A World Full of Feeling

“In my teenage years I experienced the skeletal and starved side of life, the fogged mind and empty eyes, a physic that had my parents prepared to say goodbye. It was miserable, anorexia was an aching unhappiness for five years. The 2 years following I dedicated myself solely to recovery, restoring my body, freeing my mind, healing all the pain, and giving myself as much positivity as I could master at the time.”

“The next 2 years after that I experienced the flowing and velveted unfolding of learning about life without an ‘illness’- which was magical. I immersed myself in both moving to London and travelling the world, in art, in retraining in dance and the discovering of who I am. I was carving my own path, with no education yet a world full of feeling and healing I became what we call… a ‘rogue creative’. I have never found something that suited me more. I was a nomad with a home in dance, my roots in art and my wings in expressing.”

“Last year my dreams came true. I was filming for a project, staying in Paris and Brussels with a purpose everyday to learn and enjoy the gift of it all. I never imagined my life was going to be as beautiful as what I’ve experienced since recovering. I wish I could go back and kiss all my past selves on the forehead, they wouldn’t believe the contrast that swells within my chest now. The love within my heartbeat. The experience of last year was also challenging, and has shown me more profoundly than ever what I want to work on…”

“That being, myself. Taking care of our mental health never ends. So I’m setting my intentions to create a beautiful landscape of positive thought patterns, to train and elevate my passions, to cherish the people I love ridiculously, to sunbeam my confidence… to become my greatest supporter. I realised during filming that being against myself, being in my way and being hard on myself only does the opposite. I will be gentle in the pursuit of improving who I am, and brutal if I fall into the trap of putting myself down in the process. I will take care of my mental health, everyday. I will learn from my past battles and I will be present in my current happenings and hopeful in all my future feelings.”

With Warrior Talk founder Margherita Barbieri
Photos and video by Imogen Mansfield