About Me
I know firsthand how lonely and disorienting life can feel when you’re living in a body that’s been shaped by chronic and traumatic stress. For years, I felt disconnected—not just from others, but from myself. My nervous system was overwhelmed by unresolved trauma and early relational wounds. It left me buried in layers of dissociation, PTSD, exhaustion, and a long list of mysterious symptoms that no one could seem to explain. I felt like a faded version of the vibrant girl I once was.
My story began with insecure attachment—my nervous system never learned what safety truly felt like in relationship. That lack of early attunement created a chronic state of survival. I experienced Epstein-Barr virus, recurring mono, autoimmune flares, anxiety, poor circulation, and a constant sense of unease in my own skin. My body was talking, but I didn’t know how to listen.
As I got older, I coped the only way I knew how: people-pleasing, perfectionism, and hypervigilance. I searched everywhere for answers—from functional medicine to therapy to every healing modality I could find. Some brought temporary relief, but nothing lasted. I was trying to fix the symptoms, but my nervous system needed something deeper: connection, attunement, and safety.
It wasn’t until I understood my body through the lens of polyvagal theory and somatic attachment that things began to shift. I realized my nervous system wasn’t broken—it had adapted to keep me safe. And that meant I could gently rewire it. Through consistent co-regulation, self-attunement, neuroplasticity practices, and rebuilding secure connection with myself, others, God, and my environment, I slowly came back to life.
I learned how to thaw freeze mode. To befriend my survival patterns instead of battling them. To listen to the whispers of my body instead of overriding them. I stopped trying to escape my symptoms and started building a relationship with the part of me that was still trying to protect me.
Do I still have hard days? Of course. But now, I meet those moments with presence, not panic. My nervous system knows how to come back home—and that’s everything.
If you’ve been living in shutdown, exhaustion, or endless symptom cycles… I see you. You are not broken. You are a beautifully adaptive being in need of safety, attunement, and connection.
It’s never too late to heal.
If my story resonates with you, I’d be honored to walk alongside you as your Nervous System Nurturer 🤍
From a young age, I learned to prioritize others' needs over my own, which kept my nervous system in a chronic state of dysregulation.
I moved from place to place, hoping that a change of environment or the ‘perfect’ diet would be the thing that healed me—when really, I was trying to outrun the discomfort inside..
I poured my energy into finding answers—through medicine, diets, and alternative therapies—while quietly managing my pain through people-pleasing and perfectionism.
Eventually, the symptoms became chronic—loud enough that I couldn’t ignore them anymore. My life grew painfully small, shaped by illness that I now understand was my nervous system’s way of coping. Unprocessed fight-or-flight energy, collapse into shutdown, and layers of dissociation left me feeling both afraid and numb… like I was watching life from behind a glass wall.
I began learning the language of my body, slowly regulating my nervous system, and surrounding myself with a heart-centered community that felt safe enough to heal in.
These days, I’m growing into who God created me to be—anchored in freedom, passion, and purpose, and walking alongside others as they learn to regulate and reconnect with themselves.
Credentials
B.A.Exercise Science
Bethany Lutheran College
Growing up as an athlete, I have always been fascinated with the stamina of human body and its ability to perfrom. During my undergraduate studies, I learned how the body moves and responds to exercise for general wellness and how it is affected by stress and disease.
Holistic Health Studies
St. Catherines University
After taking a few courses in Holistic Health during college, my eyes were opened to a new paradigm of medicine! I pursued deeper studies in integrative medicine where my focus was on the benefits of natural modalities and alternative ways and how they affect individuals, communities, and the environment.
225HR Yoga Teach Training & Trauma Sensitive Yoga Training
Holy Yoga
Experiencing the benefits of yoga during my brain recovery journey, I wanted to know how to share this modality with others. I signed up to become a certified yoga instructor and specialized in Trauma-Sensitive yoga to provide additional support and tools for clients.
60 hour Somatic Attachement
Therapy Course
A holistic, body-centered training designed to deepen your understanding of how attachment experiences are imprinted in the body and to support healing relational trauma through somatic practices.
The Embodied Labs