Testimonial from Dora Zulu

It is difficult to put into words what Sandra has done for me. When I found her, I was carrying wounds from my childhood that I had buried for so long that they became part of my identity. I didn’t know how to speak about them, I didn’t know how to face them, and I didn’t know how to heal. All I knew was that I was hurting.

Sandra met me in that place of deep pain with so much gentleness. She didn’t rush me. She didn’t judge me. She didn’t treat my trauma as something to be fixed quickly, but as a story that needed to be understood, honoured, and released. She saw the little girl in me — the one who was still scared, still waiting to be comforted — and she helped me hold her with love instead of shame.

There were moments in our sessions where she gave me the words I didn’t have. There were moments where she simply sat with me in my silence and let me feel what I had never been allowed to feel. Her presence was healing on its own. She helped me remember that I am allowed to exist. I am allowed to take up space. I am allowed to heal.

Through this journey with Sandra, I learned how to forgive myself for surviving the way I did. I learned how to create boundaries. I learned how to speak to myself with softness. For the first time in my life, I feel like I am not at war with myself anymore. I am finding peace, real peace.

Sandra didn’t just counsel me. She walked with me. She held the light when I couldn’t see any. And because of her, I am learning to live again, not from a place of pain, but from a place of love, strength, and wholeness.

I am forever grateful for her. She didn’t just help me heal my childhood. She helped me return to myself.

Dora Zulu