About

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I'm an author, women's wellness coach, Reiki Master and intuitive devoted to personal growth, scientific research, and spirituality. I created my business with the intention of helping ambitious, soul-aligned women navigate life's biggest shifts, helping them to trust themselves to lead the way. 

My Personal Story

I remember the first time I experienced an unexplained medical issue that my doctors couldn't quite figure out. I was 13 and had started my period the year before. Migraines, the kind that make you feel like you have the worst case of sea sickness, started to happen almost monthly. Then the vision issues began. When a migraine came on, and it came on suddenly, my vision would blur, the edges of my sight getting smaller and smaller until I could barely see. My mom would set me up in my bedroom in complete darkness with a warm washcloth on my eyes. Sometimes she'd give me Excedrin as she swore by that cure for her own headaches. My mom took me to see a pediatric neurologist because the headaches became so severe. No one could figure out what was causing them, but now that I'm a woman in midlife going through perimenopause, I understand the complex relationship between homrones and overall health. 

The science is clear now that menstrual related headaches are quite common for girls entering puberty, but in the 1980s I don't think this understanding was quite as known or at least the doctors in my hometown weren't aware of this link. Apparently, my brain is super sensitive to hormone fluctuations, a fact I became intimately aware of when entering perimenopause at 42. No one had warned me about what I might experience at this stage of my life. Let's just say I was blindisded and left scrambling to figure it out mostly alone. This is what inspired me to become a women's health and wellness coach. 

I'm also an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person), a term coined by psychologist Elaine Aron. This trait is found in approximately 20-30% of the population and fun fact, biologists have found it in over 100 species! To sum this trait up in a few words, HSPs process information deeply. Our brains have something called Sensory Processing Sensitivity which means we deeply process information from our environments. We're also very self-reflective and have high empathy. Consequently HSP brains are sometimes described as "supercomputers". This doesn't mean HSP brains are better than anyone else's, just different. I didn't know there was such thing as Sensory Processing Sensitivty when I was growing up. I'm from the hyper independent, latch-key, no-one-knew-where-I-was-most-of-the-time-Generation X. I had no idea why I didn't like the feeling of scratchy wool sweaters on my skin, or why I'd cry at a sunset or take in the emotions of my family members to the point of feeling ill. I also didn't realize how hormone fluctuations impacted my already sensitive brain. 

I am passionate about women's health and also in building communities that support women through life's various seasons. My own personal experiences as a highly sensitive and neurodivergent woman allow me to more authentically meet my clients where they are at, not as an enlightened guru, but as a peer. Someone who understands the unique challenges and also resiliency of women, and in particular, women in midlife. 

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