My Story

There are many woven reasons for my being here, in the realm of therapy + coaching, on my healer’s journey. The pieces may slowly come out in blog writing, but for now…

 

It started, of course, in pursuit of my own healing. I remember the moment- it was a bright sunny day, I was out biking, all was well in my life, but my mind was a torrent of storms and I felt miserable. I decided it didn’t matter what I did, if I wasn’t content inside I wouldn’t enjoy the richness of living. Or manifest dreams. So, I pursued to understand the inner world. As well, my activism work in my teens lead to a conclusion that people manifest their inner worlds, so if I want to create positive change in this world, I need to help people be more satisfied inside. And I needed to start with myself.

 

A significant journey for me has been recovery from sexual assault, intense anxiety, and bouts of depression. Ironically, psychotherapy didn’t so well work for me. So, I travelled the world in desperation for help from other culture’s healing modalities and with young excitement to experience new cultures. I gained many different perspectives on how to view and be in life and deepened my spiritual understanding. Towards the end of my cultural travels, I decided I needed to dive deep into one healing form. I decided to return to the country I was born in, USA, and figure out how to heal the troubles that manifest in my home culture. In addition, for me, all the beautiful spiritual intensives I went through were missing a better understanding of psychology, of the struggles of humaning.

 

I come to this work blessed to carry forward the work of so many brilliant healers and sources of medicine. At the time of writing this, I feel particularly thankful for the unique university I got to attend for my master’s degree in clinical mental health with a focus in Buddhist psychology at Naropa University. Rather than the typical armchair studying of human psychology as separate from oneself, I got to deeply explore the vast landscapes of my mind. I believe my clients benefit from this becomes I come with profound empathy for the wildness and mundanities of human experiences.

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Random fun facts about me outside of this work: I love dancing, aerial arts, cooking, rock climbing, snowboarding, being ridiculous, and laughing a lot. I'm mom to a ball python. I generally hate labels and avoid using them for myself.