BACKGROUND 

I came into the world as a highly sensitive, deeply feeling being. Life circumstances led me to internalize external messages that my sensitive nature meant I was deeply flawed. As a result, I put a lot energy into shutting down these qualities for most of my life. Through my (ongoing) healing journey, I have come to appreciate my sensitivity as a gift rather than a curse. Rather than continue to pour energy into shutting down my sensitive nature, I now re-focus that energy on re-claiming it, strengthening it, and holding compassionate space for other sensitives.

My work in the health care field began in 2012, and since then, I have gained experience through a variety of mainstream academic and mental health care settings. In both the undergraduate and graduate counselling programs I attended, trauma-informed practice was emphasized as a teaching focus, and there was a significant emphasis on "alternative" approaches including transpersonal psychology, non-dual psychology, and somatic/body-centered approaches. 

From 2019 – 2023 I had the privilege of working in First Nations communities. Working in community ultimately helped me wake up to the fact that I had been operating under a way of being that was incongruent to the “real me” deep inside. They truly were my teachers who shined a light that sparked an awakening process. Between mid-2021 to late-2022, I was fortunate to have had the opportunity for direct hands-on experience in the psychedelic therapy space, specifically with Ketamine-Assisted Therapy. In early 2022, I was blessed to cross paths with medical herbalist and multidimensional healer, Megan Waddy. Since then, I have been learning, training, and healing with her in the realms of the sacred feminine, heart-centered perception, Norse and Celtic Animism/earth-based honoring practices, and energy healing work.

All of the above has shaped me, and informs how I show up personally and professionally. I weave my formal clinical training with my spirit-led training and intuitive heart-centered knowing in my practice. I am passionate about helping sensitives and chronic people-pleasers cultivate self-compassion skills, develop emotional intimacy, connect with the wisdom of the body, and ultimately remember and re-connect with true soul's essence.