get to know me

from the inside out

In 2011, I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I had already been sick for months, quitting my graduate program where I was studying to become an acupuncturist -- for the first time in my life I couldn't keep up. I could barely get out of bed, tolerate noise, digest food, or focus on reading a page of a book. "This is not me," I thought over and over... 

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I visited doctor after doctor. Some tried hard and helped a little, more hurt by saying that because they couldn't find anything wrong with me, I wasn't really sick. I felt defeated.

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For several years, I gave up. 

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I was hopeless that I would ever feel better. I wrote out my feelings to express pain I could not share and to find a voice when I felt silenced. I tried to give in and adapt to feeling unwell because I so deeply believed this was my only choice.

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It was not until soon after my first Reiki session that I could see a light had gone out in me. After a few sessions I began to believe again that my light was worth finding.

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I picked up my research and called doctor after doctor, demanding to be taken seriously. After finding a functional medicine practitioner, I was found to have multiple infections that no other doctor had bothered to test for. I, like so many people with chronic invisible illness, fell silent when I did not fit the conventional mold of illness and wellness.  

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As my vitality returns, so does my hunger for sharing healing practices with others. I became a certified rehabilitation counselor in 2016 and I am certified Reiki Level II in the Usui lineage. I spend countless hours exploring varieties of healing work.

I I am here to help support your unique path.

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Here I wish to reflect on my medical privilege as a white woman. The United States medical system has racist underpinnings that express in ways in which I (unfortunately, too often blindly) benefit. I work actively to dismantle white supremacy within myself and the systems around me. My intent in sharing my practice is to support increased equitable accessibility of energy healing and creative outlets to all who seek them. I am open to feedback -- I am here to learn too.