The longer story

… because everyone has one, right?

My own adventures in healing (read my story here) led me on a path to discover the foundation of healing. In my own life, I came to a place where I knew addressing my emotional healing was going to be the key to finally being and staying, well.

I was frustrated with traditional therapy and felt stuck that talking about things didn’t clear them from my body or make me feel any better. It led me in search of answers to a very important question — Why do some people heal from emotional or physical issues, while others don’t? Out of my frustration, a solution was born. Learning about and working with my energy system gave me access to finally heal to the core … and now I’m here to teach what I know. Through my own experience, I created a way to release old emotional baggage or energy from the body. No more coping. Just healing.

Although I’ve been called a host of super endearing things (expert in mind-body-spirit healing, an accidental guru, a modern-day wizard, and the Muhammed Ali of energy work – how fun are those?!) … I am really just someone who managed to figure my stuff out when no one else could. And now, after lots of training and healing, I get to help other people do the same. 

I seriously and wildly love my job.

When working with clients, I have a supportive and often humorous (a little laughter goes a long way) no-nonsense, ‘let’s deal with your stuff’ approach. I’m also freakishly intuitive, which I definitely credit to how I do what I do with great success. I work from the point of view that unprocessed emotions, limiting beliefs and subconscious blocks can keep us from being the healthy, happy people we were meant to be. Pain and suffering, emotional and physical, are also positives though and it’s important to embrace that too – they help lead us to awesome places we might have never found otherwise. And, they are just as much part of our healing as anything else.

My work is influenced by the teachings of Louise L. Hay, Dr. Bruce Lipton, Donna Eden, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Caroline Myss, Gary Craig, Masaru Emoto, and Dr. Gary E. Schwartz. I also resonate with and teach according to the principles of the Universal Law of Attraction (but with a bit more of a liberal, real-life approach than most stuff you’ll read out there).

I have been featured in publications including CNN, Psych Central, Curve magazine, Purpose Fairy, Elephant Journal, Divine Caroline, The Good Men Project, Owning Pink, The Tapping Solution, East Hampton Press, the San Francisco Book Review, Orlando Sentinel and was named one of The Advocate’s “40 Under 40” for 2013.

How I Can Help You

“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs, and becoming who you are.” - Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, Professor of Medicine at UCSF

I believe while the healing process isn’t always quick (but it totally can be so expect miracles!), the journey can be a flowing adventure full of discovering how you got to where you are – and how to get to somewhere better. I don’t like dwelling on my emotions, and I operate under the assumption you think it sucks too. I’m all about helping you find ways to stop dwelling and start moving on. When you do, your body will relax and be in full healing mode and miracles can unfold.

I use a powerful, but super gentle approach to work with the layers that might be keeping you stuck. My approach allows us, together, to identify them (even if they’re subconscious), release them from your energy system, and help you move on with your life. My goal is to guide you to self-healing (yep, you can do it!). It’ll be work, but I promise we’ll also have some fun along the way.

Self-healing will not interfere with any of the good stuff you’re already doing with your doctors, natural healers, and other practitioners. It’s a compliment that often supports all of that even further.

What Makes Me Different?

I was once where you are so I totally get ya’. After Western medicine just wasn’t the “fix” I needed, I went to many alternative practitioners – those who wanted me to think myself well (as if I hadn’t already tried that for free), repeat affirmations that I didn’t believe, and just sit quietly and meditate. Then I discovered practitioners who worked in the energy field, which I was fascinated with – but I couldn’t relate to a single one of them. As a very grounded-in-reality person, many were just too ‘woo woo’ for me and I couldn’t integrate their therapy protocols into my very real-life, life.

My approach is the culmination of many years of figuring out what really works – and what doesn’t. I learned on my own healing adventure, there is much more to deep and complete healing than symptom relief. I look at what’s going on with the energy system, how unprocessed emotions might be affecting that, and help you become rebalanced. I have a knack for seeing things from a different angles so we can change whatever is not working for you. I will always put you in charge of your own healing, but you can count on me to be there every step of the way.

A majority of the success I have with clients really comes not only from the techniques, but also knowing what to clear – emotional events, patterns, beliefs, and other blockages that prevent healing. There are so many wonderful and effective techniques out there, but knowing what to apply those techniques to is crucial in seeing positive results. I consider myself a seriously talented detective when it comes to figuring out what keeps people stuck – and that’s all because I had lots and lots of practice untangling my own issues first.

But I know it can work. And, it’s well worth it.