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 professor 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 Changer 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 30+ 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 a heartfelt affection 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

• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
• Right Use of Power Teacher (RUPT)
• Mindful Meditation Leader (MML)
• 200-hour Certified Yoga Teacher and Social Emotional Learning Educator (CYT/SELE)
• Certified Grief Educator (CGE)
• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness (TSM)
• Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
• Leadership Circle Profile Administrator (LCPA)
• 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)
• Mindful Nonviolent Communication
• Somatic Internal Family Systems
• Somatic Narrative Therapy
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Internet/Screen Addiction & Treatment
• Crisis Intervention
• Suicide Intervention & Prevention
• Mentoring Incarcerated Youth
• Gottman Method | Level One
• Integrative Sex and Couples Therapy
• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy
• Religious Trauma (Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR)
• Motivational Interviewing
• Positive Psychology
• Gestalt Psychotherapy
• Play Therapy with Adults and Neurodiverse Clients
• Trauma Stewardship
• Dance Movement Therapy/Body-Mind Centering
• Trauma-Informed Writing
• Mental Health First Aid
• Contract Grant Writer/Manager
• Education Administration
• 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

• Not Our Native Daughters/Indigenous Youth Voices
• World Interbeing Sangha (Plum Village)
• Vermont Wildlife Rescue Association
• The Trevor Project
• Fellowship of Reconciliation
• 303 Indigenous Productions
• National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Denver Anti-Trafficking Alliance
• Safer Society Foundation
• Autism From the Inside
• Colorado Coalition for Elder Rights & Abuse Prevention
• Death Cafe