Come on in!  I’m so glad you are here.

Perhaps you are here because you want to change. You may want increased energy and connection along with practical, accessible tools and a nurturing guide for getting there.

Maybe you’re experiencing one or more of the following:

• An awareness that something is missing but you can’t quite put your finger on what it is

• Lingering sadness, anxiety, exhaustion, or powerlessness

• Overwhelm from all that life requires of you

• Frustration that the help you’ve received is not working

• Upheaval from a major life event such as a death or illness

• A craving for more ease, time and joy

• A tangible desire for the sacred

Whatever brought you here, I’m fired up about empowering you to transform! Together, we’ll uncover patterns that keep you stuck and replace them with knowledge and tools to return you to a vibrant, meaningful life.

Over the past 15 years as a healer, I’ve helped clients:

• Leave harmful relationships and marriages and find the love they desire

• Step fully into initiatory cycles such as birth, death, becoming a parent, retirement

• Navigate and grow through terminal illness, loss and death

• Build powerful and passionate careers

• Reinvent their relationships and families

• Heal and cultivate their relationship with the divine

• Feel empowered during rites of passage

And the possibilities for you are truly infinite.

You will enjoy my unique combination of holistic healing, shamanism, spiritual counseling, and energy medicine. My clients tell me that even without any prior experience, my blend of approaches is always accessible.

About Me

I'm from the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, the most sacred land I know. Those gentle mountains taught me to love the earth deeply. I also spent my childhood on a farm in rural West Virginia. It was the safest place on earth, and there I felt a profound connection to all life. My grandparents were peace activists and fueled my desire to serve those in need. My parents nurtured my love of god, land, critter and people. I am ever grateful to my rural, southern roots.

Northern California has been my home for the past 25 years. I’ve loved living in the diverse landscapes of this west coast state from the Mendocino redwoods, to the city of San Francisco, to my present-day Santa Cruz county. With it’s foggy ocean views and the ever-present possibility of an earthquake, this fiery California land is a potent spot for innovation and change. It is a land of never-ending transformation. It is here that I live with my partner and our three boys – a thriving patchwork family. Here, my holistic healing practice spans two distinct landscapes — nestled in a beautiful Victorian in the heart of San Francisco, as well as in an ocean dwelling along the cliff-sides of the Santa Cruz dunes.  

I’m inspired by:

• Connection of all types–to land, to people, to community, to the world, and to the universe

• Working to heal places of disconnect, for example: painful relating, unhealthy habits, addiction..anything

• Family, cooking, deep conversation

• Dharma teachings, poetry, and plants

• Love–the most powerful source of healing we have

• The courageousness of an open heart

• The path of service. I have walked this path in the corporate world, the playground, mental hospitals, animal shelters, and in my private practice

• The beauty and vulnerability in transformative moments

I am honored and humbled by my life and my work. I deeply believe we can heal ourselves and our world and I want to show you how.

Credentials, Influences and Sources of Inspiration

I hold a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing. I have completed the coursework for my MA in Counseling Psychology.

I studied Depth Hypnosis, Shamanism, Energy Medicine, Buddhist Psychology and Transpersonal Psychology for over a decade with Dr. Isa Gucciardi. I was certified and worked for ten years as a Depth Hypnosis practitioner and Shamanic Counselor through the Foundation of the Sacred Stream.  

I’ve studied and practiced Buddhism for 15 years. My teachers include S.N. Goenka, Anam Thubten, and Dr. Isa Gucciardi. I’ve meditated every day for over 20 years. This inner work informs all that I do. My spirituality is also influenced by my Southern upbringing especially the daily practice of prayer. The earth herself is my greatest spiritual teacher.

I worked in tech in the corporate world for 10 years and have a background in corporate and product marketing.  

I adore family life. I’m a mama to two wonderful boys and a bonus mama to a third - all either teens or close to it. I’m a dog and cat mama too. I have a lovely life partner. I’ve also been single, a new mom, married, divorced, and re-partnered.

I’ve had my own private healing practice for over ten years and above all, my clients have been my greatest teachers.