ABOUT ME

In 2014, I was a new mom to twin infants, and although I had a mother's instinct, I kept ignoring it. When I had a question about a behavior and it was waved away by the doctor, I accepted that as truth. When he prescribed a steroid cream, I followed directions, which proceeded to bleach my entire infant son's skin (and who knows what damage was done underneath). When I was told that I could start solids at the age of 4 months old (even though with their preemie birthday, they were technically 3 month olds), I pulled out the baby food jars.

I saw effects. I noticed behaviors. I asked questions. And I was told to listen to the experts, even though my instincts told me otherwise.

With the health issues we ended up dealing with down the road, I should have followed my intuition.

Yet 2014 was also the year that a friend introduced me to essential oils. Though I was very hesitant to try them ("Plants instead of medicine? No thanks!"), eventually I didn't think it would do any harm.

That decision was my first "yes" that led to a series of "yes"es and even more "NO!"s that would change the course of our lives and hundreds of other families.

That yes to that bottle of lavender oil led me to some amazing holistic families who gave me the freedom to ask questions, taught me how to find out answers, and gave me the courage to continually grow in my knowledge, experience, and training.

• I first learned an aromatherapy emotional release technique, created by a clinical psychologist, and I wrote several of the training manuals that we initially used for the modality.
• I attended several mindfulness and yoga aromatherapy retreats.
• I studied how chemical exposure and pharmaceuticals can create cascading health issues, an epidemic in its own. That pharmaceuticals and western medicine are best used to save a life as medical intervention. But the body wants to heal, and it does this best through homeostasis and without synthetic additives.
• I knew that essential oils, herbs, and plants have such amazing G-d given features that I studied to be an aromatherapist, completing my training with The School of Aromatic Studies as a Certified Aromatherapist (NAHA) in 2020.
• I continued to listen to gentle soul nudges and completed additional training with the Center for Aromatherapy Research and Education to learn additional aromatherapy techniques in late 2020.
• As a way to further understand the role that energy works in the universe, I completed Reiki Level 1 & 2 training.
• Following that, I completed additional coursework to be a Licensed Spiritual Health Coach in 2021.
• After further intuitive guidance, I became a Certified Emotion Code practitioner in 2022 through Discover Healing.
• In the winter of 2023, I took extensive coursework to be a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, specializing in muscle testing and root cause investigation.
• I continued my energy work studies through various modalities, such as tuning forks, crystal singing bowls, chakras, crystals, and other frequency tools.
• Continuing on with my energy work studies, I became a Usui Holy Fire III Reiki Master Practitioner in 2023.