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About me

Elina Karantzalou

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A journey of seeking and discovery

Exploring thoughts, actions, experiences, feelings, and insights

I was born in Athens, but I spent my early childhood years in Saudi Arabia. More specifically, Jeddah felt like my own heaven on earth, so when it was time to “repatriate” to Greece, I felt "homeless". Misplaced. For me, it wasn't just a painful separation, but it felt more like a violent uprooting.

What followed was a particularly traumatic life, though the trauma was invisible, unspoken, unacknowledged. Wounds with no proof. And while I was trying to survive in this world and at the same time extract some meaning from it, I somehow ended up studying Psychology, completing postgraduate training in Clinical Psychology, and undergoing a total of eight years of personal psychotherapy. Although I did not ultimately pursue this path professionally, I am grateful for all the knowledge and tools I gained, above all because I grew comfortable with diving deep into my emotional “underworld” instead of bypassing or disguising my shadows. Perhaps this was also due to my insatiable thirst for the truth. My infinite need for the truth.

The first milestone for me was the birth of my daughter. Her arrival in my life marked the greatest lesson of all: unconditional love. For the first time in my life, I felt what it means to be loved and to love unconditionally. And this planted the seeds of self-respect, self-care, and self-love. It may have taken many years for these seeds to begin to sprout, but the actual healing journey had already started.

The second milestone was when Dolores Cannon came to my awareness. Things took their own course entirely naturally, and from where I was standing, at a crossroads with no compass whatsoever, I found myself with answers, direction, and purpose. QHHT® changed my life on every level and continues to do so—I believe this never really ends. Not in the way I initially imagined, and certainly not overnight. Usually, slowly and quietly. Sometimes, however, explosively and spectacularly. I obviously love fireworks, but I think I have started to love a bit more the subtle magic that hides everywhere, even in the small things and the ordinary. Especially in the small things and the ordinary.

I am now a Level 2 Practitioner as of December 2023, and I conduct my sessions, staying true to Dolores Cannon’s teachings, with absolute respect and gratitude toward each person who trusts me to accompany them on their own unique journey.

I also have the great pleasure and fortune to collaborate with Ozark Mountain Publishing, having already translated "Between Death and Life" and "The Convoluted Universe, Book 1", which are available in digital format on many platforms as well as on the website
https://ozarkmt.com/foreign-translations/#greek. Currently, I am working on the translation of "The Convoluted Universe, Book 2".

In addition, I have tentatively begun writing my first book, a blend of lived experience and fiction. I aim to give form and recognition to silent trauma—not through teaching or preaching, nor by dramatizing it, but through a true, profound, yet gently lighthearted depiction of the trace it leaves behind. In the hope that anyone who has experienced something similar might feel a bit less confused and alone. And with the intention of allowing silent trauma to finally find its voice.

I continue my personal journey, learning to listen to and respect my body and my inner voice—my two most faithful companions. And unlearning to exist in the way I was told and taught. And just like in any journey, there are sunshines and storms, clearings and jungles, uphills and plateaus. But I keep going, because each time another piece of myself somehow finds its way back to me, more as something felt rather than in some shape or form. Something intangible, once again, but this time, with the power and the willingness to heal me.

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