Meet Cherie
Meet Cherie-Ashana
Hello, beautiful one.
I'm Cherie-Ashana, your sacred sister in this radiant unfolding of midlife.
I believe with every bone in my body that midlife is not a downfall or a fade-out. It's a rite of passage into your truest, most powerful self.
But I didn't always know that.
My Story
I found myself on my knees in my garden one quiet autumn morning, in the thick of early menopause at thirty-eight. Exhausted. Confused. Feeling like a stranger in my own skin.
The woman I had been (ever-capable, always putting others first) had vanished. In her place was someone raw and uncertain, asking: Who am I now that everything is changing?
Society offered me labels. Quick fixes for my symptoms. But no real solace for my soul.
So I went looking for my own answers.
Over the following decades, I walked a winding path of healing and discovery. I trained in herbalism to understand the earth's medicine. In nutrition and NLP to comprehend the mind-body connection. In somatic therapy and breathwork to release the pain held in my body.
Each modality I explored, whether iridology to read the body's story in the eyes or embodiment practices to come home to my flesh, was like a piece of a puzzle. And the picture that formed was one of wholeness and reclamation.
But my deepest education didn't come from a certification or book.
It came from living these transitions in my own body and spirit. I navigated the heartbreak of infertility in my twenties. The shock of premature menopause in my thirties. The complete rebirth of my identity in my forties.
Through each chapter, I learned one sacred truth: there is nothing wrong with us as we change. We are meant to evolve. Midlife is our phoenix moment, an awakening if we choose to see it that way.
The Path I've Walked
My work is woven from lived experience, formal training, ancient remembering, and soulful devotion.
A Life Lived in Many Lands
From the age of twenty-one, I spent over thirteen years travelling the world, learning from landscapes, cultures, and medicine keepers across continents. These journeys were my soul's apprenticeship.
A Sacred Life with Flowers
I once owned a fresh cut flower farm in South Africa, where I taught myself floristry and immersed in the seasonal language of petals, stems, and scent. Upon returning to Australia in 2008, I opened a florist shop where I continued this sacred work with nature and beauty. Today, those same flowers speak through my work with Australian Bush Flower Essences, guiding women back to emotional harmony and soul remembrance.
Healing Through Art and the Shadows
After surviving back-to-back relationships, one physically abusive and the other mentally and emotionally toxic, I found myself in darkness. During that time, I turned to Transpersonal Art Therapy, and it became my medicine. This work saved my life and showed me the power of creativity as a healing force. It is now one of the core practices I bring to women walking through their own midlife initiations.
Training and Credentials
In addition to lived experience, I hold formal training across many holistic and energetic modalities:
- Advanced Herbalism and Evolutionary Herbalism
- Australian Bush Flower Essence Practitioner
- Advanced Physical Iridologist
- The Spiral Practitioner
- Master NLP and Timeline Therapy® Practitioner
- Feminine Embodiment Practitioner
- HeartMath® and Breathwork Facilitator
- Sing to Thrive Certified Teacher
- Levels 1, 2 & 3 in Sound healing
- Remedial, Swedish, Shiatsu, Lomi Lomi and Cupping Massage Therapist
- Reiki II and Ashati Multidimensional Energy Healer
- Facilitator, Speaker and Author
Whether guiding a sacred singing circle, facilitating a scent and chakra reset, or speaking at wellness festivals, I create grounded, transformational spaces. I bridge science and soul, practicality and presence, always rooted in reverence for the feminine journey.
My Work and Mission
Now in my fifties, I don't claim to have it all figured out. But I walk this sacred path beside you, hand on heart, feet grounded in devotion.
Through AwakenedSHE, I offer a sanctuary of soul-led support for women navigating midlife transitions, spiritual awakenings, and the call to come home to themselves.
Sacred Sessions. Flower Essence Consultations and Elemental Voice Alchemy™ sound healing journeys, offered online and in person.
S.H.E. Sacred Heartsong Expression Circles. Where women gather to reclaim their voice, awaken joy through sound, and experience the magic of shared resonance.
Retreats, Ceremonies and Group Experiences. Immersive offerings inviting women into embodied ritual, heart-sharing, and communal healing.
SacredSHE Reset. My debut book launches in April 2026. A guide for women navigating the portal of midlife through love, ritual, and sacred structure.
The AwakenedSHE Podcast. Arriving 2026. Soul-filled conversations with wise women and creative visionaries.
The EvolveHER Foundation. A not-for-profit initiative supporting women through life transitions with accessible tools, healing experiences, and community care. Currently in development, with more coming late 2026.
Where You'll Find Me
My roots are no longer tethered to one place. As of 2026, I'll be based in Panama, with my heart and hands in many sacred soils across the world. From rainforest to retreat space, you'll find me weaving magic wherever I land.
I am guided by intuition, the lunar cycles, and the whispers of the Earth. My life is a living altar of beauty, truth, and service.
When I'm not guiding sessions or creating soulful offerings, you'll find me gathering flowers and photographing new landscapes. Journaling with a flower essence by my side. Singing under the stars with sisters. Or dancing barefoot to the rhythm of whatever land I'm blessed to call home.
A Closing Invitation
Thank you for taking the time to get to know me.
I want you to know: I see you, in all your complexity and beauty.
Beyond all my titles and trainings, what qualifies me most to do this work is empathy. I've been the woman awake at 3am with night sweats and anxious thoughts. I've been a professional reinventing her career because the old one no longer fit her soul. I've been the mother-figure with no children, learning to mother myself.
Every step of my journey has taught me that empathy and presence heal more than any pill or protocol.
If you take one thing from my story, let it be this:
You are not broken. You are becoming.
It is never too late. And you are never too much.
I'm here to walk with you as you reset, rebirth, and rise into the woman you're meant to be in this next glorious chapter.
With love and endless belief in you,
Cherie-Ashana
