My story…

I know what it’s like to think about things way more than I’d like to, and if that’s been your experience, you’re not alone!  

Mindfulness, which can be thought of as compassionate awareness, was essential for changing my relationship with my mind.  As a long-time mindfulness practitioner and now teacher, I learned to pause throughout my day, noticing more. I could let thoughts come and go, realizing each thought didn’t have to “mean” something or even be true.  I could feel a strong emotion arise like sadness or confusion, and offer myself kindness as my response versus rushing to push it away and feel differently.

I could bring my attention out of my head and into my body.

Our mind is not our enemy, but it’s also not meant to guide us through life. 

After graduate school for Social Work, I started a two-year Clairvoyant Training program in San Francisco. It felt great to explore myself in a different way, learning to read my body’s energy and others, gaining new perspectives I couldn’t get to by “thinking” about things.

Eventually I left my “dream social work job on paper” in CA and started to work at various retreat centers doing seasonal jobs so I could create some space in my life and explore not just what I did, but also how I did my life.  My inner world exploration has led me to engage with various practices/systems including: therapy, energy work, shadow work, human design, somatic experiencing, circling, authentic relating, authentic movement, and so much more!

Now, I’m committed to not making life decisions from my head, but rather from my body.

In this process there was a lot of time to sit with not knowing. I met people who flowed right from one opportunity to the next. That was not me!  I often had months without some internal clue of where I wanted to go next. This created plenty of opportunity for my mind to make up lots of stories, while creating doubt and fear around what I would do next, and why I was doing this, etc. 

How often have you rushed to fix or respond to something not because it felt right, but because it was easier to do that than sit with the uncomfortable feeling of not yet knowing what to do?  

This time of not knowing was ultimately a gift. I could watch and not react to all the ways mind could fight to be in charge. I could rest in presence, creating space for wisdom to rise up from silence.

Learning how to respond to my mind and myself in a way that feels healthy and kind, and also be guided by my body and intuition, is an ongoing process and 100% worth it for the internal freedom that is created.  This is available for you too!

My sessions combine intuitive wisdom and a caring space to integrate and explore. I encourage a connection to your body throughout the session to support integrating whatever comes through.

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