My Story

Like many who end up in this field, I come with my own healing journey.

As a child and throughout my adolescence, I would daydream frequently. It was as though my mind wanted to be in a different reality. A reality that was more secure: where I felt seen, belonged and not forgotten.

A place I could call home…

The irony was that I grew up in a “regular family”! For many years, this blinded me from acknowledging that what I encountered in my surroundings was in fact trauma. And in the absence of having words to express this chaos, my body became the capsule where fear and pain were locked up. So, while a part of me chronically searched for stability, normalcy and repair, my mind opted to simply dismiss the past.

No career titles or personal achievements made the feeling of “something is missing” go away.

But as I studied trauma, I realized that even though my mind tried to push away pain stories for many years… needless to say I was very good at this… other parts of me held on tight to my history, using it like a blueprint map for how to feel and how to be. Soon after, I began my own healing journey, changing my inner map bit by bit and teaching my body to feel safe again.

Along the way, I have come to recognize that every one of us holds endless possibilities for healing and transformation. That we all have an innate capacity to rewire our minds, reset our nervous systems and move toward balance. And while trauma may always be part of the human experience, our system is rigged towards finding equilibrium and feeling at peace.