My Story

I created The Lion and Sunflower to design empowering jewellery using natural crystals pieces that help women reconnect with themselves, trust their intuition, and follow their dreams.

My journey into this work came from a profound shift in my own life. After years of pushing myself too hard, living with stress and anxiety, I was given a life-changing wake-up call when I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 28.

Everything suddenly came into perspective. I saw how much time I had spent disconnected from myself, caught in fear, burnout, people pleasing and overwhelm. I knew something had to change. I wanted to live differently: with intention, with balance, and with love.

After a year of intense treatment, including chemotherapy, radiation, a single mastectomy and a year of hormone treatment, I made the decision to step away from the life that was making me unwell and fully return to my creativity. I painted through everything - the pain, the healing, the growth, and in doing so, I began to reconnect with myself in a way I never had before.

That journey taught me self-love. Not as a concept, but as a daily practice. I learned how to make choices from love instead of fear, and that shift changed everything.

Now, that is what I share through my work.

Every piece I create, whether it’s jewellery, artwork, or journals, it is designed to support women on their own journey back to themselves. To remind them of their strength, their worth, and their ability to create a life that feels aligned and true.

Because I know what it feels like to be disconnected from yourself. And I also know how powerful it is when you find your way back.

Crystals were a massive part of my healing journey, healing not only from cancer but the anxiety and stress I’d experienced for so long. So I worked crystals into my daily practise and my creativity. I love sharing the magic of crystals with others 🩷