Hi, there. About me? Here goes...

Things I know to be true in my own experience- hardships are inevitable. Grief and pain are part of life and denying that fact only makes our struggles more painful and more difficult. I love life and I believe in the trans-formative power of positive thought, kindness and compassion and know first hand that there are more layers in life than the bright and shiny ones. Our work is to own ALL of our pieces and ALL of our experiences in order to embrace our true brilliance. Our strength comes from utilizing our resources to be fully seen, fully heard and fully expressed.

I have found my personal strength through the healing practices of shared vulnerability and truthful expression, in whispering softly to animals, finding delight in the simple pleasures of the senses, traveling to connect with new landscapes and new people, moving my body in ways that it expresses feel best, slowing my mind through meditation, honoring myself and the Earth through ceremony & ritual, and receiving massage therapy sessions.

Its become my life’s greatest passion to hold space for individuals as they embrace their personal healing & stabilizing resources. I help individuals build creative, joyful, lives with increased resiliency through the re-membering of their soulful, sacred, essence.

To learn more about this work and what brought me to it, please listen to my interview on the podcast ‘Healing Charlotte’ with therapist and wellness advocate, Katie Overcash.

For more helpful insight into this journey as well as tools that I have found helpful along it, check out my podcast The Wandering Widow, available on all major streaming services.

Curious about my education and credentials?

With hundreds of hours of coaching and personal development experience I take pride in knowing that my clients are held, heard, and supported in integral way(s) that allow for personal enrichment while remaining inline with all ICF (International Coaching Federation) guidelines of ethics.

My Coaching Education has been provided by the Mindfulness Coaching School which adheres to the highest standards of educational and ethical requirements for their coaches. The skills of mindfulness, meditation, creative expression, somatic experiencing, compassionate communication, and bias/inclusion are skills that have been honed through the thoughtful direction of very skilled educators, mentors and collogues.

*15 years of coaching and development experience in cooperate retail structures

*200+ hours of one-on-one and group client sessions with KH Healing Arts

*Advanced level facilitator with The Grief Recovery Method

*Grief Coaching Certification through The Institute of Professional Grief Coaching

*Certified Bodyworker and Massage Therapist since 2015

*23 years of mindfulness meditation study & practice

*Certified 200hr.+ Yoga Teacher with Asheville Yoga Center since 2016

*Training in ancestral healing practices and the ritual arts

As a grief walker and active joy seeker, I hold the very real lived experience of learning to walk with the tough stuff. I’ll never claim to know it all, or have it all figured out~ each life, path and challenge are as unique as the person experiencing them. Though there is something to be said for sharing space and story with someone who (“get’s it") has been in the depths of grief of losing close loved ones, loss of a dreamed for future (and experiences), job shift(s), loss of personal safety/body autonomy as a result of assault and abuse, substance abuse challenges, relationship endings, and challenges associated with creating a life of wellness, wholeness and joyful expression despite it all. My personal experiences don’t make me an expert (NOBODY wins the grief Olympics, its not a competition and there is no value in making comparisons~ all pain is valid) and I choose to believe my life’s path helps me access a deep reservoir for empathy and resource/personal tool development through lived experience.

I allow what I have lived through to help me relate to clients in healthy, grounded and boundaried way(s), while also using the coaching skillset acquired through supervised educational/training and career development.