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I help athletic people with chronic pain reactivate their active lifestyles without modern Western medicine interventions using spiritually connected mind-body healing techniques, so they can heal and THRIVE!

It’s story time!Several years ago my client Caroline* came to me with a nagging upper back and shoulder pain that was ma...
07/30/2026

It’s story time!

Several years ago my client Caroline* came to me with a nagging upper back and shoulder pain that was making it harder for her to focus at work and adding stress to her already busy life.

During her intake she shared all of the changes in her life; changing jobs, celebrating a milestone birthday and moving in with her partner.

I was able to help her understand that this nagging pain was intertwined with not just her current stressful situations, but that her life-long patterns of “grin and bear it” was a contributing factor to her pain.

She was ready to ReCreate her Reality!

Over the course of 3 months, not only did we bring her nagging neck and shoulder pain down from a 6 out of 10 to a 2 out of 10, Caroline was able to recognize that when her pain was loudest, it was her body’s way of telling her to either slow down or to speak up.

Once she worked through the inherited patterns of blame, shame and guilt that had kept her quiet she was able to have meaningful conversations and set healthy boundaries that honored her needs.

She learned how to meditation and listen to her body’s messages in real time, preventing her pain from taking center stage in her life.

Since working together, Caroline has gone on to shift the trajectory of her career multiple times finding better opportunities with higher pay. She has gotten married and her relationships with her family have improved. Caroline feels more confident in speaking her truth and this has translated beyond her personal relationships and into her career so that she no longer takes on roles that she does not want to take on. The cherry on top is that her neck pain is an occasional reminder to pay more attention to herself and is no longer the Oscar winning star in the movie of her life.

Helping people take their healing into their own hands so they can break out of the cage of chronic pain and live pain free lives and create life on their own terms, is more rewarding than words can describe.

Do you or someone you know live with chronic pain that won’t quit?

Comment CAGEFREE in the comments and let’s talk about it!

*(name and story shared with permission)

Do you have chronic back pain that won’t quit?It’s a nagging ache that lives below the surface that you have slowly beco...
07/16/2026

Do you have chronic back pain that won’t quit?

It’s a nagging ache that lives below the surface that you have slowly become numb to.

Yet despite learning to ignore that ache, it’s always there, like the hum of a refrigerator in the background.

No matter what you do, it won’t go away. Dry needling, tripper point therapy, physical therapy, hot yoga, chiropractor, red light therapy. They help, but only for a day or two.

The truth is that all the things you have been doing have helped you, just not in a way that creates lasting results

We have to create space within the body at a rate that creates safety and allows the change to take hold

If we do too much too fast, the body will rebel and go back to where it feels safe - the place of pain.

So all the things you did before were moving the needle. But you have to support the whole system and not just one aspect. Otherwise it makes the body feel unsafe, and it rebels against any real change, any real relief.

When you allow yourself to be supported and make micro changes in multiple arenas in your life, this is where lasting change can occur.

Because microchanges are what creates the feeling of safety within the body. And when you have safety, you can create long lasting relief.

You can ReCreate Your Reality.

Drop a ⛱️ in the comments and I’ll shoot you a dm!

Together we can rise!

Can you be a rebel and still be grateful?Typically, we don’t equate rebellion with gratitude.When I think of a rebel, I ...
07/03/2026

Can you be a rebel and still be grateful?

Typically, we don’t equate rebellion with gratitude.

When I think of a rebel, I think of John Travolta in “Grease”, leaning against a wall hunched over a cigarette with a devil may care smile. Leather jackets, slicked back hair, ci******es and fast cars.

This is not an image that brings the feeling of gratitude.

Rebellion spits in the face of everything it was ever taught.

But what if what you were taught was wrong, and it deserves the middle finger?

What if you could be grateful for the life lessons you received from being taught all the wrong things?

Can you be a rebel and still be grateful?

Two things can be true at the same time.

I gave a reading today where this question was brought to light.

The client was confronting some childhood wounding that was repeating itself for them as an adult.

They want to rebel against the conditioning, the wounding. But grief and guilt can keep us stuck, or rather it can stick to us, in the form of hip pain.

The client was able to lean into gratitude for the lessons the wounding brought about, and while also embracing the freedom of rebellion and leaving behind the guilt and the grief. Or at least a larger piece of it. Rome wasn’t built in a day and one reading doesn’t solve a lifetime of wounding and conditioning.

When we grow and evolve, it can feel like we are leaving people behind. It can feel like we are abandoning them. When in reality, we are clearing the path for others to follow.

It can feel lonely and scary. It can feel like rebellion.

But if we can move forward from a place of rebellious gratitude for all the things we were taught, it allows us to move forward with ease. Our rebellion is the most healing thing we can engage in.

What if being a rebel is living in gratitude? What if living in gratitude is the rebellion?

A rebellion without gratitude is a pointless war that leaves everyone a loser on the battlefield.

A rebellion with gratitude clears a path towards redemption. 

What does this bring up for you? What are you struggling to rebel against in your life?

Can you let yourself be grateful for the struggle and allow yourself to leave it behind?

07/01/2026

Are you married to your job?

When you’re an entrepreneur, you have to be.

You have to be willing to dedicate yourself to the bitter end, in sickness and in health.

Just like in a marriage, in a business you have to be willing to grow together. Otherwise the relationship becomes stale, stressful, and unappealing.

You have to start talking yourself into showing up, knowing you’ve made a commitment, and the last thing you want to do is walk away feeling like you’ve wasted your time.

So you start to look elsewhere. It’s the 80/20 rule.

You start looking for the 20% - the fun, the ability to come and go as you please, the ability to leave the mess behind so you can go home feeling refreshed and supported in an entirely different way.

So you get a “part-time job to help pay the bills.”

But really, you’ve given up.

I started working at the nearby casino giving poker players chair massages while they sit for hours hoping it all pays off.

It’s been fun, but it’s reminding me what I’m missing out on in my business.

So now I have a couple options.

I can go back to my business and try to apologize and explain away the betrayal, or I can walk away and never look back.

I am choosing to work on my relationship to my business. I am choosing to allow my business to grow with me, instead of walking away.

I am not just a hippy turned massage therapist.

I am here as a tour guide of inner healing.
I help people heal chronic pain using spiritually aligned mind-body techniques without pain meds.

My highest calling is to help people break down the mass cultural conditioning that keeps people on the hamster wheel of misalignment and prevents them from claiming their birthright.

Join me as I revamp my business and bring IT and MYSELF into our new era.

🚨 It’s happening today! 🚨The Phoenix Rising Summit kicks off at 11:00 AM EST — and this is your chance to join us live.D...
11/19/2025

🚨 It’s happening today! 🚨

The Phoenix Rising Summit kicks off at 11:00 AM EST — and this is your chance to join us live.

Don’t miss the inspiration, the strategies, and the community that will help you rise into your next chapter.

With over a dozen amazing speakers sharing inspiration all day long, you have lots of opportunities to join this amazing community.

👉 Register for free! Link is in the comments!

Narcissism has become a buzz word in the worst way.We are all capable of narcissistic tendencies.I think a lot of times,...
11/17/2025

Narcissism has become a buzz word in the worst way.

We are all capable of narcissistic tendencies.

I think a lot of times, people call other people narcissists when they are unwilling to deal with their own bu****it and would rather blame other people for their problems.

This is a problem.

Especially when narcissistic abuse is real and its effects can be devastating.

When you're swimming in a sea of online culture where everyone wants to call anyone who might just be an as***le a narcissist, it waters down the real problem and makes it easier for the monster to hide under the bed.

I grew up with a mother that was damaged by the emotionally abusive relationships in her life.

Thankfully she taught me to be stronger than she was. She educated me about the warning signs and red flags of abuse, control and manipulation. Thankfully I actually listened to those life lessons and dodged a few bullets.

Bullets that she was never able to outrun.

Her trauma, her "bullet wounds" that never healed turned into chronic illness in the form of IBS, panic attacks and eventually a form of Parkinson's, leaving her trapped in her body at the end of her life.

Her story and her life inspire me to help other people heal in the ways she was unable.

This Wednesday I have the profound honor of joining the Phoenix Rising Summit hosted by my friend Cheryl L Wright, who wrote the book Swimming with Alligators: how to recognize narcissistic abuse, break unhealthy bonds, and unlock true empowerment.

This isn’t just another online event. It’s a chance to hear stories of resilience, get practical tools for healing, and connect with a community that understands what it means to rise from the ashes.

If you or someone you know is struggling with overcoming the trauma that comes from unhealthy and abusive relationships, please come and join us, or send the link to join to your friend.

Learn from the amazing speakers at this event, allow yourself to receive the hand that is being offered to you so that you can rise from the ashes.

Together we rise.

Link to register for free is in the comments ❤

“If you had the cure for cancer, wouldn’t you make sure everyone who had cancer knew about it?”This is a common question...
11/04/2025

“If you had the cure for cancer, wouldn’t you make sure everyone who had cancer knew about it?”

This is a common question that is posed by business and sales coaches, encouraging entrepreneurs and coaches to shed the shame and fear of marketing themselves and their products.

I hate this question.

It’s such an extreme example to make a point.

Yes, a lot of coaches (myself included) have skills and programs that could change the lives of many people.

But we’re not out here curing cancer.

I am here to help people, yes. I am here to teach people, yes.

But am I saving lives?

I have had clients tell me I have helped them to change their lives, and this is what I am most proud of.

I teach people how to help themselves. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for life.

On a personal level, it becomes a wobbly interlude to “claim my results” when I am here to empower people to help themselves.

When someone helps themself, that is not my result, it is theirs.

Claiming the title of “healer” feels like wearing a sash that I didn’t win. In massage school my teachers taught me humility and to understand that I am not the one doing the healing, I am merely creating space for the body to heal itself.

In the time since I have left massage school, I have learned how to translate that skill beyond the scope of physical touch on the massage table.

The idea that I am not the one doing the healing, that I am merely the one helping to facilitate the creation of space within the body - so that the body can heal itself, becomes even stronger and more tangible - ironically, using modalities that are not at all tangible.

I have been accused of sharing "a lot of pseudoscience" - that it hasn't been proven in a lab multiple times with double blind yada yada *cue the eyeroll* and therefore must be a "bunch of hooey"

Here's the thing: you can prove anything in a lab, right or wrong, with confirmation bias.

So I personally don't need "scientific proof" that energy healing works, when I have seen firsthand as well as have read 100's of stories about people's experiences, to know that this "pseudoscience" is true and real.

And interestingly enough, science is starting to prove more and more every day that what has been thought of as "pseudo" is actually real and true.

So no, I am not curing cancer, I am not saving lives. I am creating space for the body to heal from within by teaching you how to clear and release trapped energies and emotions that create dissonance on the energetic plane of the body that creates chronic pain and disease.

As Dr Bradley Nelson, founder of the Emotion Code states, it's better to NOT know what we are preventing, than to reverse a debilitating disease.

Scorpio season is all about going deep, and getting real. Check out the reading I’ve prepared for you !
10/23/2025

Scorpio season is all about going deep, and getting real. Check out the reading I’ve prepared for you !

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