Here’s my story:

After the loss of my husband to cancer, I found myself deep in the emotions of grief and loss without a clear path forward.  I quickly discovered, that though my friends and loved ones were sympathetic, supportive, and well meaning, few had a deep understanding of the grieving process.  I sought out people and experiences that helped me see the deeper meanings, not only in the loss of my husband, but also previous challenges including childhood and parental issues, my parents' divorce, and other deep, lingering emotional wounds from broken relationships. 

As I progressed on my healing journey, I met others experiencing their own grief.  Whether it was the grief of losing a loved one, going through a divorce, chronic illness, or other emotional trauma, the emotions people experienced were very similar, and many of them felt that life was happening “to them”.  As a result, layered into their grief were feelings of victimization, helplessness, and hopelessness.  I also found that both men and women had a difficult time seeking or finding meaningful support to manage the emotions that result from grief and trauma.  Those emotions were so hard to process, that I saw many people trying to ignore, suppress, or deny how deeply they were hurting.  As a result, they were developing unhealthy coping mechanisms to mask their pain, finding themselves stagnant, spiraling out of control, or lashing out at others. 

Moving through my own healing journey, I learned the vocabulary of healing, and found that I had an innate ability to empathize with others and help them process their own painful emotions. I came to the realization that even though everyone’s path to healing is individual, having experienced my own challenges around family dysfunction, emotional trauma, and loss, I was in a unique position to help empower others to heal as well. 

As I learned to see the deeper meanings and lessons in my own challenges, I found my purpose in helping others to do the same.  My Healing Practice is born of the desire to provide a safe place, free of judgment, to unpack, explore and heal deep emotional traumas.  My work embodies the idea of an inviolable space where we can find love and compassion for ourselves and others, heal, and re-emerge into the world to experience life with a restored sense of wonder and understanding that life is actually happening “for us", giving us a living laboratory to learn and, ultimately, to evolve into the best version of ourselves.  I have pursued training in healing modalities such as Reiki, Human Design, Divine Healing, Sound Healing, Guided Visualization, Meditation, and Soul Path, and continue to seek processes and modalities that can be beneficial to the healing process.   Using these modalities in conjunction with my natural abilities to empathize, receive intuitive messages and Mediumship, I have become passionate about helping others find meaning in their experiences, new perspectives on life, and skills to move confidently ahead on their healing journeys. 

  I deeply believe that the road to healing is an upward spiral, wherein we continue to circle around and see the deeper lessons and meanings in our experiences.  We also learn to see ourselves and others more clearly, embracing all the aspects that make us who we are.  The ultimate goal of our healing journey is finding that a Sanctuary isn’t a physical space, but a spirit of love and compassion that we embody, then as we heal ourselves, we create a ripple effect of healing through our families, communities, and, ultimately, the World.  

My healing journey has been equal parts beautiful and terrible, overwhelming and uplifting.  I have been in situations time and again where I could choose the safe and easy path, or I could be true to myself and choose the harder, more challenging, but ultimately, more rewarding path.  I have experienced kindness, love and compassion from loved ones, close friends, complete strangers, and everyone in between.  One of my greatest lessons is that by seeing my challenges with clarity, I can navigate any path that unfolds before me with grace and the understanding that what lies before me will keep me growing into the best version of myself.  Through The Simple Heart Sanctuary, I hope to help you find this as well. 

Thank you for visiting my website. and taking the time to read my story.  I am incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to travel some of your journey with you.  Please follow any of the “Schedule an Appoinment” links to schedule a Soul Freedom Call or Session of your choice, and let's map out the path that we can travel together.