I know how easy it can be to put everyone else's needs ahead of your own. Early in life, I learned if I took care of the grownups around me, instead of doing what a child ought to do, I might get a few of my own needs met. This behavior became a pattern that continued most of my life. Until, unfortunately, I was too ill to continue in the same way.

When I began to prioritize my health, allow my needs to be equally as important as those in my life -‍ I discovered I could be vibrantly available for myself and my loved ones. Not surprisingly, this has been a slower process, more of a journey really, than I originally realized. The processing and changing, ultimately opened me up to new approaches to living, that were deeply challenging. Now, my life is now deeply rewarding.

Throughout these years, while I continued to put others first, I still managed to start multiple retail businesses, build a regenerative farm, literally from the ground up - soil, fruits, herbs, vegetables, flowers, dairy goats and chickens. I have experienced the profound joy (as well as the stress and tears) of four incredible children, been present for births, tended to family members deaths, and many of life’s unexpected moments. I’ve experienced the maddening grief of divorce, the jubilance of a fabulous second marriage, blending families with adult children, and now, delighting in two beautiful grandchildren. I have educated myself on nutrition (not just the food on our plates), physical health, children, family dynamics, mental well being and much more. In short, I have experienced some of life’s most painful, and, most beautiful moments.

Today, I am a happy, fulfilled individual, with all of life’s up’s, down’s and whirlwinds. The difference is, I am better equipped to be present in my life, such as, experiencing joy while also experiencing grief, unexpected challenges can arise while also noticing the ease or peace. These essential ways of accepting all that life brings to us is part of the reason I chose to become a Health + Wellness + Nutrition Coach.

Becoming a coach allows me to provide others, that may be going through difficult moments in life, to have at least one person to step in alongside of them. I will be an active listener with unconditional presence for them.

In full transparency, certifications are not required to call myself a coach, however, since I have graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, I am currently waiting for the next round of exams to become board certified. I am taking this additional step to assure you, my potential clients, that I take my role as a coach seriously. And, I continue to educate myself to improve my life as well as those of my clients.

My hope is that our work together becomes a place where you can allow yourself to trust the path and the process that includes a place to be honest, explore what matters most, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have been overlooked along the way. Our work together is shaped around your needs, at a pace that works for you.

I look forward to meeting you, but even more so, I look forward to experiencing you as we discover the shifts you want to make!