My name is Maria Bachiri. I am a mother of three and have been drawn to the healing arts since my teenage years. With a deep interest in understanding human behavior, relationships, and emotional well-being, I have dedicated myself to exploring approaches that nurture connection, resilience, and healing for individuals and families.
I suffered for a long time from inexplicable fatigue, anxiety, and episodes of depression during my teenage years. Anxiety has been with me, I believe, since I was born. It became my normal way of being. I know the pain of these states, and I know how it feels to finally start to be free, to come out of our survival state and reconnect to ourselves.
At 17, I was preparing a scientific baccalaureate to enter pharmacy college so that I could then specialize in herbal medicine. But things did not go as planned. About three months before passing my baccalaureate, I had a kind of delirious episode. I was hospitalized in psychiatry for a month. It was fifteen years ago, and yet I remember certain things as if it were yesterday. This episode changed my life and my perception of it.
My doctor warned me that I would probably never recover all of my cerebral capacities, that I would function at best at 80%. I have the privilege of coming down from a lineage of very strong-willed women, and I had decided that those numbers would not apply to me. I would achieve my dreams, and my brain would reach its potential.
I entered pharmacy college as planned. I was learning in detail how the cell works, but something did not ring true. I knew there was something more fundamental that I had to learn first, and I decided not to continue down this path. I finally discovered Greco-Arabic (Tibb) medicine. It was the beginning of my healing journey, a journey where we learn to forgive ourselves for not having been, we believe, strong enough.
I discovered with amazement and fascination how our diet and lifestyle could affect the functioning of our brain. I had promised myself to understand what had happened to me, to understand why my brain had betrayed me. Finally, I was beginning to understand. I like to use the metaphor of a door being opened onto a vast and infinitely expansive field of light. I finally saw the timid beginning of this light.
Over the years, I have pursued a variety of trainings, including Functional Nutrition, Somatic and Attachment-Based Healing, Theraplay, and others. These experiences have deepened both my personal healing journey and my ability to support the individuals and families I work with.
Trauma healing and working towards a healthy lifestyle are what I believe to be the foundations to fully feel into our spirituality. When we address the wounds that keep us disconnected from ourselves and others, we create space for greater peace, purpose, and aliveness. It brings me so much joy and purpose to help people reconnect to their true, wonderful selves, improve their relationships, and deepen their connection to God, because, in the end, that is what really matters.
