Welcome! I'm so glad you're here.

For over 25 years, I’ve had the privilege of sitting with children, families, and adults during some of life’s most vulnerable moments. This work shaped who I am as a healer - as did my own journey of navigating grief, chronic pain, and finding my way back to myself. 🌿

In the fall of 2017, I started a new, high-stress job while grieving the death of my father and managing multiple life-altering family stressors. Then, I was in a serious car accident that changed everything. What followed were years of debilitating chronic pain - the kind that quietly takes over your life, narrows your world, and wears down your sense of who you are. I went from triathlons with friends and hiking with my kids to being relegated to the sidelines.

I tried everything recommended to address the pain. Some things helped a little, but nothing resolved it. Eventually a provider identified the source: a torn ligament in my neck, causing the surrounding tissue to hold in constant spasm. He was able to address it, but after seven years of living in that pattern, the pain had become embedded - in my nervous system, my energy, and the way my body had learned to brace against the world. Healing the structural problem wasn’t enough. I needed something that could reach deeper.

That’s when everything shifted. I began the Safe and Sound Protocol to support my nervous system and something in me started to soften. More ease, more presence, and a quality of joy I hadn’t felt in years. Then, just weeks later, I was introduced to Reiki, and after one session, for the first time in years, I was not in pain.

I knew in my gut these modalities were amplifying each other. As I continued both, the healing went deeper than I expected - body, mind, and spirit. Over time, I even reversed the moderate scoliosis I’d carried since childhood!

I immersed myself in training, certification, and mentorship across energy healing lineages and the science of the nervous system - and Radiance Healing was born.

What I bring to this work

My clinical and academic background spans 25 years experience as a Certified Child Life Specialist, parent educator and coach, and professor of Human Development and Family Science. I’m also a Reiki Master trained across multiple lineages and a certified Safe and Sound Protocol facilitator. My background brings a beautiful blend of science and soul to this work. 💖

Through Radiance Healing, I currently serve as a Regulation and Resilience Specialist at a local school district, and support clients of all ages with energy healing and sound and light therapy.

What this means practically: I understand how early experiences shape the nervous system. I understand how the body holds what the mind can’t always reach. And I understand what it takes to feel safe enough to finally release old patterns.

It is a gift to walk alongside others in their healing. I would love to support you with yours. 💫