My path into healing work hasn’t followed a straight line. Over the years, I’ve moved through a wide range of different worlds—military service, art school, corporate fashion, quilting, farming, tiny house living, community organizing, counseling, relationship coaching, and even running a holistic day spa. I’ve navigated many major life transitions, including gender transition and an international move from the U.S. to the Netherlands. Each chapter came with its own lessons and challenges, and for a long time, I couldn’t see how they all fit together. But in hindsight, every experience was part of a larger journey: one of searching for belonging, clarity, and a life that truly fits.

For most of my life, I felt like I didn’t quite fit in—like a square peg in a round hole. I was the person who stood out in the room, the one who seemed “different” without always knowing why. That feeling of not belonging followed me across careers, places, and identities. It wasn’t just about being “the weirdo”—it was about longing for a home that felt real, safe, and true. Capitalism has a way of convincing us seekers that there is something wrong with us, that we should submit and conform. It wasn’t until I experienced a massive burn out—my own individual collapse amidst the collective one—that helped me see the lies of capitalism more clearly. Finding collapse aware people and communities, land based and ancestral healing, plant medicine, and authentic relating have been instrumental to finding my ground again.

All of these experiences deeply inform the work I do today. I love supporting people who’ve always felt outside the norm—whether because of living with a marginalized identity or simply because their path doesn’t fit society’s usual expectations. I know what it’s like to live between worlds, to move between multiple identities, and to struggle with finding a sense of belonging in a strange and sometimes disorienting world.