I received my first degree from the University of Oregon in Landscape Architecture. I wanted to change the quality of relationships between people, animals, and resources by drawing and painting our world differently. Coaching, leading, and guiding required an inner demolition that I was not ready for until I completed my master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (ITP), Palo Alto, California. Transpersonal Psychology honors a client’s authentic path as navigated by their beliefs, spiritual, cultural, and otherwise. I am a licensed therapist in Colorado, Washington, and the US Virgin Islands; I am certified in 1) EMDR for trauma/grief and, 2) hypnosis.

I have overcome emotional and physical trauma. I was told I might lose my ability to walk. So, I crawled until I could. I manifested healing. And then, I went back to ski and scuba.  

I have sifted through the emotional and psychological inheritances of my ancestors, choosing to keep and expand several of their gifts, and transform the rest into manifesting energies.  

I believe that ceilings are self-imposed. And nothing hurts me more than banging my head against them. Instead of ceilings, I see treetops inviting my climb into infinity — and beyond.

I believe that being present in every moment, and being witness for those moments that matter most, are birthrights often disregarded in favor of a next Amazon package. I still love a good Amazon package but I am a seeker of meaningful in the world.

I have freed myself from my familial and culturally imposed limitations so as to embrace an eclectic pallet of life experiences that were my souls desires even before I was born – experiences like creating small companies, rehabilitating monkeys, designing on a team for the Sheikh of Qatar, and developing friendships with octopus, turtles, and sting rays.

Water is the element, for me, that transforms this pallet of seemingly unrelated experiences into a life portrait that I adore. What are those elements for you?

Truth. Not everyone understands or appreciates my art.

And still, it is all mine, a LIFE REALLY LIVED, an original footprint on our Earth once I shattered the self-imposed ceilings and obstacles gifted me by my ancestors and society.

I consider myself a woman of the world but reside mostly in the wilds of Colorado and Barbados. I have built a career that fits my lifestyle, one that honors my feminine whiles and adventurous spirit, and celebrates our Earth as Wonderland with my best friend spanning two decades over two continents. I am passionate about psychology, writing, film that bridges all cultures in a collective spirit, travel that explores our differences and similarities, the songs of palms and pines as they are orchestrated in the world by the moon, and all creatures under the sea. I trust in the transformational power of healing by way of exploration, internal and external adventure, relationships, play, creativity, and coming to know oneself in nature — be that with a snorkel and turtle friends in sapphire water or atop a mountain covered in white nearly to the sky.

I manifest!

And so can you!