German / French / Dutch | Cameroonian
I have tried to unalive myself a few times and thought about my absence from this world on several occasions. I have hit rock bottom and then dug deeper. I have scraped the bottom of the barrel. I have let people walk all over me and tell me what I am and what I am not. I have people pleased and let just about anybody into my sacred spaces. I have experienced sexual assault. I’m sharing all of this because I have used these life experiences to shape who I am today. I no longer let what happened to me define me. Life can and does get better. The suffering is there for a reason; to help us grow, to help us learn, to show us what it means to be human. To slowly shape the reality we resonate with. What makes us vibrate at a higher frequency. What allows us to feel good and bad and see the purpose of both. I am here to share my experiences through different modalities in order for those to see that it can be better. That you can heal yourself. That there is always another option. That life is worth living and there is so much beauty out there!
I didn't feel like I had any connection to my Cameroonian side. It has taken me the last 10 years to step into my identity and to shed the layers of other’s judgments and labels. Layer by layer I started to see myself, and started to appreciate all aspects of who I am.
I honor my ancestors and do a lot of spiritual work with them. I guess you could say the company my husband and I own, @kribicoffeeuk, is a continuation of our family’s traditions. My Father grew up on a coffee farm in Cameroon and on his summer holidays would help the farmers dry the beans after harvest. Coffee is a big part of our family’s story. It is such a great honor to have a role in creating our generation’s part of the family’s legacy. My Dad started the company in Chicago, and I worked for him for several years before moving to London and starting Kribi Coffee here. We work with over 600 small crop farmers within our own cooperative, paying them 2-3x the commodity price. It is our commitment to eventually hire a talented and diverse team to assist with the roasting and running the café.
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