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"The difficulty of relationship is part of its

transformative power​."

~ Linda Kohanov, The Way of the Horse

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So far the most sense I can make of why we are all here is to be in & learn from relationships.

We come from a relationship, that came from a relationship & so on.

And we begin life in relationship with our mothers & so much more.

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And all along the entire time we are alive, the most crucial & central relationship remains the one we live with our own selves.

This is really good news!

Because our lives are the ones we have the most sacred power within & over. Our lifetimes are the only ones we are solely responsible for & have full access to. They are our sacred terrain to create & care for.

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The fat bummer here is that most of us are taught very little if anything about how to truly care for our deeply unique lives. We simply are not shown or guided how to have a healthy relationship with our own whole selves throughout the whole of our lives. We're actually often shown exactly how not to do that!

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Our relationship with ourselves is also the relationship that all our other relationships in our lives are affected by. This is also really good news, because when we care for & grow our relationship with our own selves, this positive change changes all of our relations with our loved ones, with our work in the world & with our very world, our planet itself.

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This kind of positive change is not easy, duh. Neither does it mean that all our relationships advance forward. This kind of self evolution calls for integrity & curiosity which means some relationships must move through growing pains & some must come to an end.

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We are always creating our life's relationships, even when we are not doing a great job. They are ongoing, many of them waiting for us to really show up. Especially ourselves.​

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It's hard to show up when you don't know how, without a map, tools or skills.

Or maybe you have had some of these, but they don't work or fit any more in their current form because you've evolved & grown & they haven't.

Or maybe the map, tools & skills you've been using really belonged to someone else in the first place & you're ready to make your very own from scratch.

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This is where my work with you comes in. 

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I will work together with you & for you by engaging individually curated combination of healing tools like:

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• clearing & healing conversation in safety

• rewriting of your own story

• life pattern exploration & evolution

• easy to use mindfulness practices 

• meditations that work for you on & off the cushion

• therapeutic letters, writing prompts, poetry & guided journaling 

• yoga, dance & breath work

• somatic, body & energy movement 

• eco/nature therapy

• equine assisted learning

 

 

From young adulthood to middle age to elder years...

I work with the challenges & gifts during these times...

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• building, mending, evolving your relationship with your life. & the fulfillment of your life...AND...

• your adult friendships

• adult relationships with parents & siblings

• romantic relationships

• partnerships

• marriage(s)

• pregnancy(ies)

• parenting

• mid-life reflection/restart

• peri/menopause

• caring for aging parents

• loss, grief & legacy

 

 

My particular specialties lie within my own life challenges & lifelong healing work with: anxiety, depression, identity as an empath/highly sensitive personality, sexual violation survivor, eating disorders, panic attacks, migraines, gun violence survivor, early adulthood challenges, gender dynamics, challenges with healthy boundary setting, partnership/marriage, pregnancy, motherhood, parenthood, mid-life/hormonal challenges, insomnia, aging & loss/grief. 

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There is suffering in so many ways in life.

It is indeed true that it is hard to be human.

It is also just as true there is relief from suffering in also so many ways.​​

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"All I teach is suffering AND the end of suffering."

~ The Buddha 

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No matter how light or deep your life challenges are, you are not meant to face them alone.

You are not powerless.

You are stronger than you know.

I am here to help you live these truths.

Life can be & feel better than it is right now.

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"The challenge is not to be perfect - 

it is to be whole." ~ Jane Fonda

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Education:

University of California at Los Angeles, BA in English Literature 

University of California at Berkeley, MA in Journalism

University of California at Los Angeles, MA in Social Welfare 

Certifications:

InsightLA Certified Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator

Certified Somatic Therapist with Linda Thai, Collectively Rooted

Certified Ecotherapist, Pacifica Graduate Institute 

​Equine Assisted Learning Certificate in process , Shakti Ranch, Malibu, CA