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My Vision:

• To provide evidence-based wellness coaching, Qi Gong / Yoga and personal training to support general wellness goals and challenges related to autoimmunity and chronic pain.  

My Values:

• Authenticity

• Curiosity

• Science-based

About Me:​

My commitment to connecting with and coaching others grew out of my own journey with pain and autoimmunity after realizing limits of the traditional medical model.  I was inspired to become a board certified health coach after realizing the value of self care and lifestyle in managing chronic pain after being diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos  Syndrome - hypermobility.  I spent a few years as a health coach, specializing in complex pain and taught in a certification course to train pain coaches, but ultimately, had to step back and reconnect with my own self care needs after being diagnosed with an undifferentiated connective tissue autoimmune disease (with features consistent with Lupus, Scleroderma and Dermatomyositis) and ILD (interstitial lung disease) a few years later.  I took a couple years off for self care and personal research (which I continue to pursue) and then started working as a part-time substitute teacher and high school tennis coach because I love to teach and coach and wanted to focus some of my professional energy outside of health for awhile!  However, with all of the learning that I do and my passion for guiding others, I felt called to again share some of my wellness work.  My hope is that this website will act as a reservoir of sorts to contain and reference some of the learning and experimentation that I have pursued personally and that this can be a springboard for others.  I would like these resources and services to be available to my children and to anyone who could benefit.​​​

Like most wellness coaches, my career path wound around a bit before landing here. I started my academic pursuits with a bachelors degree in finance and a masters degree in healthcare administration.  I worked in that arena for a few years until navy family life took us on a succession of rapid moves around the country.  However, my education and experience in healthcare administration has provided me insight into navigating and working within the medical system.  Becoming a national board certified health and wellness coach (NBC-HWC) and a certified pain management coach through the Take Courage Coaching ™ Coach Training Program (accredited by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC)) has provided me the foundation to become a wellness coach, with special interests in chronic pain and autoimmunity.  My current personal wellness interests include meditation, nutrition, breath work, nature, biohacking (red light therapy, PEMF, sauna, cold exposure, etc.), neuroplasticity as it relates to re-wiring the "pain brain" through thoughts and movement patterns, mind-body connection, natural movement, Qi Gong / yoga, and self care.    I consider myself a work-in-progress as I continue to navigate through sometimes calm waters, sometimes turbulent waters, but always grateful to be afloat and to help guide others on their own paths.