I have a life-long love of nature and journeying to otherworlds and this first manifested in caring for horses at a local riding school and reading mythic literature and fantasy.

I had my first initiatory experiences in my late teens and early twenties. With only visionary poets and philosophers for guides I thought I was going mad. I shut everything out until I studied Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy during my European Philosophy MA. I realised my encounters shared a kinship with Dionysian ecstasy resulting in Apollonian visions. Only I wasn’t seeing Dionysus and satyrs…

This led me to enquiring whether we had Gods in Britain and thereby discovering Brythonic polytheism and shamanism. Finally, in 2012, I met my patron God, Gwyn ap Nudd, and realised my visions had been of His realm, Annwn, and His people.

After my initial dedication to Gwyn I served a seven year apprenticeship to Him as an awenydd ‘person inspired’. During this period I reimagined His myths, gave voice to Brythonic and local lore and published three books: Enchanting the Shadowlands, The Broken Cauldron and Gatherer of Souls. Afterwards I dedicated myself to Him for life.

Since 2013 I have been practicing core shamanism with the Way of the Buzzard. After publishing my fourth book, The King of Annwn, I was told by my Gods the time had come to use my shamanic skills to guide and heal others. In 2024 I began training as a shamanic practitioner and am currently in supervision with Jayne Johnson.

In 2022 I founded the Monastery of Annwn and lived as a nun with the name Sister Patience. After three years of living by vows and the Rule of the Heart I discerned that running a monastic community is not for me. I am now living as a solitary as a Hermit of the Heart of Annwn. I currently lead a life that is hermitic and shamanic. My practices include: prayer, meditation, journeywork, creativity, yoga and strength training.

I have volunteered and worked in conservation and ecology. In 2012 I founded the Friends of Greencroft Valley (which has now merged with Guardians of Nature). With others I work to maintain and improve the diversity of the site along with regular tasks like litter picking. I tend a garden where I enjoy growing small green things.