Musings and Writings

One of the most profound and difficult realizations on my journey home to myself was realizing that I could not fully love myself again if I didn’t love all of my parts. I loved my ability to play Cristifori’s Dream on the piano and my ability to draw an intricate graphite portrait of my daughter. I loved my courage to travel to Japan when I was twelve years old without my immediate family; bouncing from one city to the next with family friends dropping me off at one train

None of us are strangers to the chaos that exists in the world today. There are stress, fear, anger, judgement, cruelty, and distrust at every turn. I have heard many of my clients express a feeling of hopelessness. Something to the tune of, “There’s nothing I can do, and it feels terrifying!” I have also experienced moments when I have been flooded by hopelessness due to the overwhelming chaos in my little corner of the Universe. The reality, however, is not hopeless. We

Anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions. It gets a bad rap because it often causes intense outward expressions—like yelling or aggressive behavior—and can leave others feeling threatened. That big energy also leads people to associate anger with a loss of control. Culturally, we tend to view anger as disruptive to social harmony. It pushes back on the “go with the flow” mentality that is often expected to “get things done”. In my practice as a Naturopath and a Tra