ABOUT

I could use this space to give an overview of my education or share some bullet points from my professional history — but then, I wouldn’t be practicing what I preach. I believe the world is changing, in powerful and wonderful ways, and that it is more vital than ever to show up and shine as our truest, most authentic selves. So here I am, and here is some of my story. 

I am a mom, a step-mom, a wife, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. And I have come to learn that I am a healer, born to share this gift with others. I tried very hard to live a conventional life, to behave and achieve in the ways I thought I was supposed to. I knew something wasn’t quite right as I pressed on, always comparing myself to others. (Sound familiar?) In my heart of hearts, I knew that I was different. The ache of not ever truly fitting in was with me throughout my childhood, and I brought that familiar ache right along into adulthood too. 

Have you ever heard the phrase, “listen to life’s whispers, so you don’t have to hear it scream”? Well, the whispers were not sufficient for the former me. I needed some screaming to set me on a new path. Life’s screams came in the form of a debilitating illness - late stage Lyme disease. Years of being profoundly ill, while pretending to myself and everyone around me that everything was fine, wore me down and eventually caused me to have to abandon my career in higher education, as well as the future career I was studying for as a graduate student in counseling and psychology. The irony is not lost on me that life at that time was very much about helping others, while I failed to help myself even in the slightest. In the midst of my struggle with illness, I lost a person who was very dear to me. So while I needed to figure out how to become well again, I also needed to grieve and learn to navigate life without one of my favorite humans.

I was receiving excellent medical care from nationally recognized Lyme doctors. We tried every conventional treatment possible, and while I remained tenaciously optimistic, I was not improving. I began receiving reiki healings at the center where my doctor was, and something began to shift for me. Around this time, I realized that much of my life had been about trying to impose my will. Forcing, clinging, pushing, insisting. I decided it was time to try a new way, and with that one simple decision, everything began to change. I surrendered to the flow of life, and miracles began to arrive, large and small, one after another. I became trained in reiki and in Raindrop Technique, another healing modality that was a major catalyst in my healing. With the encouragement of my doctor, and the help of family and many friends, I traveled to a foreign country for medical treatment that saved my life. Standing atop a mountain range in Germany, I became aware of the vastness of the world, and began to let go of my geographical attachments. Soon after I returned, we bought our current home, leaving the community we knew and loved to start a new life in a house that was meant to be ours… a house we chose, in part, to provide space for me to begin sharing the healing that saved me with others. 

And here we are. I know that the very best is yet to come, for me and for you, too. Let’s begin.