On the Road to Becoming
My passion for creating and empowering others is a synthesis of my lifelong experiences.
Born in Idaho, I spent my childhood in Virginia during the winters and my summers in Maine. My journey began at a young age, I delighted in spending time playing in the woods, streams and ocean tidal pools. I experienced firsthand the power of nature and creative expression. Always curious about other worlds, I was drawn to create images of the natural world, expressing and capturing the beauty, using mediums, materials from nature, paint, beads, fibers.
My education is an undergraduate degree in Business Administration majoring in Human Resources and a graduate degree in Clinical Social Work from Boston College.
My first career combined creativity and fibers as a custom dressmaker and pattern drafter. Creating designs for individuals through listening to their stories, connecting to each person’s vision and translating them to bring the vision into being.
Driven to be of further service to others and interested in many aspects of healing, art, science, human consciousness, spirituality and transformation. I went on to further develop my skills in the field of psychology and emotional wellbeing as a clinical social worker.
From the beginning of my social work career, I was drawn to mindfulness practices, expressive arts and alternative forms of healing. I began practicing and teaching others mindfulness and meditation along with incorporating expressive arts that went beyond words. Over the years of working with people of all ages I found that healing was more powerful when methods were introduced that were more than just words to incorporate the mind, body and spirit to offer a whole-hearted approach to healing and wellness.
This experience led me to continue to focus my training and growth on the transformative powers of mindfulness, art, symbolism, metaphor, archetypes, creativity, astrology, earth based and heart opening practices.
Over the last six years, I have had the opportunity to expand my healing skills through both Shamanism and Astrology. Studying with a traditional shaman I was introduced to the path of shamanic healing. Learning to offer teachings and Healing Ceremony for those looking for spiritual growth and well-being. During the same time period I began to study Astrology more seriously and which led me to the fields of Psychological, Archetypal and Evolutionary Astrology. This has inspired me to further incorporate my knowledge of Earth-based teachings, Jungian and Archetypal symbolism, Mythology and the constellations and planets into my work with others.