How I Got Here..

You can read my Bio here.

But I don’t want to talk about job titles or business ventures in this space. I want to talk about how I got spiritually here to offer this space. 

For the past 7 years I have been in the funeral industry, working at local cemeteries. For the past two years, I have also been helping a friend build their start-up. But just this past June, with a change in ownership of the cemetery that I was working on, I realized that I was completely burnt out. Between often working 6 days a week between the two jobs, taking care of a teenager, being a caregiver for my mother, and volunteering with Rotary, I just didn’t have anything else to give. And I had nothing left for myself! I was tired of pretending everything was okay. 

So, I quit! 

I know. In this economy? But I had no choice. While I was great at my job, and I formed tight bonds with my client families and other service providers, I had nothing left to give. I wasn’t as patient with my client families, and my appointments weren’t as heart-centered as they had been in the past. Life got to be so much that I had to take a leave of absence from Rotary just to catch my breath. So, I walked away with no backup plan. Nothing in the hopper, no prospects, just me. 

And I realized that I was enough. And I realized that there was a part of me that I was hiding from my clients, my fellow Rotarians, some of my friends, and myself.  

I’m a healer. 

I’ve always been deeply intuitive. I am the person my friends come to when they need to know where they left their keys, or if their mom’s surgery will go okay, or when they need a safe place to be their raw real selves. I am the friend that has the ability to hear truth in silence and speak clarity into chaos so that people can heal. I am also the business contact that can see the macro and micro parts of a business that need sustenance, and I have helped colleagues scale their businesses in sustainable soul-aligned ways. I have ignited the spark in someone to go after a life they never dreamed of. I don’t say this from ego, but from absolute humility. I am humbled that people see anything worthwhile in me, and all I’ve ever wanted to do is help people see their path.  

And I’m not hiding anymore.   

I live a very authentic life but, as most of us do, I don’t share all of myself with everyone. This is for practicality purposes, because not everyone deserves our energy, but also because I have always struggled with my self-worth. I have carried a deep wound around self-worth and needing to prove my value through doing. I have come to realize that I unconsciously over-give or over-function to “deserve” success. In my personal life this has shown up as jumping through hoops to prove I’m “worthy” of love, over-extending myself to help friends and family, and forgiving wrongdoings to keep the peace. In business this has often looked like acquiescence, undercharging, over-delivering, or not trusting myself to sell unless I hustle.  

Thankfully I’ve gone through quite a bit of healing. But also, quite a bit of acceptance that I am perfectly imperfect, and that the things that make me imperfect are the things that make me real. I am already worthy. I don’t need to earn my space through effort. I am magnetic when I anchor myself to enoughness, and let my healing energy speak before my effort.

I want to help you feel that too.  

If this message resonates with you, I’m not here to save you, I’m here to walk beside you. I want our work together to help you fight for meaning, wholeness, and freedom. I am here to build healing, supportive, and emotionally rich environments where others feel home. I am here to fight for what matters and teach others to do the same. I don’t do surface. I go into the dark, and lead people back out. If you’re curious to learn more about how I can help you, please reach out here.