My Story

Before I got into healing work, I spent my college years working in animal hospitals and studying to be a veterinarian, then shifted focus to environmental biology. In my 20’s I worked in environmental advocacy, sustainability, permaculture, & ecological farming. I was exploring and wanting to help, while trying to come to terms with the injustices we face in this world. I wanted to bring people into deeper connection with nature & each other.

That journey was taken to a whole new level when I got incredibly sick at age 27. A near death experience, hospitalizations, Lyme disease, other infections, medical trauma… I was taken to the inner landscape of my own physiology, my body, spirit, soul, and emotions. It was a dark and long chapter, but one that also had light and catalyzed a gradual transformation into who I am now. All of that studying of anatomy & physiology back in college sure did come full circle as I looked to the universe within me to understand how I might be able to heal. In fact, so much of what I spent my earlier life exploring - health, biology, physiology, art, nature, living systems, social systems, music, spirituality, creativity - came into form anew in the work I do today.

Starting a New Chapter

At the time of getting sick, I was running a farm with my ex-husband. Within 2 years of my illness starting, we decided to close the farm, separate, & get divorced. While still healing from chronic illness, I started navigating the path toward what was next for a new career & calling. I worked for a couple of years facilitating respite care for teens experiencing difficult home situations and mental health challenges and worked part-time supporting an agro-forestry non-profit. I studied, tried many different healing modalities, practitioners, & treatments. Eventually I enrolled in various training programs & started working with my own clients.

Let me tell you, I was hesitant to embark upon another entrepreneurial journey after my previous one ended in illness, burn out, financial loss, and divorce. However, I was also listening to my body, my heart, & my intuition. The life I felt and saw for myself still wasn’t a regular 9-5 job. It was my own creative exploration and continued willingness to push the edges of what is “normal” in order to stay true to my values and help the world heal.

To me it’s been a gradual process of remembering what it is to be alive and in relationship with myself and the natural world. Of continually de-conditioning from harmful systems of capitalism, patriarchy, colonization, white supremacy while still living within them. I look to nature often for some semblance of sanity. And so I look to my body too.

My body is nature, and has its own natural cycles. I like to live slower. I like to listen to my breath and feel my thoughts slow down while I sink into being here now. I don’t have to panic, rush, or force things to happen. I’ve enjoyed discovering more of who I am and what I care about by journeying through the highs and lows of this embodied human experience.

I’m grateful that everyday I get to guide others as they connect with their nervous systems and their bodies and explore their own truths. At the heart of all that is somatic healing, is the deep wisdom within us. Choosing to walk the path one day at a time and discover how we can further liberate and love ourselves, each other, and the world.

Disclaimer: Please note that I am not a psychotherapist or medical doctor of any kind. I operate from the scope of a Coach in my Somatic Coaching work. If I see that additional support beyond my scope of practice is needed, I will refer my clients to seek support from a psychotherapist, doctor, or other licensed professional.