I’m a midwife, mother, daughter, wife and friend. I have a comprehensive background in Women’s Health. I have been attending to the needs of women in their most vulnerable times for over 25 years. Holding space for the most personal, intense and emotional moments is a gift that I don’t take lightly. For years I have had the privilege of walking with birthing people through their journey to parenthood and a myriad of experiences that define our womanhood.

I began my own journey as a child who had no foundation of what it meant to be a woman. I had to forge that path alone through my teenage years and that led me through a journey that was often traumatic and, at times humiliating and terrifying. It would be years before I truly learned my worth as WOMAN. I lived in my van and traveled the country with the Renaissance Festival. It was a beautifully accepting community, but with little accountability. My path, my worth, was mine to find alone.

When I became pregnant at the age of 21, I knew that I needed to make some changes. I had no desire to raise a baby alone in my van and so I settled back in Colorado to be near my family. From the very beginning of my pregnancy, I was aware that I wanted it to be a natural and empowering experience. I sought out natural birth communities and put my big old brain to work learning all that I could about giving birth. I met a doula and childbirth educator who took me under her wing. After an amazing and transformational birth experience in a local birth center, I embarked on my journey as a single mother to a beautiful son. I also began the journey of learning my worth. Being his mother was healing in ways that I could not yet understand.

I began work as a doula and attended college achieving a BA in English Literature from Colorado College. It was a time full of growth as I established myself separate from my family. I began to notice the things that made me unique, and I started to understand some of my own wounds.

I still had so much to learn and so many wounds to heal. I ended up in a destructive marriage. However, I don’t regret it for one minute because not only did I have two amazing girls in the peace of my own home, but I learned even more about my own damage and what I needed to recognize about myself and my own worth in order to feel fulfilled. Through the course of this unhealthy relationship, I was still able to accomplish my CPM - Certified Professional Midwife and establish my private homebirth practice which I ran successfully for over 10 years.

As I came into my own power as a woman owned business serving women and families, my own healing path became much clearer. People trusted ME with their most private parts and personal moments. Not only did they trust me, but they also sought me out for all that I had to offer. I realized that it was time to move on from my marriage and walk this healing path intentionally and fully. I fell even more intensely in love with running and spent hours alone in the woods with only my dog for company. I got to know myself on a whole new level and was surprised to find that I actually liked what I was finding. There was no reason to judge myself, dislike myself or doubt my knowledge and intention. I began to understand the wounds of my childhood and find compassion for my inner child.

I planned to return to life as a single mother with new gusto and strength. And yet, life had other plans. Within a year of my divorce I was married to an amazing man who I met way back when I was 17 and on the road with the Fair. I got to learn about healthy love and healthy conflict. I learned how to advocate for myself in a relationship and how it feels to have that respected by my partner.

Through this time period, I expanded my education surrounding all things Truama. I worked as a photographer and area coordinator for Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep - walking with over 60 families through fetal demise. I learned all that I could about Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - refusing to let the organizations’ restrictions on certifications deter my quest for the knowledge. When I found SEI - Somatic Experiencing International, I was able to get into the program with my current qualifications and have found an anchor in that modality. I am thrilled to be on the final leg of my journey to achieve my SEP!

Now, as I enter the menopausal years of my life and begin to understand how little support and information is out there for women on this path, I am so excited to be a part of the education and support system. I find that this is another benchmark of healing. As the children grow independent, as our parents age and potentially require more from us, our role shifts once again. And therefore, so does our healing journey.

I am so excited to be on this journey of lifelong healing. I would love to invite you to join me! Let’s do this together.