My 6-year-old heart was in awe - looking at the colors, and beauty, and light, inside this historic cathedral that I snuck into with my friend.

It felt safe, and warm, and like a place where I could talk to Jesus and my big sister, who had, passed away only 3 years earlier - which had left a huge hole in my little heart.

She died when she was 7, I was 3, and found myself in a grey cloud - surrounded by mourning and sorrow, not quite understanding why, nor how I could get out of it, I hadn't been able to go to the funeral nor say good-bye to her. All I knew was, that I missed her.

The cathedral felt so different to home. Here - inside, it was different.

I saw the deep vast blue sky, the warm sunny yellows, the soft green, the peaceful light blue and happy delicate oranges and pinks, - the energizing reds in the depictions of the frescos above me. These colors gave me a deep peace.

For the first time I felt a safe presence, hope and joy.

I felt at home.

A few years later I made the connection between color and emotions. That deeply transformational moment of being color-struck by beauty, in the cathedral as a lonely little girl, set the tone for the rest of my life.

During my Architecture and Psychotherapy Studies, I learned that my Intuition had guided me through painful periods of my life through color.

Color is Light, it has a strong influence on our brainwaves and therefore on our psyche. Our emotional wellbeing is directly related to the color that surrounds us.

We are mostly unaware of the influence color has on our minds, our emotions, or our physical health. Color leaves an imprint on us in many mysterious ways.

Color is Light and light guides us.

Color allowed me, and it still does, to reconnect with myself as a child.