I grew up feeling like I never quite belonged anywhere. I was conceived unexpectedly. My mom left when I was two. My dad didn’t know how to be a dad. My Gramma raised me. She loved me but she didn’t have the patience or softness for me I longed for.  I was sensitive, empathic, intuitive, and smart. I was weird.

I spent a lot of time alone; I read and learned music and played in Gramma’s wild gardens. I slept under the stars learning constellations, and learned flowers and seasons. Out in the world I was shy, didn’t belong, and learned to be invisible, quietly trying to fit in to a society focused on values so different than mine.

Gramma once told me I didn’t have to become like my parents, and her words planted a seed of hope. I followed my love of learning and earned scholarships into college, where anthropology and shamanism awakened my fascination with the human spirit. I didn’t yet know how to turn that passion into a path, so I worked in places that never felt right — including a few years at a bank where I was told I cared “too much” about people.  I left the bank to go to beauty school- I wanted to be able to care for people in real ways.

Life kept redirecting me. An elderly mentor wanted me to become ordained to help write and preside over her funeral ceremony. I studied for two years to become a Minister & Officiant. Then other friends began asking me to create and officiate weddings for them, and I discovered the deep honor of holding sacred space.

Later, in a sudden turn of events, my marriage ended, and I lost my home, step children, and home salon all at once. It felt like I had lost the world, another box I didn’t fit in.  I lost myself.  And somehow, it became a turning point. A chance encounter with Reiki cracked my heart open and began my own healing journey. I learned to find peace within myself, to heal old wounds, and to trust my sensitivity as a gift rather than a burden. That path led me to Reiki Mastery, deeper shamanic studies, and later, professional coaching.

Along the way, I’ve never stopped learning, training, and deepening — because every step of my healing has given me tools to guide others on their healing journeys too. Today, I bring all of this — ceremony, energy work, wisdom, and compassion — to help others honor their milestones, heal old wounds, and live more soul-led lives.