I’ve been told that I’m a coach, an artist, a healer…I ascribe to all of it and none of it. What most speaks to me is that I’m a traveler of an unexpected life. A life of much joy, suffering and everything in between.

As a result of that life I’ve taken many a journey into the unknown of what it means to push, pull, accept, allow and ultimately let go of the vision I thought I needed to be in order to be happy, feel love and receive validation. It all started with following the thread of what moved me.

My career started in physical fitness 30+ years ago with a love of running. It was the closest I could get to flying while still being grounded to Earth. Later as running partnered with strength training, together they helped me escape from the reality of my oldest brother’s death and the label of widow which was stitched upon me after my husband’s suicide. As my professional credentials grew longer and I rose up in my field of health and wellness I was given the title of Coach. People came to me to get stronger, run faster, eat healthier, to become the self they wanted. I was great at helping others but it came at a price. My self care came last and as my certifications and titles grew I became burnt out, drained and living a life only half alive. It took getting hit by a Cadillac Escalade for me to admit that I wasn’t ok and that I wanted to die for years.

All the years of therapy, medication, various dissociative practices and pretending to be ok only glossed over the grief and trauma I experienced. Within the awakening of that accident a small voice whispered, “I want to live.” That’s when the thread led me to embodying the messages of trauma that were stored in my body waiting to be heard and felt. Becoming a Certified trauma informed Life Coach allowed me to go into deeper layers of behavior coaching and be honest with where I was and what I was holding onto. As I embraced the embodiment of my healing the thread next appeared as curiosity and asked me to follow it into a masterclass in Shamanic “Journaling.” I wanted to get back into my journaling practice and wondered how a Shaman does it. What I read, understood as “journaling” was in actuality “journeying.” So with pen and paper in hand I was called in and through the doorway of Shamanism. That journey led me to become a Certified Energy Medicine Practitioner with the Four Winds Society. A lineage of Shamanism passed down from the Q’ero of Peru. It is a lineage of fire; of rapid transformation in the realm of the energetic. I discovered working in the energetic to be the deepest, subtlest layer for cleansing and letting go; which then allows the clean slate of destiny to be.

My journey is ongoing but this is where I am today the one that has led me into health, into embodiment, into healing. The thread I’ve been following has led me to you. This journey is not for everyone but if it speaks to you, I am here. In whatever way you wish for support, for guidance, for witnessing on your journey; whether in the physical, the emotional or the energetic.