Founder

Having spent most of my childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, I also enjoyed my years and relationships on Guåhan (GUAM) and in Illinois, Indiana, Vermont and Washington State before putting down roots in sunny Colorado. I feel honored to be the mother of three beautiful, grown children and appreciate the benefits of an engineer & military veteran father, an educator mother, three successful siblings, diverse extended family and wise mentors around the world to support the journey toward my life's purpose. Driven to learn, create and educate as long as I can remember, this affinity has evolved most-easily in collaborative community. I started my career as a educator of Logic, Rhetoric and Composition at one of the oldest teaching universities in the US. I have also worked professionally in critical mental health contexts for nearly a decade and have completed all core curriculum in a Mental Health Counseling graduate program. As a Change Leader multiplier and legacy leverager, I bring my personal and professional experience and enjoyment of working and playing with thousands of people of all ages, abilities and walks of life for the past 25+ years.

Studies are showing that loneliness and social isolation are as harmful to our quality and quantity of life as smoking and sitting have proven to be. Thus, science is proving that building lasting, mutually supportive communities (quality connection) beyond simple collectives (quantity groups) is a life-saving enterprise. I offer heartfelt connection to every client as I have offered it to myself: deep & attentive listening, conscious & courageous speaking, and compassionate clarity and competence--remembering & reclaiming the awe-inspiring resourceful resilience of mind, body & spirit in all of us.

• MA English Literary Theory, Illinois State University
• BA Political Science, University of California at Berkeley

• Member - International Coaching Federation
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
• Leadership Circle Profile Practitioner (LCPP)
• End-of-Life Doula (EOLD)
• Certified Grief Educator (CGE)
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
• Right Use of Power Teacher (RUPT)
• Mindful Meditation Leader (MML)
• 200-hour Certified Yoga Teacher and Social Emotional Learning Educator (CYT/SELE)
• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness (TSM)
• Accredited Mindful Eating Guide (AMEG)

• 2nd-Degree Black Belt, Shudokan Karate
• Sensei, Shudokan Karate
• All graduate-level core coursework and clinical practicum in Clinical Mental Health Counseling 
• Restorative/Transformative Justice & Conflict Resolution Facilitator/Mediator/Circle Keeper
• End-of-Life Doula (EOLD)
• Crisis Intervention
• Suicide Intervention & Prevention
• Mentoring Incarcerated YouthMindful Nonviolent Communication
• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy
• Somatic Internal Family Systems
• Somatic Narrative Therapy
• Religious Trauma (Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR)
• Internet/Screen Addiction & Treatment
• Integrative Substance and Behavioral Addiction & Trauma Recovery
• Dance Movement Therapy/Body-Mind Centering
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Gottman Method | Level One
• Integrative Sex and Couples Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Positive Psychology
• Gestalt Psychotherapy
• Focusing
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming
• Play Therapy with Adults and Neurodiverse Clients
• Trauma Stewardship
• Mental Health First Aid
• Contract Grant Writer/Manager
• Education Administration
• Independent Research
• Landmark Forum
• Landmark Advanced Course

• Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
• Health at Every Size (HAES)
• Au-DHD Clinical Services Provider (ACSP)
• Mindful Parenting
• Sand Tray Therapy

• Fellowship of Reconciliation
• World Interbeing Sangha (Plum Village)
• Death Cafe
• National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Colorado Coalition for Elder Rights & Abuse Prevention
• Vermont Wildlife Rescue Association
• The Trevor Project
• 303 Indigenous Productions
• Denver Anti-Trafficking Alliance
• Safer Society Foundation