I started my journey as a Massage Therapist graduating from The Swedish Institute in New York City in 96. I left an abusive marriage a year later followed by the loss of my nine year old daughter in a tragic car accident, I was driving the car to make matters worse, loss of health and finances, I went through every major life crisis at the same time. I had also been estranged by my family and having my dad for a priest increased the alienation. Alcohol became a way to cope for the next eight months until I was lead to AA.
While in school I had discovered I had an ability to see intutively into other peoples bodies. Sometimes there was illness and other times there were emotional or physical traumas. I also learned that because of my own trauma from the car accident I became more sensitive to my inner sight. Without alcohol as a buffer my connection grew stronger to serve my clients. I use the Chakras and 5-Elemental theory to read my clients and better assist in their own healing process.
Somehow my faith and what I was learning in recovery opened my eyes and my world started to make sense. I first started volunteering at local jail at a time when my son had to go live with his dad. I lost all sense of identity and found myself learning the true meaning of unconditional love with these women behind bars. They inspired me to go back to school for Substance Abuse Counseling.
I was an approved instructor for OASES in New York, and was fortunate to teach "Massage Therapy as alternative healing for clients in Recovery". I taught the importance for touch as an integral part of the healing process for clients in all areas of recovery.
Since that time my life has had many twists and turns and I am truly living a life that I was meant to live through forgiveness, compassion and unconditional love. I have been able to rebuild my relationships with ALL my family members including my now 26 year old son who also went through his own path of self-destruction. He is now living in the same town, working and making a life for himself. I have an incredible loving marriage to a brilliant Psychiatrist and I have recently moved to Arizona. Everything is better than I could have ever imagined, it's like they say, be careful for what you pray for, you might just get it!
I now teach a women's group that I call W.O.W., Womens Original Wisdom, to clients in my husbands practise. I also mentor other women that have been impacted by the affects of addiction to reclaim their lives. There are opportunities for them to truly find who they are and empower themselves to create their own lives. Through my experiences and having less to work with when I first started on my own path brings hope to the others that I have the great fortune of meeting.
I am currently in the process of forming a non-profit Healing Hugs, that will help others during their crisis to get the help they need. I hope to make Healing Hugs the Universal symbol of grief.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
-Maya Angelou
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
-The Buddha
Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.
-Tori Amos
Change the way you look at things and the things you look change.
-Wayne Dyer
Everything comes to pass nothing comes to stay.
-Frida Kahlo