About Me
Always deeply curious about the human experience and potential. How our mind and our experiences shape our lives, and how we can live our best lives and help others do the same.
In my own growth, learning, and experience, one truth continues to resonate deeply with me, and I see it with every person I’ve met - that love and connection are the foundation of everything we seek. At our core, we all desire freedom, joy, and a sense of wholeness.
My own journey began in challenging circumstances. I was born and raised in beautiful Croatia, but when I was still just a little kid - war broke out in the country. With time I uncovered how that experience, along with a turbulent family environment, deeply impacted my emotional well-being and shaped how I viewed myself and the world. My environment wasn’t safe, secure and consistent, and my mind and body developed in reaction to all that.
I began to explore trauma and how my early life experiences and even generational trauma had influenced my nervous system, my relationships, and the way I moved through life.
Despite any obstacles or hurt I was carrying, I wanted to break through all of that and create the life I desired and envisioned.
Feeling deeply was always who I was, ever since I was little. I grew up believing I was too sensitive. In reality, I was a deeply intuitive, attuned child in an environment that was overwhelmed by stress, war, and generational heaviness. My sensitivity wasn’t the problem—it was a compass. I felt people’s emotions, I read energy before words, and I wanted connection, authenticity, and peace in a world that often felt the opposite.
A lot of the times I felt I didn’t fit. But in hindsight, I see now that my sensitivity was never a flaw — it was my gift. I was different. And I dreamed of exploring the world, of living with depth. I just didn’t have the words for it yet.
I went on to learn about things I was passionate about.
Looking back, I realized I was coaching myself in all the “4 bodies” - mental, physical, spiritual and emotional, before I even knew and understood what coaching was. Also, others seemed to naturally gravitate toward me for support. From there, I was pulled more and more to working with people in all the above mentioned aspects.
I love supporting others in healing anything that has affected their true self and their potential, and reclaiming the parts of themselves they were told were too much, too tender or too different—because those are often our own unique gifts.
Though I briefly studied journalism, I knew my path was elsewhere. I wanted to explore the world, connect with people, and especially work with children. Writing and reading have however always been and remain part of how I learn, express and connect.
In my approach I use psychology, physical health & fitness, nutrition, and mindset work. My passion for growth and healing started with books, workshops, studying kinesiology, nutrition, NLP, and life coaching. I’ve worked with children, teens, and adults in a wide range of settings—from international camps to schools, mentoring programs, and private coaching.
It brings me joy seeing people reconnect with their inner child, nurture emotional wellness, and build healthier, authentic relationships—with themselves and others.
However I work with people, my main goal is to provide a safe, nurturing place for you to unpack who you truly are, and what you truly desire.
Yours in love and health,
Romana Aelux
Why the name Unique Acorn?
The Unique Acorn represents every person’s unique life.
We all start as acorns — small, unseen, and yet quietly holding the blueprint for something vast and rooted. Within each of us lives the potential to grow into a mighty oak tree.
And even if we don’t become the mighty oak tree, we all have that potential in us. Potential that’s unique to us. Our skills and talents, our life story, our goals and gifts.
When you look at an acorn, you can’t imagine that it could ever be the oak tree. It looks so small, fragile, nothing about it tells you about its potential. It’s the same when we look at us, human babies. We come into this human experience cracked open, exposed, vulnerable. Dependent on care, love and safety. We can’t survive without human care- both emotional and physical.
Our roots — our early attachments and family systems — become our foundation. And just like the acorn, the deeper and more nourished our roots, the stronger we grow, even through challenge. If we get hurt during our rooting, it’s noticed in how we hold ourselves.
Weather tests the acorn. Challenges and trauma test the human.
And still, each of us continues to unfold into something entirely unique. No two oaks are the same. No two humans heal, thrive, or bloom the same way.
That’s why The Unique Acorn exists — to honor your path, your story, and your becoming.
Your journey is sacred. You deserve to be met where you are and see what you’re becoming, even when you don’t yet see it yourself.
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