I’ve been intuitive my whole life. Even as a small child, I had many experiences that were considered outside the box. I had no one to share them with, but fortunately I was able to stay open.

When I first began my inner-work, I saw a very long road ahead. My childhood had been very hard. I had a foundation of love mixed with abuse. I wasn’t sure how to begin my healing work. I started with school and studying many different healing modalities. I studied massage, hypnosis, touch for health, polarity therapy, meditation, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and hands on healing. My hunger for healing techniques was very strong. I knew that the work I was doing for myself was a training ground for the work I would do for others.

I began my healing practice as a hypnotherapist in 1984. I worked in private practice for 13 years in Arcata, California. I continued to recieve training in many new modalities. I had the great good fortune to mentor with Dennis Barrett, an incredible hands on healer and miracle worker from Bristol, England. I saw amazing things that opened my eyes to the world of healing and its possibilities.

The Real Turning Point:

In 1992, I had a near death experience. According to doctors this was my third near death experience. The one in 1992 is the first one I consciously remember and it profoundly changed my life. My intuition opened up and my life and work began to change. People began to ask me for intuitive readings and support in developing their intuition and finding their clarity of direction. I discovered that I had now an increased ability to hear and trust my own intuition.

I became profoundly interested in the intuition and began to understand how it worked. I applied techniques from hypnosis and NLP to further develop my own abilities. I developed many exercises and started teaching these techniques to others.

In 1995, I went back to school and received my master’s degree in counseling/psychology at Ryokan Institute in Los Angeles. This practicum gave me more experience and training in guiding groups of people. While I went to school, I worked for The Holman Group, a mental health HMO. There I trained hundreds of licensed therapists in brief therapy skills and certified them in NLP.

I moved to Portland OR. in 1997 and became the manager of the International Flower Essence Pharmacy. There I had the opportunity to meet many of the world’s essence producers and learned about flower and gemstone essences from all over the world.

I am a published writer and have been featured in several magazines and newspapers. I am the author and trainer of a course called, ‘The Keys to Effective Communication’ offered by Education2go, an on-line University, which is offered at over 1000 Universities nationwide.

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As busy as I’ve been all these years with teaching and healing, I’ve made time for life too! I raised my son, and spent lots of time with many children. I enjoy gardening, kayaking, music (esp. drumming and jazz), hiking, bonfires, traveling, going to movies and lots of friends. I feel very blessed and I have a joyful and successful life. After many years of inner work, I feel content, satisfied and happy.

I hope that you find this website to be a positive resource for your empowerment.

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