About
The Wisteria Fairy
My Story
↠ Chapter 1: Where it begin ↞
Once upon a time, I was convinced I simply wasn’t “that kind of girl”. You know the one: effortlessly healthy, fit, confident, radiant, happily living a beautiful life she actually loves.
Instead, I was overweight, painfully shy, struggling with a severe Generalized Anxiety Disorder and daily panic attacks. I was unhappy, felt deeply uncomfortable in my body and used food (especially binge-eating sugar) to cope.
I spent years daydreaming about becoming a completely different version of myself, while secretly believing I just wasn’t good enough.
↞ Chapter 2: The Makeover ↠
Then, after a heartbreaking toxic relationship, I hit rock bottom. I made myself a promise: to never feel this way ever again, and to take my destiny in my own hands by becoming the best version of myself. And I did!
Pain became a potent catalyst for my greatest metamorphosis, and for that, I am deeply grateful.
I went through a radical transformation: I deeply immersed myself in personal development, drastically changed my diet, and committed to daily workouts. After a couple of months, I completely transformed from the inside out. I was unrecognizable: I lost a lot of weight, became more confident, felt like a whole new person, and began making some of my biggest dreams come true.
Photo by Philippe Latour
↞ Chapter 3: The Eating Disorder ↠
But there was something I didn't understand yet... In my determination to transform myself, I had swung hard from one extreme to another.
My pursuit of the perfect diet became an unhealthy obsession with “clean eating”, leading to an eating disorder. Ironically, my hyper-fixation on health optimizing ended up affecting my health negatively: constant fatigue and lethargy, intense hair loss, hormonal imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, etc. When I finally found my way out of orthorexia, after 7 years of a restrictive "clean" vegan diet, I gained around 20kg within 2 years.
↞ Chapter 4: The Solution ↠
So I started again. But differently this time. I've found a more sustainable way to transform myself without sacrificing my wellbeing or my gentle nature in the process. In recent years, I softened my once all-or-nothing mindset to a more balanced approach.
Today, I'm still on that journey. So far, I've lost 12kg and started building muscle! I fell in love with working out and found balance in my diet without depriving myself.
My Approach:
Balanced, Holistic & Feel-Good
It took me years of research, trial, error, and lived experience to finally understand what I wish I'd known from the beginning: balance is everything. It's the whole philosophy behind The Wisteria Fairy.
Choosing balance over extremes is the best way to enjoy the journey of becoming your best self , and to make it last.
Choosing healthier habits to feel good, not just to look a certain way, is the best way to fall in love with the process, and keep showing up for yourself in the long run.
Choosing a holistic approach, and working from the inside out, is the best way to kickstart a transformation and turn it into a lasting change, not a quick fix that fades in a week.
You don't have to choose between being gentle with yourself and becoming your best self. You need both.
You don't have to punish your body to feel beautiful in it.
You don't have to lose your softness to become more confident.
