For those who don’t know me, my name is Amal. I’m a wife, a mum to four amazing beings, and someone who has spent the last decade reshaping her life in ways I never expected.

Since I first wrote this introduction when I launched my website in 2015, so much has changed. I lost my beautiful mum in August 2018 - just five days before my 50th birthday. It was my first true experience of grief, and it altered me in ways only loss can. In the years that followed, I underwent gastric sleeve surgery, had my gallbladder removed, and watched my children pursue their work, study, and leisure dreams in Sydney, London, Milan, and beyond, travelling extensively, living boldly, and grown in ways that only real life experience can provide - and I am immensely proud of each of them and everything they have achieved.

I also stepped more deeply into service. I now volunteer for social visits with two beautiful elderly ladies, whom I adore like my own mum and who bring as much joy to my day as I hope I bring to theirs. And I volunteer in a formal capacity as Director and Secretary of The Egyptian Orphan Fund Australia - a role that has become one of the meaningful anchors of my life.

Through all these transitions, I’ve learned that wellness is not a fixed destination. It shifts as we shift. I’ve had seasons of progress and seasons of setback - not because the approaches were wrong, but because life was heavy, and I was human. What I know now is that true wellbeing comes from nurturing the mind, body, and spirit together. When one part is strained, the others feel it.