My Healing journey

I am passionate about helping you create a path toward wholeness, self-compassion and authenticity.

I know your journey well. It’s a journey I’ve taken myself.

While I built a professional life that looked solid and successful from the outside, there were cracks in the foundation. I struggled with self-judgement, confusion and shame. I desperately tried to fix what I saw as the unlovable parts of myself. The endless striving became exhausting and unmanageable. Overwhelmed by feelings of sadness, depression, loneliness and isolation, I didn’t think my life was worth continuing.

I knew there was no way I could venture forward without some serious support from just the right helpers. I found coaches and healers to join me on my journey. I committed time, energy and financial resources to my personal growth. Working together we began to peel back the layers and unpack the well-worn luggage I’d been carrying. Through coaching, somatic mindfulness, breathwork and sound healing I began to release shame, cultivate acceptance, and find self-love.

Big changes

My healing journey completely transformed me. I found the courage to come out. I quite literally dropped the weight of carrying the burden of self-doubt and loathing. I lost over ninety pounds. As a diabetic, my levels went from shockingly horrible to within normal ranges. I saw huge improvements in other medical conditions that had been exacerbated by decades of unmanageable stress. I clarified my life purpose and embarked on a new path helping others find the well of love and connection that I’ve found.

My toolbox

My work draws from many experiential, somatic and mindful modalities including Somatic Psychology, Breathwork, Hakomi (Mindfulness-informed Somatic Therapry), NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programing), Sound Healing, Mindfulness Practices + Meditation, Reiki Energy Work, and Compassion Cultivation.

  • Certified Breathwork Facilitator | Sword & Lotus

  • Graduate, Hakomi Institute of Oregon, META Mindful Experiential Therapeutic Approaches, a mindfulness-based somatic therapeutic process. A two-year immersive program & practicum.

  • Certified Practitioner, NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming, The Institute for Excellence.

  • Certified HeartMath Coach.

  • Certified in Crystal Singing Bowl Healing Facilitator.

  • Certificate Program | Integrative Somatic Parts Work | Fran Booth, Embody Lab

  • Compassion Cultivation Training, University of Washington. CCT™ is a course designed at Stanford University and taught around the world by certified facilitators (Diane Hetrick, Seattle).

  • Shamanic Reiki Practitioner | Shamanic Reiki Worldwide

  • The Science of Resilience: How to Thrive in a World of Chaos | GaiaSphere | Bruce Lipton & Gregg Bradon

  • The Story That Your Illness Tells | Dr. Gabor Maté & Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD

  • Ongoing Breathwork training with various international teachers such as Tai Hubbart, Clarity Breathwork, Shamanic and BioDynamic breathwork.

  • Ordained Mister, Universal Life Church

  • BA Psychology & Organizational Communications | Concordia College

  • Professionally, I worked for over 20 years in Human Resources including, training, team development, change management, compassionate communication and leadership coaching. I also bring beauty to peoples’ lives through my full-time Interior Design practice, Minor Details LLC.

  • I am an artist and creative and often bring those resources into my integrative healing work.