When I was younger, my unconscious focus was on trying to do everything “right”. I became the overachiever and the people pleaser. I checked all the boxes, held it all together, and I constantly put others’ needs ahead of my own. What looked like strength on the outside was self-abandonment on the inside. My nervous system was fried, my boundaries were very blurry, and I had no idea how to actually sit with and feel my emotions, let alone understand or work with them.

My journey to healing began my last semester of college when one of my professors approached me after my final presentation and offered me a job. I canʻt recall exactly how she described the work, I just knew it was better than cleaning toilets as a janitor, which is what I had been doing to pay my way through school. That job landed me front and center into the world of life coaching, where I became the Special Events and Projects Coordinator to help put on events with Martha Beck (a Harvard educated, New York Times best selling author, and life coach to Oprah).

Being exposed to her coaching methodology and the tools and practices of self-inquiry, questioning internal narratives, and visualizing my “ideal life” to help re-orient my daily actions was a gift. That was two decades ago. Since that time, I have continued to get deeply honest with myself, seeking to better understand my thoughts, my emotions, and my patterns and behaviors. I sought out mentors and continued to source knowledge and tools I needed to calm my nervous system and to sit with discomfort without spiraling. I learned how to connect with and heal the younger parts of me that held a lot of pain, and how to come home to myself with curiosity and compassion instead of criticism.

Now, I help others do the same. I teach people the tools needed to recognize and regulate their emotional responses, understand the needs underlying their emotions, communicate and set boundaries without guilt, and rewrite the internal stories that keep them stuck.

I don’t believe in quick fixes or just pretending everything’s fine. I believe in real, messy, liberating growth. Awareness is a very powerful first step, but knowledge and theory alone wonʻt shift you. The work and the practices will and I can say that because Iʻve lived it.

I’ve immersed myself for years in the tools and practices that have changed my life from the inside out. Learning and working with various modalities helped me understand why I reacted the way I did (without blame or judgement), how my nervous system was wired for survival (appreciating that it was trying to keep me safe), and how to reconnect with the parts of me I had long exiled or ignored (hello little me, come here and let me love you). I learned how to feel without being flooded, how to set boundaries from love, and how to meet my own needs without shame.

I feel so incredibly grateful for the opportunity to guide others through out of emotional reactivity and into grounded self-leadership. My work is rooted in compassion, sovereignty, and the belief that healing isn’t about becoming somebody new, itʻs about reclaiming who we’ve always been beneath all the conditioning.

If you’re ready to stop abandoning yourself and start living from your truth, you’re in the right place. Iʻm excited to meet you.