You deserve a life that feels peaceful, authentic and aligned – filled with joy, wonder and possibility.
why i do what i do
My Mission
I help women break free from the patterns, suffering and pressure that have kept them stuck for far too long. I support women who have been strong for everyone else, who carry the weight of old wounds and emotional overload, and who are ready to reconnect with themselves and create a life they truly love.
I believe that every woman has the capacity to heal, to rise and to return to herself. I also believe that the seemingly impossible is possible — because I’ve lived it. My calling is to help you turn your darkest nights into your greatest gifts.
My Story
I was born into trauma — though I didn’t know it until I was 40.
By age five, I wanted to die. I had already developed a belief that something was horribly wrong with me – that I shouldn’t exist. So, I became the perfect girl. The achiever. The one who smiled while falling apart inside, believing that if I could just do enough, I might finally be worthy of love.
It didn’t work. So I turned the pain inward. More self loathing. Eating disorders. Workaholism. Slowly losing myself.
At 16, I found what felt like rescue. My high school sweetheart became my anchor. We were together for 24 years. But like our fathers before us, he became an alcoholic, and I became a codependent enabler.
On the outside, I was succeeding — career, family, holding everything together. Inside, I was crumbling and didn’t even know it.
The Turning Point
My body began to fail. A rare tumor. Mini strokes. Multiple surgeries. Autoimmune diseases, including one of the worst cases of celiac disease my doctor had seen. Chronic pain so severe I could barely move.
Through it all, I fought. Not just for my life but for the chance to be the mom my children deserved.
My daughter’s birth had cracked something open within me. My son’s birth, after hospitalization and months of bed rest fighting for his life, deepened it. My children became my greatest inspiration to heal, break old cycles and create a different future. And, while my health crises opened the door to faith, motherhood deepened my connection to God and profoundly awakened me.
As I became aware of new possibilities, the life I’d worked so hard to hold together was unraveling. My husband’s alcoholism escalated and the abuse worsened. Drawing on strength I didn’t know I had, I made the hardest choice of my life.
I left. With my two very young children, our dog and essentials in tow, we moved in with my parents to begin again. As I found my footing as a single mom, the financial fallout from my husband’s alcoholism and the economic turmoil of 2008 weighed heavy. We lost everything — our house, our cars, our stability.
So much of the life I’d known had fallen apart. Yet, amidst the loss and uncertainty, I was reclaiming something far more precious – myself, my freedom and the opportunity to create a better future for my family. One where we could begin breaking generations of dysfunctional patterns.
The Transformation
I dove deep. Therapy. Al-Anon. Energy healing. Somatic practices. Spiritual mentorship. I invested thousands of hours and dollars into my own transformation — not just to survive, but to thrive.
And, I did.
Today, I can say with truth: I love myself. I am proud of myself.
I’ve transformed from:
- Agnostic to deep faith in the Divine
- Debilitating health crises to vibrant health
- Emotional shutdown to feeling deeply
- Relentless self-criticism to self-love and inner peace
- Codependent enabler to empowered woman
- Trauma-bound to truly free
And, I’m still on the journey. Just like you.
My professional journey is another part of that transformation. After decades in corporate communications and marketing, including many years as a consultant, I’ve embraced a deeper calling – to help others heal and break free. I’m immensely grateful for the career I’ve built while wholeheartedly pursuing this calling. Sometimes transformation isn’t about replacing one life with another. It’s about growing into a fuller expression of who we are.
Today, I walk beside women who are ready for their own transformation. I guide with tenderness and honesty because I understand the courage and strength it takes to step into a new way of being.
My Approach & Methods
I hold space with tenderness honoring your unique journey and pace so you feel deeply seen, heard and understood.
This work asks for your honesty, your willingness to feel and your commitment to showing up even when it’s uncomfortable. I will walk with you into the places that have been waiting patiently and persistently to be healed. And together, we will transform what’s been keeping you stuck.
My integrated Breaking Free approach has grown from more than two decades of personal healing, study, training and transformation. It brings together the many dimensions of who we are, helping us go beneath the surface to create meaningful, lasting change.
My work weaves together:
- Nervous system regulation
- Somatic (body) awareness
- Energy and light work
- Emotional regulation
- Mindset mastery
- Shadow work and integration (bringing hidden patterns to light)
- Intuitive guidance
- Spiritual grounding
As a compassionate and powerful warrior, I help you integrate even the most challenging parts of yourself and your experiences into greater wholeness – bringing shadow to the light.
How This Work Supports You
Rooted in empowerment and trauma-informed coaching, my approach brings together compassion, intuitive guidance and holistic practices to support sustainable change.
Our work together helps you move beyond simply understanding your struggles to creating a meaningful shift in how you experience and navigate life.
You’ll gain deeper awareness of the patterns influencing you, the ability to navigate challenges with more confidence and compassion, and a stronger connection to your own wisdom, strength and purpose. You receive guidance, tools and practices that nurture all of you.
Together, we create space for a life of greater freedom, joy and possibility.
This is how you transform in ways you haven’t been able to before.
I believe we are all lanterns of light, called to shine as brightly as possible. I’m deeply honored to walk with you on your journey to becoming the best version of yourself.
Just for Fun
- Swam with dolphins, stingrays and manatees; fed a sloth, giraffes and tropical birds; painted with a porcupine
- Jumped out of a 40-foot lava tube in Hawaii
- Spelunked through cave networks in the Rocky Mountains
- Hosted an exchange student from Spain who is every bit family just not by blood
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- I love traveling, dancing, being in nature, cooking and learning
- The greatest gift and honor of my life: being a mom
- I experience all the clairs (intuitive senses); most strongly clairvoyance and clairsentience
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A Dedication
To the difficult chapters and people who have challenged me most deeply:
I have learned that even our darkest experiences can become pathways to profound growth. I am grateful for the strength, wisdom and freedom I’ve discovered along the way. And, for the forgiveness that has allowed me to move forward with greater peace.
May we all find our way toward healing and the light.
A Gift for Your Journey
One practice that has been especially meaningful in my own healing and spiritual journey is Ho’oponopono, a Hawaiian practice associated with reconciliation, forgiveness and restoring harmony.
Thank you. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I love you.
These four simple phrases are a beautiful invitation to extend compassion, forgiveness and love — to yourself, to others and to the relationships and experiences that have shaped your life.
You might try repeating them gently, allowing yourself to feel whatever arises, without forcing forgiveness or any particular outcome.
A Gift for Your Journey
One practice that has been especially meaningful in my own healing and spiritual journey is Ho’oponopono, a Hawaiian practice associated with reconciliation, forgiveness and restoring harmony.
Thank you. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I love you.
These four simple phrases are a beautiful invitation to extend compassion, forgiveness and love — to yourself, to others and to the relationships and experiences that have shaped your life.
You might try repeating them gently, allowing yourself to feel whatever arises, without forcing forgiveness or any particular outcome.