darker shades of human emotions. But it's smoother, more real, and I come back to my high vibrations much quicker. My life looks very different from the outside now, but I can tell you it's nothing compared with the inner transformation I have gone through.

So what's the secret to all this?

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The secret is quite simply connection. Firstly, connection with myself: knowing myself, seeing myself, forgiving myself, being there for myself, loving myself - with all there is. Learning more of this every day. Secondly, real connection and authentic relationships with others based on this more mature and responsible way of being. And finally, connection with the Ultimate Reality (call it what you want): trusting the higher wisdom and guidance, and sensing its presence in everything. 

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The transformation process for (re-)connection has been like delivering a baby. The seed of my true self was naturally always there inside of me, but kept small and quite invisible. After I couldn't ignore its existence anymore (because of increasing inner pressure and unhappiness), it started to grow slowly but steadily. The process wasn't always comfortable, sometimes even very painful and messy: I needed to grow but my mind resisted - and my mind can be pretty persistent. But when you start to grow inside, you can't really stop the process no matter what. Your true self is determined to get out in this world and all you can eventually do is to surrender and ask for support. For me, support has indeed been essential, I couldn't have made through the delivery alone, and I think nobody should be asked to do that. I didn't need doctors, but I did need coaches, people who were there for me and helped me see things I was blind to. It has been my own work and process, but at the same time greatly supported by many beings here and beyond. And wow, it has truly been worth every second! Now I feel like I'm out in the world, nothing less than finally reborn as my true self, ready to be my size and visible as such. Also ready to support your delivery process to the best of my abilities. The growth of course is constant and will never end. That's what makes this whole journey so fascinating!