I’m a Recovering Burnout-aholic

It would be nice if I had just gone right out of high school and gotten a career certification in Stressaholism Counseling -- but there is no such thing, so I had to do it the hard way. I went through the Vision Quest of childhood abuse and PTSD, through totally burning out of several careers and life situations, to raising children, volunteering, networking, and running 2 businesses at the same time. Flash-forward to early 2009 and the icing on the cake: I landed the opportunity of a lifetime to train in my career of choice, and published my first book. Was I burning out? And how! AND FAST!! I was completely overwhelmed, and I crashed hard.

BOOM!

But there's always serendipity, and as always, the pieces fell into place. It's hard to feel great about it, but I had to burn out again so I could finally pay attention to the messages the universe had for me, so that there could be a chink in the armor of my busy-ness that Spirit could pour new wisdom into. And it did, and that wisdom is encompassed by my SURRENDER™ to Passion program.

I love using my experience, insight, patience, intuition -- and dare-I-say bravery -- to help quirky people think outside the box, set goals, plan projects, manage their needs, and bring their dreams into reality. My challenges and education have formed a very unique blend of psychology and spirituality and I combine them in my practice as a Life Coach, my mission as an Interfaith minister and my healing work as a Reiki practitioner. With over 10 years of experience in holistic arts, facilitating support and special-interest groups, running workshops, and assisting other workshop facilitators, I hope to give my students an exceptional learning environment where growth will take place.

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More About Me

I know that I'm here to make a difference in the world by helping others make a difference in the world.

I like to think that I'm your fairy godmother. I've been through the rough-n-tumble, post-traumatic stress disorder, several mental health diagnoses, and I'm on a mission to help people wake up, take charge, and make a difference in the world. People look at me and call me BRAVE. I just know it's what I have to do, what I'm here to do, and I have a take-no-prisoners attitude towards getting out there and doing what needs to be done. If that makes me brave, a role model, an advocate, an advisor -- so be it. To that end I coach people into a spectacular future where they can follow their burning desires.

In addition to cultivating the intimacy of individual coaching, I really enjoy presenting workshops for groups, and running brainstorming & mastermind sessions -- I think I have a gift for encouraging sharing, holding the space and fostering creativity in a group setting.

On the home front, I am an Interfaith Minister, a mother of 2 bright pre-teens and surrogate mommy for 4 cats, a Reiki Master & teacher, a Shaman and an herbalist.

On the local front, I raise money for my local CASA chapter, I'm co-director of the National Women's In Network Orange County Day Chapter, and I'm on the Board of Directors at Independent Living, Inc. in Newburgh, NY (a cross-disability services & advocacy non-profit).

History

I was first "initiated" as a shamanic practitioner by the vision quest of child abuse, and began journeying, interacting with the spirit world, and seeking out spiritual advice with no formal training as a child and teenager. Since then I've been officially initiated into three traditions of shamanic practice as an adult. As part of the journey to health and wholeness, I've rallied for women's health issues, wrote herbalism articles for underground women's health magazines, facilitated group sessions in special interest communities, attended Tantric workshops, founded the largest self-help website for people with dissociative identity disorder (link to my autobiography) on the web, and finally assembled Loving Possibilities™, a series of adult sexuality workshops that touch on issues of trust, intimacy, spiritual sexuality, and the myriad range of possible ways that consenting adults express healthy sexuality.

Coaching Philosophy

Life coaching is an extension of self-help practices where the coach acts as a mirror, a mentor, a spiritual guide, a philosopher, and an accountability partner. A life coaching commitment is a strong and bold step toward achieving your dreams and exploring the obstacles that keep you from achieving your purpose in life.

1. When you are coached, you are doing the work. Your life coach assists you with life changes and to remain committed to the work that you feel you ought to be doing.
2. Your life coach believes in you.
3. If you believe in yourself, magic can happen. Your life coach motivates you to believe in yourself.
4. With patience and self-nurturing you can always shine brighter!
5. An accurate living mirror helps you observe yourself. Your life coach is a peer partner who is committed to being an accurate mirror for you.
6. To be held accountable, you need consistent check-ins and a life coaching partner with candor. Be coached regularly!
7. It is a sacred privilege to be your life coach!
   It is a sacred privilege to have a life coach!
8. Everyone needs to feed their soul. Your coach can remind you to remember this.
9. Your life coach invites you to make connections -- with yourself, and with others.
10. You need to deeply and authentically desire change for change to work. Your coach guides you to a profoundly deepened desire.

You can get a taste of the SURRENDER™ to Passion stress-relief system right now:
Get your copy of 9 Tips for Overwhelm Relief today -- Free!