About

I was thriving in the Air Force, excelling in various roles, but in 2014, I experienced a breakdown. What I didn’t realize at the time was that this was the start of my transformation into becoming a holistic trauma healer. I felt numb, disconnected from my body, and stuck in patterns that no longer served me. My healing journey began when I listened to my intuition (counter to what many suggested) and I left the military. I started studying spirituality and depth psychology, ultimately discovering the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, which would transform the way I understood trauma and healing.

In 2015, just as I began a year-long counseling and coaching training in San Francisco, my father passed away. I was a mess, but this program brought me face-to-face with my pain. I began to look at my father wounds, reclaim my sexuality, and deeply engage with others’ struggles. While I gained so much, I still felt internally unstable, constantly working to control my overwhelming emotions and how others perceived me. I once prided myself on being a chameleon. I could morph myself to fit into many different communities. It would take years to unravel these survival patterns.

Over time, I realized the hardest thing for me was recognizing what was truly okay for me, learning to access my own perspectives and wisdom, and setting boundaries based on my lived experiences. This work continues today.

Through that first training program, I came to the stark realization that I had experienced a traumatic childhood, and I felt deep shame because of it. I compared myself to others, believing I was more “messed up” than them. I resisted traditional therapy for years because I feared being labeled with a disorder and being told something was “wrong” with me. Beginning my adult career in a military environment, where mental health stigma was strong, didn’t help. But over time, after working with my protective parts—the rebel, the fiercely independent part—I came to a different understanding. There is no shame in acknowledging a problem and seeking help.

As I explored these insights, I began to see that traditional therapy can be incredibly valuable, but only if it considers the whole person. Beneath the symptoms lies a unique, whole soul. Limiting healing to labels can keep us from truly individuating (becoming a whole and authentic person).

After that program, I earned my bachelor’s degree from CIIS in San Francisco, where I did a lot of unlearning. We deconstructed ideas like self-worth being tied to prestigious careers and productivity determining value—concepts entrenched in our consumerist, patriarchal culture. I started to see how I had internalized limiting beliefs about what women could do and express.

During my time in Northern California, I experienced a dark night of the soul. I was broken open, deeply vulnerable, and easily triggered. Writing my thesis-style final on the “Wild Woman Archetype” and researching depth psychology became my lifeline. I began to understand that spirituality must be something rooted in the stories of the soul. This perspective offered me a way to move through difficult transformations using metaphor and symbol.

For the past five years, I’ve been in and out of my MA/PhD depth psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, pausing for work, navigating the pandemic, and moving across the country. During this time, I’ve deepened my tolerance for the difficult realities we face, learning to see how we co-create meaning in life.

Along the way, I became a whole-person coach, working with Lyra Health as an emotional and mental health coach. I had the privilege of helping hundreds of people across the U.S. build emotional wellness and make meaningful life changes.

While I loved this work, I often felt the need for deeper, transformative practices—those that allow space for unraveling deep conditioning and embracing uncomfortable growth. True healing requires going beneath the surface.

This longing for a practical way to guide individuals in the depth, brought me to the Internal Family Systems (IFS model. Over the years, I’ve learned that women need to reclaim their agency and make meaning of their experiences to heal fully—something I support through a combination of depth psychology and Internal Family Systems.

I have also worked with an incredible range of healing professionals—chiropractors, therapists, acupuncturists, coaches, embodiment and breathwork teachers. These experiences have helped me almost fully heal from chronic pain that I carried for nearly a decade. I now feel more connected to my body and emotions, truly coming home to myself.

This is the essence of my journey. I trust in the psyche’s natural ability to heal and believe there is meaning in our ailments. My life has swung between extremes—from a male-dominated military to the liberal streets of San Francisco, from being fiercely independent to needing deep emotional connection. I’ve come to realize that I am full of contradictions, and that’s okay. Embracing all parts of myself has led me to my authentic, multidimensional truth.

Because I’ve done this deep inner work, I can hold a strong and compassionate space for you as you learn to accept the rich, dynamic parts of yourself. Your multidimensional, soulful life is waiting for you too.