My Story To Healing + Authenticity

My weaving of energy healing with therapy or coaching was inspired by my own healing journey.

I came from a home where there was emotional and physical violence, addiction, and mental illness.

I lived through depression and survived sexual trauma as a teen, which led me to turn to alcohol to cope. After 15 years of alcoholism and a DUI arrest, I realized that I had an addiction. I got sober, which gave me the clarity to acknowledge the effects of unresolved trauma. The effects of all my traumas manifested as PTSD, depression, and hypomanic episodes. Not long after getting sober, I was diagnosed with PTSD and bipolar type II and embarked on my own healing journey full of frustration, moments of breakdown and wanting to give up, embracing and releasing shame... and then I had moments of peace and remembering, remembering who I truly am, moments of awe with divine mystical mysteries opening up and making me see a bigger picture, moments of almost unexplainable healing through surrender and energy-work, through connecting to that which is greater than me and all of us, that source energy which is behind, beneath, and within all that exists.

 

Since I have firsthand experience with abuse, domestic violence, addiction, and mental health struggles, I bring a unique perspective to the world of healing. Not only did I survive these difficult experiences, but I found healing, growth, and a new lease on life by realizing that my true self was not defined by any of those experiences. My healing journey was earth-shattering for me; it fundamentally changed me by forcing me to crumble and purge all that was not true. I decided to dedicate my life to helping others find genuine healing, authenticity, and second chances as well.

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To realize your true self means first letting go of everything that is not a part of your core, true self. This letting go process usually (not always but usually) comes after a "rock bottom" moment, which I describe as the moment you decide big change is needed in your life. Letting go can be a dark, rough, and lonely time of life. It is described as the liminal space, the space in-between. You have left your old self behind but have not yet fully stepped into your new chapter of life. When you let go, you create a void. If you do not know how to find inspiration and bliss, you will end up filling the void with unhealthy, dependent behaviors. This could be food, shopping, sex, drinking, drugs, obsessive exercise, social media likes, or codependent toxic relationships aka love addiction. People will do just about anything to fill the void when they really need to accept the void and face their shadow. Once you embrace your shadow, you can then learn how to not allow it to sit in the driver's seat and shift your focus to the deepest yearnings of your soul as opposed to the desires of your wounded ego.

 

Integrating your light and shadow, realizing what your soul longs for... this is how your step into your truest self, this is what I help people do.

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I was drawn to help others find healing through the magickal modalities of reiki, shamanism, and yoga. I knew that these modalities were so powerful but sometimes it seemed like there was something missing. After experiencing immense energetic shifts due to reiki and yoga, there was not always someone to talk with in those settings, to help verbally process, understand, and integrate those shifts. And traditional therapists did not seem to understand energy medicine. Seeing this deficit in the holistic health field made me decide to integrate these modalities with therapy or coaching so others can experience the magick of reiki, yoga, or shamanism and receive professional support at the same time.​

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I acquired my Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work, with a specialization in mental health and trauma, at the University of Denver. I have been practicing as a therapist since 2019 around the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. I became a certified somatic wilderness therapist in 2022 after completing training at the Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute in Boulder, Colorado. I have experience working with survivors of trauma and domestic violence, people struggling with addiction, and people with these diagnoses: bipolar, schizophrenia, borderline, dissociative identity disorder, depression,  anxiety, PTSD, and C-PTSD.

 

I began my journey to become a holistic healer when I did my yoga teacher training in 2019, in the Rocky Mountains, at the Shoshoni Ashram. I continued the path further into energy medicine when I was drawn to begin reiki training in 2020 with Juniper Moon Healing and shamanic training in 2021 with Everyday Shamanism (The Four Winds/Munay-Ki Tradition). I completed my advanced shamanic training and studies in 2025 with Jerri Doran (Four Winds/Munay-Ki Tradition) and The Mists of the Celtic Heart.

 

I am passionate about bringing the power of holistic healing to anyone who is ready to peel back the layers of fog, confusion, and hurt, to find their true inner self & soul purpose.​​