Just a girl who left it all behind at 36 to go after her dream life.
If I can reinvent my life, so can you
Hi, I'm Lena. I was 36 when I uprooted my life from Sydney and leapt into the unknown, leaving behind the successful personal training business I'd spent 8 years building in the busiest gym in Bondi, which was once my dream. But for the last 2 years of my PT career, I just couldn't shake the feeling that surely this wasn't it?
So when I finally worked up the courage, I threw my life up in the air and broke free from the hustle and the rat race, and I've been rebuilding life on my own terms ever since. Lena in the Wild was born from my own search for freedom, and it's where I document the whole journey of starting over in my late 30s: from unlearning hustle conditioning to slow living and building a life in a new country, making new friends, being single, all things wellness and healing, solo travel and so much more, sharing the real, unfiltered version of what it actually takes to reinvent your life.
You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
— James R. Sherman
After a decade chasing the version of success everyone else wanted for me, I’m finally choosing what feels right for me.
I was stuck for years, desperately wishing someone had the answers I was missing. I needed those experiences to become who I am today. And now I get to be the person I wish I’d had back then: to hold the light and help you find your way without spending years figuring it out alone.
Whatever chapter you’re in right now, where you are isn’t where you have to stay. You get to rewrite the script, change the plot and decide what comes next. This is your story. Nobody else gets to write it for you.
Rewrite Your StoryI’m not here to tell you how to live. I’m here to show you what’s possible when you choose you.
I don’t really do plans. I wake up, see how I feel, follow my intuition and let the day unfold.
Little did I know it would trigger old childhood wounds.
FEAR, CHILDHOOD WOUNDS, SELF COMPASSION
At 36, I threw my life up in the air.
LEAVING SYDNEY, TRUSTING YOUR INTUITION, BALI
For years I didn’t even realise I was living in fight or flight.
FIGHT OR FLIGHT, NERVOUS SYSTEM, SLOWING DOWN
At 21, I packed my bags and moved to a remote island.
FIRST LEAP, FREEDOM, ISLAND LIFE
Oh yeah, I’m also a photographer.
When you finally start choosing yourself, all those creative parts of you that got buried along the way start finding their way back out.
So after falling in love with Vietnam on a recent trip, I figured, why not spend six months there and six months in Bali? And that's where I'm at right now.
Whether you’re curious about my work, exploring your own path to freedom, or simply want to say hello, I’d love to hear from you.
Drop a message below and I’ll get back to you shortly
