Before jewellery, my path looked very different. I followed the traditional route, earning a First-Class degree in Software Engineering and building a stable, well-paid career in web development within a male-dominated industry. I loved the logic, the structure and the satisfaction of creating something from nothing. I had done everything “right” and built what I believed would be my long-term future.

Then I became a mum.

Motherhood shifted everything. Rising childcare costs and the emotional weight of missing precious milestones forced me to re-evaluate what success meant to me. After the birth of my second child, Arianwen, I experienced postnatal depression and found myself feeling completely lost. Maternity leave became a time of deep reflection and I felt a need to reconnect with the creative part of myself I had set aside for years.