About Me

I spent the majority of my life feeling so different from everyone around me. I experienced chronic illness/pain symptoms since the day I was born, and further compounding traumas over the years caused me to feel extremely unsafe in my own mind and body on a daily basis.

 

I grew up not understanding why I was continually feeling so much internal overwhelm, while simultaneously struggling to talk about it or let others into the process. The way I presented to the world was drastically different from my internal reality, which often left me feeling extremely disconnected from my own life and from others.

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Finally, in my late twenties I came across the world of somatic trauma healing and started to understand how traumatic stress can build up in our systems over time. This build up eventually causes every area of life to feel incredibly overwhelming, especially if we are also dealing with chronic illness/pain symptoms at the same time.

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With the somatic work I gained the ability to start to start to release decades of traumatic stress and find safety in my body, in my relationships, and in the world around me for the first time ever. And this newfound sense of safety has allowed me to discover who I really am, as well to design my life entirely around my body and chronic illness symptoms in a very connected and fulfilling way.