What’s in a Name?

The decision to publish Lightworker under my maiden name was not made lightly.

Prior to publishing, I went back and forth more than once. Should I use the name people know me by - or the name that feels more connected to who I’ve always been?

As I was thinking it through, a line from Romeo and Juliet kept coming to mind:

“What’s in a name?”

It’s a simple question - but it points to something deeper. A name is just a label, and yet, we attach so much meaning to it.

For most of my life, I struggled with the belief that I didn’t matter - a belief that shaped how I moved through the world for decades. So when I found myself questioning which name to use, there was a certain irony in it. The book was never meant to be about me. It was about the experience. Yes, Lightworker is a personal story, but it reflects something many people go through: feeling lost, overwhelmed, or disconnected… and searching for a way out of the suffering.

I’m not a spiritual teacher or an expert of any kind, but I experienced a shift that lifted me out of the darkness. So, the book had to be written and I had to write it, which changed the question from, “Which name do I use?” to “How do I share that story in the most honest way?”

In the end, the answer came from an energy that I’ve come to recognize as my inner child.

There was no overthinking. No strategy.

Just a simple, certain feeling: “Let’s use my name.”

And that was enough.

So I published under Le Gallais.

Since my shift, I’ve come to understand that identity is much more fluid than I once believed. We all carry different roles, labels, and names throughout our lives - and sometimes we become so attached to them that we forget that there’s a deeper truth beneath the surface.

For me, part of healing was learning to loosen the grip on labels.

To see myself not just through the lens of my past, my roles, or my struggles - but as a whole person, capable of change.

If there’s one thing I hope readers take from Lightworker, it’s this:

You don’t have to become someone new to find peace. Sometimes, it’s about returning to a part of yourself that has been there all along.

We all have the capacity to align with the Lightworker within, to choose light over darkness, no matter what life throws at us. Choosing to respond from a place of Love when faced with negative energy is incredibly difficult but essential, not only to our overall wellness but to our survival as a species.

The ability to “hold the light” is a daily (even hourly) choice that puts the work in Lightworker. 

Peace is possible - but it takes effort.  It takes action.  And it must start from within. 

We are all in this together. 

None of us is truly separate - we’re just tangled up in names.

D 🩵