I'm a highly sensitive person with ADHD tendencies and was highly attuned to the energy states around me as a child. I was never diagnosed with ADHD but it's pretty clear to everyone who knows me well (and my ADHD family), that this is part of my make-up. In order to support me, my wise mother gave me the gift of breathwork and meditation at a young age, which she learned from my Nana. Going through my Gran's yoga books around 7 years after family dinners, I discovered by moving my body in different forms it helped to bring up and release emotion or sensation - the basis of Somatic work.

Having these tools from a young age helped me to be resilient and stay aligned with my intuition. I have always a strong spiritual practice and understand this through quantum physics or energy. Interestingly, my incredible maternal grandfather was taken in by Schrödinger (pioneer in quantum theory) as a refugee from Austria, and illustrated many of his books while pursuing his engineering degree.

My nature as a healer left me very open to trying to fix situations and allow others to cross my boundaries. I started to become disconnected from my body around the age of 10, presenting as anxiety and body dysmorphia. All this changed at 21, when I had a life-changing near death experience and begged to come back into my body. This moment opened the door to healing and reconnected me to my meditation practice, and my life purpose I recognized as a child - to bring greater peace, love, and joy to the world. Not being able to find a therapist since I was 19 whom I resonated with, I worked with the practices I learned as a child, including incorporating my passion for arts and movement (expressive therapy).

As a teen I recognized our lifestyles were not conducive to thriving families, which inspired me to create Studio 202, a healing community space in North Vancouver. In 2020 I closed this space due to world events and as it was the source of my postpartum anxiety with my eldest. After completing a challenging contract as an Executive Director (which led to a third burnout), I realized I needed to focus on my passions again and brought my offerings online, founding gloWithin!

Miraculously, we had our youngest during this time but do to lack of sleep for a year, I struggled with a very humbling postpartum depression. For a few months all I could do was meditate. This is what prompted me to pursue my Masters in Counselling, 12 years after first considering it.

I am telling you this because while our situations are unique, with connection and the right support we can heal and create greater alignment in our lives for peace within, and lead our children by example. As a society, we have largely been taught to over-ride our intuition, or perhaps experienced trauma disconnecting us from our innate gifts. I believe this is in part why we are seeing such high rates of anxiety, depression, and burn out.

Children are naturally connected to their intuition, and as conscious parents we strive to honour this as we guide them on their journey… but are we honouring this in ourselves?

I believe as parents that we know what is right for our child and try our best each and every day. I also understand the challenges and gifts of being a Highly Sensitive parent (and introvert), and specialize in working with highly sensitive and neurodiverse families through a very holistic model. My role is to support you in understanding the environments in which you exist and to create supportive ones to sustainably nourish you, allowing you to tap into your intuitive wisdom and lead your family by example.

While I am passionate about my work, I nourish myself through my nearly lifelong meditation practice, being active in nature, expressing myself creatively, going on adventures, and spending time with those I love.

I look forward to connecting with you on this journey!