I came into this world to Chinese parents in a very white suburb of Sydney.
At home, especially through my mum, there was intuition, spirituality, and generations of cultural wisdom carried across oceans from our ancestors. Yet growing up in a predominantly white suburban neighbourhood, I largely dismissed and ignored many of those traditions, customs, and ways of seeing the world.

The lens through which my parents viewed life didn't quite fit with the one I inhabited six hours a day at school.

I resided in a liminal space between two worlds.

One where I was an Australian kid.

Another where I was a Chinese daughter.

Two identities made easier to separate by two different languages.

I've always felt different.

Not white enough to fit in with the kids at school.

And not quite girly enough or "normal" enough to fit in with the girls.

Even amongst the Chinese kids, I never quite felt like I belonged.

Always residing in these in-between spaces.

Not Chinese, but not white.
Not feeling fully female, but not male either.
Not rich, but not poor.

Academically excelling at school, yet always feeling like everyone else was in on a joke I somehow missed.

And later realising I wasn't just attracted to men, but to women too.

I have spent so much of my life building and rebuilding myself. Trying to figure out what I like, who I am, and where I stand.

It has become an art form. A lived experience of navigating countless transitions within a single lifetime.

Over time, I came to realise that we are far more complex than the boxes we are given. We can be Australian and Chinese. We can embody both masculine and feminine qualities. We can hold seemingly contradictory parts of ourselves and still be whole.

We are multidimensional beings that contain multitudes.

And while each person's journey looks different, one thing became clear to me:

We all move through transitions.

Moments of uncertainty.
Moments of loss.
Moments of growth.

Moments that ask us to let go of who we were and step into who we are becoming.

This search for belonging has taken me all over the continent. I searched far and wide, leaving no stone unturned - both internally and externally.

Many of the answers I was searching for came through my travels throughout Asia, particularly Southeast Asia, and through learning from Indigenous cultures and wisdom traditions both around the world and here on Australian soil.

If this is something you feel called to do, I implore you to go on your own search.

Those brave enough to seek will be rewarded with answers.

There is no one-size-fits-all answer, and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is most certainly a scammer.

Over the years, my journey has taken many forms.

I've worked as an NDIS support worker, facilitated therapeutic art programs through the NDIS and in nursing homes, and held space as a yoga teacher.

I've read tarot, hosted sound baths, guided meditations, studied Ayurvedic and yogic teachings, explored past life regression and spinal energetics, and spent countless hours in stillness, contemplation, and meditation.

Each experience offered another piece of the puzzle.

Sunara was born from the understanding that while every journey is unique, none of us are meant to navigate life's transitions alone.

I wanted to weave together all those years of trialling, testing, learning, and gathering the tools that genuinely helped during times of instability, uncertainty, heartbreak, and transformation.

The things that actually worked.

The things that helped when life felt turbulent, overwhelming, and hopeless.

I wanted to create a safe haven for people navigating life's transitions - a place where they could feel seen, heard, held, and supported.

A place to retreat, reset, and emerge with grounded clarity, lightness, and a renewed sense of self.

A place where people can bravely show up and open up, knowing they will be met with warmth, kindness, compassion, and the practical skills needed to not only confront their challenges, but move through them, feel the shift, and leave with a pep in their step.

I truly believe that if more people had the confidence and skills to face their problems head-on, the world would be a far more peaceful place.

So, if you've landed here, and something in this story resonates with you, I look forward to meeting you and making magic together.

And whether peace finds you through Sunara or through your own unique path, I hope it finds you in this lifetime.

🙏 Zoe