I've spent nearly two decades of my nursing career in the area of behavioral health nursing. My deepest passion has always been in working with individuals struggling with trauma and stressor related disorders, as well as anxiety disorders. Let me share a little bit more about myself and how my business became to be...

 

It all began in 2012. I was just entering nursing school for the second time. This time to advance my training and education to a baccalaureate prepared level of nursing. My husband had allowed his niece to move in with us as she relocated from Kansas to California. The finances and space were tight. But it was my time to further my education and I needed to stay focused on my goal.

 

I was a few weeks into the program (RN to BSN) when I began to suffer troubling thought disconnects (trouble finding my words and extreme disorganization). Next began panic attacks. The attacks were so severe that I couldn’t go to work. Not only could I not go to work, but I was afraid to be in a vehicle to get to work. I was literally afraid to leave my house. I immediately took a break from work and saw my psychiatrist for an adjustment in my medication regimen.

 

I had been diagnosed in the past with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She now diagnosed me with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia. The medications took a few weeks to get me back on track, but I knew that was only the beginning of my healing journey.

 

I increased my therapy appointments, tried to eat better, and mostly slept. I found the sleep the most helpful as my mind could rest and I knew I was processing traumas from my past while I slept. What traumas, do you ask… multiple, but the one that seemed to be the culprit was that I was raped and molested at 11 or 12 years of age. I really don’t recall the age exactly, as I blocked much of this out of my memory. I recall very little between the ages of 11- 16 years of age.  It’s like my life was put on hold during that time. I imagine I couldn’t handle what I had experienced, and my mind was protecting me.

 

I started having flashbacks and it was affecting every area of my life, but mostly my marriage (looking back now, I see there was more to that, but let me just stick to this aspect). I did not feel safe. I didn’t know why, but I was scared.

 

My father/grandfather (adopted me and my brother after years in the foster care system), passed shortly after all of this began and he left me a small inheritance. Long story short, I was led to go to a workshop in Salem, MA to learn and be attuned to Reiki.

 

Little did I know how this would change my life on every level. It gave me the coping skills I needed. I began to practice self-reiki almost daily. I began to practice this modality with friends, family, and eventually clients. I then learned how to pave my day ahead with Reiki. Then I started meditating and have grown so much that I barely recognize myself.

 

I have become a spiritual warrior; a powerful force to my own healing and to that of others. I have been off all psychotropic medications now for nearly three years (after having been on a strict regimen for over two decades) and I am at a much healthier place in life than I ever dreamed I could be.

 

I have beat my demons for the most part. They still hide in the closet, but when they try to step out, I know how to fight them. I now have the tools to punch them in the eye and slam that door shut.

 

I want to help others struggling with these demons. I want to empower others. Are you struggling with demons of your own? If so, I would like very much to help you fight them. I ask the universe almost daily to send me the clients that I can best serve.

Welcome! Let’s do this!