Hi I'm Monika. I live in Devon now, but it wasn’t always home. I grew up in Poland, and like many journeys worth telling, mine is a mix of choice and chance, a winding path shaped by moments both planned and unexpected. Moving countries, starting over, learning to find belonging in new soil is all part of the story I carry with me every day.
I’m a therapist and coach. My work is with people who’ve been through some of the toughest stuff life can throw at us: addiction, autism, ADHD, trauma, shame, and that hard to pin down feeling of not quite fitting anywhere. These aren’t just clinical terms for me. I know the shape of these experiences from the inside. That’s probably why this work feels less like a job.
Honesty is something I hold close. Not the easy kind, but the kind that feels a little uncomfortable, that strips away the masks we all wear and somehow leaves us freer. I’m more interested in questions than answers, in the messy, complicated parts of truth that don’t come with neat endings. I don’t expect anyone to show up fully formed or perfectly sorted. I certainly didn’t and I don’t think anyone really does.
Most days you’ll find me sitting with clients, listening, guiding, scribbling ideas for my alcohol awareness programme or making another cup of hot chocolate to keep me going. I care deeply about the people I work with, even if I don’t always say it with soft words or gentle phrases. Caring doesn’t have to be quiet to be real.
When I’m not working, I love to wander through quiet forests where the world slows down, dance like no one’s watching and soak up the magic of late evenings, that delicate moment when the day exhales and everything feels a little softer and a little calmer.
This blog is my space to share thoughts, stories and the parts of life that don’t fit neatly into a leaflet or a LinkedIn post. You won’t find forced positivity here. You won’t find tidy answers either. Just real talk, curiosity and whatever comes up along the way.
If you’re curious, if you feel like maybe you’re not quite alone in whatever you’re facing, stick around. I’ll be here, doing what I do.
