As I sought help from therapists, coaches, nutritionists, doctors, specialists, courses, books, God, the Bible, and friends, I started to peel back more and more layers of my story. Much of the advice I was given was unhelpful at best or made me sicker at worst. The people I expected to be experienced and understanding guides didn’t have a clue. I didn’t know what was happening with me exactly and how to ask for help, so I didn’t get the support I needed.  Overall, I always got the feeling that something was missing. Answers that I hoped were there but that nobody could give me. If I made progress at all, it was only for a little while, always hitting a new roadblock or another patch of road that was missing. So I just kept walking. I just kept asking questions.

My pretty severe dysautonomia (dysregulated nervous system) from my medication withdrawal started me learning about primarily nutrition and supplementation and detoxification. This progressed into studying nervous system health. As I made deeper connections with my traumatized friends and worked on my own nervous system with tools such as TRE, I discovered how developmental trauma had shaped my entire life, and everything started making so much more sense. The craziness of 2020, motivated me to do a deeper dive into how the world works and spirituality. My venturing deeper into healing my chronic illness the last several years has helped me to explore various brain retraining programs and somatics-based practices. Most recently, this has led me to exploring the areas of co-counseling and sharing modalities, touchwork, complex PTSD in more detail, the idea of our core self (inner child work or Parts work) and addiction. I continue to refine all of my previous understanding of what I’ve learned up until now. I hope to make it clearer and simpler and relatable for others to understand.

Throughout my life, I’ve tried my best to understand and cope with and heal my chronic depression, general anxiety disorder, panic attacks, OCD, C-PTSD and its toxic shame and emotional flashbacks from early life, and then protracted withdrawal symptoms, multiple food sensitivities, dysautonomia/chronic illness, and most likely another round of PTSD or C-PTSD from Benzos and SSRI discontinuation.  I’ve made a lot of progress on some of these, but still have a ways to go. 

I still have my struggles. You can read more about that HERE

What about you? I would love to hear your story.  What brought you here?  

• I was diagnosed with autism in April of 2026. I am exploring that more to see what that means for my own life and in bringing this work to others.

• I’ve had many experiences of emotional suppression, abandonment, rejection, and betrayals throughout my life, and also what I believe to be Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) and resulting CPTSD. If any of that resonates with you, feel free to connect with me.

• I received my TRE certification with the help of Alex Greene of Redbeard Somatic Therapy. I consult with him on questions I have and on brainstorming ideas.

• I am passionate about continuing both my education and practicing to help myself and others in a more comprehensive way.

• When I have the time and energy, I enjoy taking pictures, kayaking, walking, easy hikes, downhill skiing, movies, music, reading, and exploring new places.