Beautiful Life Mentoring

As a survivor of complex abuse trauma living with chronic illness/auto-immune disease, I understand intimately how challenging it can be to find joy and meaning in life.

For many years I was pretty stuck in the dark abyss of survival mode and hopelessness. I didn’t understand the mind/body connection. My test results always came back normal. But I was wading through excruciating physical, mental, and emotional pain every day.

When I was 8 months pregnant with my 3rd boy, I remember pleading with God to deliver me from the hell I was living inside my head and body. I had a type of stroke episode soon after that prayer that rendered me unconscious for about 3 hours. When I awoke I couldn’t speak or move for about 30 minutes. During that terrifying 30 minutes I was keenly aware that my two little boys had been left unsupervised that whole time. I was in a complete panic but couldn’t do anything about it until my body regained its ability to move and speak.

Thankfully I found them safe and sound in the basement of our three-level townhome watching cartoons. It was that moment that I became determined to do whatever it took to fight for my mental and physical health because my boys deserved to have a mother that was present and healthy.

That baby in my belly then is now 17. I have spent all these years devoted to the work and education to understand what had happened to me and how to heal and create a meaningful life in spite of it all.

I am still on my journey, but I am happy, healthy and thriving. And I have had the privilege to help hundreds of others find their way to healing and creating a meaningful life for themselves.

I am so excited to soon be relaunching my coaching business to exclusively help abuse trauma survivors with chronic illness reclaim hope and create a meaningful life. There is a beautiful life after trauma and chronic illness, I promise!

Art creation and singing for me has become much more than skill development and achievement. It has become a lifeline. A way to express experiences and emotions I can’t put words to. It’s a way to practice being vulnerable, to mess up and lean into the messiness and feelings of perceived failure or fear of rejection. A way to be fully present in curiosity and creation, that translates into every aspect of my life.

I have loved teaching art classes to adults. And now I am so excited to do art camps for kids and teens in June! These classes will explore different techniques or methods. But mostly it will be a safe space for them to explore being present in play and creation without shame or judgement. It will teach them another way to regulate their nervous system. And possibly give them a new approach to learning based on curiosity and wonder.

If they can apply this approach to other areas of learning, it opens up a whole new world of possibilities and confidence.

I still have spots available for these classes! Space is limited but at this moment, there is availability. Comment below if you would like details.

Also, if you are interested in one-on-one art or voice emotional support sessions, I have a few spots open for that too!