How pieces of my biography shaped my professional approach:
I’ve moved a lot throughout my life. I enjoy connecting with all kinds of people and take interest in their diverse lives.
In my early twenties, I lived in the wilderness of SE Alaska. The peace I felt there encouraged me to assist others in finding more sense of peace.
I became a massage therapist and developed a thriving practice.
I adopted my daughter. I learned about how relationships affect the wiring of the brain and nervous system.
- I experienced a devastating trauma from which I gradually emerged. Body-mind therapy was an integral piece of my healing transformation.
Inspired to help others recover from trauma, I began to study body-focused trauma resolution.
I provided brain injury rehabilitation support to individuals with acquired traumatic brain injury and their families.
I immersed myself in several years of education and experiential training in trauma recovery, how experience shapes the nervous system, developmental wound repair, and mindful self-kindness. I currently offer private sessions that support individual healing, and teach classes and workshops that explore these topics.
The journey continues…
Endeavor to know
& embody the difference between:
mere existence
& deep authentic existence,
just being human
& being fully human,
remaining fragmented
& bringing the conflicting parts of ourselves into active unity,
partial relating
& full relating with self and others.