I’m a nature-loving, backpacking, fire dancing lover of all things old and anything related to music. I’m curious about everything and love to learn. I find inspiration in the wisdom of time and the natural world. I love to play and I find humor in human idiosyncrasies.
I received my coaching education at The Mindfulness Coaching School where I was fortunate to teach courses in mindful eating and body awareness. I have a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy and a master’s degree in dementia and aging. I have more than 20 years of experience working with diverse populations in healthcare, academic and community settings. My coaching and consultative approach is grounded in contemplative and cognitive science from which I use embodied and relational awareness practices.
My passion for the work I do comes from my life experiences; living with an eating disorder, navigating life with sensory processing sensitivity, helping my father find meaning after having a stroke and living in a nursing home, grieving the death of my mother, losing friends and beloveds to addiction, and learning from the countless people that I’ve been honored to work with.
I would not be here without the love of my friends and family or following my heart, which has placed me many times in the right place at the right time. I am deeply grateful to every person, mountain, river, tree, star, and creature that has helped me see beauty in the world despite the darkness.
On a quiet afternoon shortly after my father had been admitted to rehabilitation after his second stroke, my mother told me she was going to be a Stephen Minister. When I asked her why, she said, “because I want to do something good with all that I’ve been through so other people don’t have to go through things like this alone.”
We are not meant to live life’s challenges alone. In honor of my mother and father and the many formal and informal teachers I’ve been fortunate to learn from, I invite you to join me in making life less difficult than it needs to be and more beautiful than we can possibly imagine.
