Bicultural, curious + creative world-traveling human creating magic through living well. I am fascinated by interconnectivity and our innate healing capacity and love ceremony/ritual, nature time and can spend hours nerding out on food/nutrition, herbalism, spirituality, music + art.
Professionally, I'm a somatic specialist focused on early developmental, ancestral, inter-generational, bicultural, and relational trauma and human attachment. I am trained in concrete ways to support our nervous systems as relational beings, identify and shift behavioral and emotional patterns, and honor our interconnected and interdependent experiences as human beings. I also integrate the knowledge and tools gained from 16 years spent working with indigenous teachers of various traditions, and my many years of experience as an embodied movement facilitator and wilderness rites of passage guide.
HOW DO YOU EMBRACE DIVERSITY AND/OR UNCONVENTIONALITY?
I grew up in a bicultural environment in an immigrant household transposed between two diametrically opposed cultures, which I feel gave me a unique perspective of bridging cultures and feeling most at home out in the world. Growing up in a part of the world that was full of diversity, I was naturally curious about all the other cultures, foods, languages I was surrounded by and as an adult, went on to live in other countries and cultures. I've never really lived a conventional life - I was always drawn to living outside the norms of society.
HOW DO YOU EXPRESS YOURSELF CREATIVELY?
Though my main work now is as a Somatic Practitioner, I went to art school and was a professional designer and photographer for a very long time. I still do all the design for my own projects, take photos every day, love to write and when I can find the time, like to draw, sew, and work on other creative projects.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY? WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE AN EXPERT IN AND COULD GIVE ADVICE TO THE COMMUNITY ON?
I feel I am a very supportive and empathetic person who likes to connect others, so have brought many sisters into the fold and am always sharing events and things from the groups to others to bridge. I am an expert in healing trauma and human attachment and love to support people in working through their attachment patterning to create healthier and more connected relationships. I've also started several businesses over the years and have a lot to share and support people in letting go of fear and going after they want.
SHARE A VERY VALUABLE INSIGHT YOU DERIVE FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE WORLD: