AKUA’S STORY
Founder, Dream Catcher Global
“Unbecoming is the courage to let go of who you were told to be, so you can return to who you truly are.”
— Akua
The Realisation
For years, I knew how to be capable, responsible and successful. I built a career in HR and people leadership, became someone others could rely on and learned how to move through spaces where strength was expected.
I travelled widely, achieved much and created a life that looked full. In many ways, it was. Yet I could no longer ignore the distance between the life I had built and what felt true for me.
Stepping away from corporate life did not arrive with certainty. It meant leaving what was familiar, questioning who I was without the role and learning to trust a path I could not yet fully see.
Who was I beneath everything I had learned to be?
The name Akua
I have always loved travel, and to date I have visited more than 90 countries. In 2019, that journey took me to Ghana and into the Ashanti region, where I experienced a beautiful traditional naming ceremony and was gifted the name Akua.
The elders washed my feet, wrapped me in Adinkra cloth, and celebrated my new name with drums and dancing. Akua means helper and leader.
Today, I can see how closely that name reflects the woman I continue to uncover, layer by layer, and the work that has been revealed through my own journey.
The Unbecoming
That recognition was part of something much deeper: my own unbecoming.
Through travel, stillness, illness and the moments that asked me to surrender the version of strength I had relied upon, I began to recognise how much of my identity had been shaped by survival, the need to belong and being everything other people needed me to be.
Returning to myself began with recognising what had been there all along.
Dream Catcher Global grew from that journey, and The Unbecoming Journey now sits at the heart of everything I do. I curate transformational experiences that invite women to question the roles and expectations they have carried, reconnect with what feels true and find the courage to choose differently.
The work lives through the retreats, circles and workshops I hold; through the depth of mentorship; through my work with leaders and organisations; and through the voice that carries these stories, questions and truths into the wider world through speaking, writing and media.
This is work I continue to live.