I am an OI HEART™ Coach dedicated to integrating science, soul, and spirituality in healing work through the transformative lens of Organic Intelligence®. It is my joy to participate in the unfolding wholeness and regenerative vitality of people and planet.
Alongside extensive experience as an English teacher in public education, I've spent 30 years in sacred journeying with folx from diverse traditions and orientations through trauma and spiritual formation. My history as a first-generation immigrant-refugee energizes my commitment to healing and reconciliation across civic, intercultural, and intergenerational contexts.
I serve on OI's BIPOC Facilitators Team and enjoy cultivating nourishing spaces for BIPOC students on their OI learning journey. In the past as a panelist for OI Family, I supported our international community in conversations around the flourishing of children and teens through OI's unique and heartful framework. I enjoy bringing SMART (sensory motor arousal regulation treatment) into embodied play sessions with young people.
I live with my spouse and kiddos in San Diego, California, the unceded, ancestral lands of the Kumeyaay people. Daily I marvel at creatures nibbling their way through the neighborhood and hold special awe for pollinators, soil regeneration, and the wisdom of natural ecosystems.
I enjoy following my curiosity, and wish you good journey as you follow yours to paths that nourish your vitality and gifts. Please reach out if you would like to connect for a free consult and explore how OI could support you in your flourishing.
My Approach
Whether clients are seeking only OI for post-trauma growth, or if they are on a path of spiritual inquiry, a session with me is characterized by spaciousness, deep listening, and free association conversation that follows the life-affirming currents unique to an individual. It is compassionate companioning that attunes to Essence in the weave of heart-mind-body-spirit and to the auto-healing impulses emerging from that Whole.
This holistic approach fundamentally reflects the OI framework, which follows the inner wisdom at work in a person's neurophysiology.
Over time, clients connect with an increasing sense of well-being, enjoyment in the present moment, compassion for self and others, and greater capacity for meaningful action that's congruent with their values and authenticity.
Education, Credentials, Training
-
Organic Intelligence® HEART™ Coach
Human Empowerment And Resiliency Training
-
Foundations of Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART) for somatic regulation, trauma processing, attachment-building in children and adolescents
-
Certificate in Spiritual Direction | Haden Institute | Asheville, NC
Emphasis in Jungian dreamwork and creative embodiment practices
-
MA in Theological Studies | Regent College | Vancouver, BC, Canada
-
Teaching Credential | Chapman University | San Diego, CA
Single Subject English
-
BA in English Literature | Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT
Minor in Biological Sciences