My Story

I have been immersed in Wellness for over 25 years. It is my passion. It is how I live my life. Not to say I am perfectly well… is there such a thing?? But I do pursue my greatest well-being on a daily basis, while still allowing room for life and its pleasures.

I have a master’s degree in Exercise Physiology with an emphasis in Wellness from Colorado State University. I have a level 2 nutrition certification through Precision Nutrition and years of personal training experience. I practice what I preach and am constantly learning. I have recently become certified in two energy-improving modalities – The Emotion Code and Pause Breathwork. These certifications are a dramatic shift into a realm I wasn’t previously familiar with, however, traumatic events have a way of crushing us or growing us! I am choosing to grow.

Let me explain….

This shift came about from a debilitating herniated disc, that has probably been herniated for years, it just hadn’t caused me any trouble yet.

However, enter the perfect storm – ankle injury, MULTIPLE life-changing, stressful events, compounded with illness, all within an 8-week period – to literally knock me off my feet and onto my back for 6 weeks. It took 6 weeks before I spent more time standing up than lying down, and 8 weeks until I could sit well enough to drive. It was the worst pain I have ever experienced for an extended period of time and the greatest fear for what my future body would allow me to do.

I felt helpless and hopeless. I am incredibly active and I COULDN’T MOVE. What was to become of me?

So what does one do in that situation?! Try ANYTHING.

Two weeks in, I went to an acquaintance (who has since become a mentor and dear friend) who practiced The Emotion Code on me to remove trapped emotions (energies) from around my herniated disc. After 2 hours under her care, I stood up for the first time, in those two weeks, WITHOUT PAIN! I sat. I squatted. Without pain!

After ten minutes of delight and awe, the pain started to come back, but I was certain this was the key to helping me heal. Obviously, nutrition, rest, chiro care, stretching, exercise, and movement were part of the solution, but this energy work would make those things so much more effective.

I needed to know EVERYTHING about this modality! (AND get certified so that I could help others. So I did.)

I am convinced that the physical, mental, and emotional stress I was experiencing in the 8 weeks prior to my injury, is what brought about the actual physical trauma to the disc. It wasn’t an event, a fall, or a bad lift, it was my body being physically unable to process everything that was happening to me during those 8 weeks, until finally things shut down and I was incapable of moving. More specifically, it was my nervous system being too rigid from constant stress so I no longer had the ability to adapt and cope and the slight injury became massive.

Shortly after discovering Emotion Code, I began to learn and experience breathwork. This is the powerful practice of using your breath to slow down and calm the nervous system so that it can be flexible and adaptable, of breathing with intention to bring about your desires, of pausing to listen to the body to understand better how it feels and what it needs. The amazing healing I have experienced is mostly due to these two energy-improving modalities. (The Emotion Code and Pause Breathwork). Both have absolutely changed my life. I practice them daily.

Together they have blessed me far beyond the return of physical health to my spine…..

I have fewer triggers and those I have don’t fire me up like they used to.

I have peace within, more clarity, less noise, and much less anxiety.

My greatest struggle has always been emotional eating and I no longer have to fight that powerful unsettling drive calling me to stuff my face.

I have a better understanding of my body and what it needs.

I have more intention around living the life I desire with more depth and connectivity.

I am sold, that to be a truly healthy being, with peace and ease in the physical body, mind, soul, and relationships, one requires the physiological and emotional support that can only be found in energy work…. or miracles!

Maybe they are one and the same.

My hope is that by bringing these amazing modalities into the rest of my wellness programming, I can help others more effectively in their quest for high-quality, life-long, well-being.