Marianna Jaross I built a life throughout my twenties that was based on adventure, learning, and travel. I was also working towards a career that ‘made sense’ (psychologist), while also being deeply uncomfortable at times with how we went about and conceptualised healing. I have taken a break so I can think about and work in different arenas. Growing up, I learned reiki and how to read tarot at around the age of eleven. My mother was a minister I was separated from. In my fir

Marianna Jaross Each developmental period brings about unique challenges. For many people, your twenties can be about experimenting, trying to meet the milestones you feel pressured to; and looking around to see what everyone else is doing. You are navigating young adulthood, the call of independence, ideas around study and career, and milestones you are filtering through. Dating? Marriage? Babies? Travel? A degree? By your thirties, you may have accumulated a whole lot of ex

Marianna Jaross I have spent a lot of my life in higher education, chasing opportunities and degrees with the thought that I would finally land in the place that felt right. The life I built hasn’t been sustainable. It has been characterised by burn-out, periods of rest, and not being able to function in the same way I am used to. I have gone from someone high energy and ever-curious to someone who still has these traits, but cannot maintain this pace in this season of life.