ON CHILDHOOD
I’m one of three girls and grew up in
Brisbane with my incredibly loving,
generous parents. I’ve always been a
happy little human. As long as I can
remember, joy has come pretty easily
to me. For most of my schooling, I was
a huge overachiever. I loved to study
and I was obsessed with doing well. But
it was the promise of validation and
recognition than anything else that had
me so committed to the books. I always
pictured myself in some corporate-style
job or serious nine-to-five. Yet to this
day, I’ve never held down anything that
resembles that!
I’m so appreciative for choosing
the family that I did for this lifetime.
They’ve shown me nothing but support
and love and joy in my unexpected
journey from overachieving student to
the woman that I’ve become and am
forever becoming.
ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Five years ago, I was exploring the web
and somehow landed on the beautiful
Melissa Ambrosini’s blog – I now look
back and know I was led there; the
universe was working its magic. I’d
never seen anything like it. A young
woman who didn’t drink or party but
was happy? I didn’t know that was
possible! I was hooked and I spent
the whole afternoon reading every
one of Melissa’s blog posts. And from
that very day I went from this steak-
loving, wine-guzzling young woman
to a green smoothie-drinking, oil
pulling meditator.
Since then, my curiosities and the
universe have led me all over: from
journeying with shamans in Peru to
becoming a yoga teacher and a holder
of space. I’ve expanded from this
overachieving, validation-obsessed
young adult to a woman who is aware of
her power, aware of her worth and aware
of herself.ON PRACTISING YOGA
I giggle when I think back to my first
few experiences of yoga which were
in high school, alongside my Dad.
We went along to our local gym,
and although I thought it was a little
strange I remember it feeling really,
really good.
A few years later, at the end of
an intense relationship, I found
myself back on the mat. My focus
was definitely physical; I wanted to
get fit and I wanted to be f lexible. I
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MEG O’SULLIVAN is a metaphysician, life coach and yoga
teacher whose life is inspired by the energy of the universe. She
chats to ANH about energy, purpose and why our external
experiences are informed by our thoughts and feelings.PURPOSE
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