About Me
Trust is the transformation. You are your own greatest cheerleader. Let everyone else simply be your fans.
If there's one thing I've learned over the past 55 years, it's that success isn't about having all the answers. It's about learning to trust yourself enough to take the next step, even when you're scared.
And believe me—I still get scared.
I'm still afraid of failing. I still question myself. The difference now is that I understand what's happening in my body. I recognize when my nervous system is trying to protect me instead of guide me, and I've learned that fear doesn't have to be the voice making my decisions.
That wisdom didn't come naturally. It came through experience, mistakes, curiosity, and years of learning how the body and nervous system truly work.
I only wish I had discovered it sooner.
For 27 years, I built a successful career in sales and management in the corporate world. Along the way, I earned my Pilates and Yoga certifications, teaching on weekends as a way to create balance in an otherwise demanding career.
When my company downsized, I found myself interviewing for another corporate position. On paper, it was the logical next step. But with every interview, I felt something I couldn't ignore—my passion was gone. I realized I wasn't building the life I truly wanted. It had been a successful career, but it wasn't the legacy I hoped to leave for myself, my family, or the people around me.
During COVID, I took a leap of faith and opened a coffee shop with no prior experience. My dream was simple: to give people a little happiness in a cup.
What I didn't expect was how much my customers would teach me.
Every day I watched hardworking, successful people rushing through life. They loved their families. They cared deeply about their work. They wanted more meaningful connections—with themselves and with others—but they rarely slowed down long enough to experience them. The only time many people truly stopped to smell the coffee, let alone taste it, was on their days off.
I realized they weren't just craving caffeine.
They were craving presence.
At the same time, I realized I was no different.
I was living in a constant state of fight-or-flight, even though there were no real bears chasing me. My nervous system felt out of control, and I had forgotten what calm actually felt like. That way of living wasn't serving my body, my mind, or my ability to show up with patience and compassion for the people I loved.
That's when I found breathwork—and, in many ways, I found myself again.
Through Functional Breathwork and Trauma-Informed Somatic Breathwork, I discovered that healing doesn't begin by pushing harder. It begins by feeling safe enough to soften. Breath became the bridge back to myself and taught me something I now carry into every class and every session.
We often hear people say, "Trust your gut."
I believe there's another step.
You have to develop your gut.
When we learn to regulate our nervous system, quiet the constant noise, and reconnect with our bodies, we begin making decisions from clarity instead of fear. That kind of trust isn't automatic—it is built, breath by breath, choice by choice.
Today, I combine Pilates, Yoga, Reiki, Functional Breathwork, and Trauma-Informed Somatic Breathwork to help others reconnect with themselves from the inside out.
My hope is that every person who works with me first feels safe, because safety allows the body to soften.
Then strong, with the confidence to release what no longer serves them.
Then calm, with space to simply breathe and bask in the glow of release.
Finally, resilient—because resilience isn't about avoiding stress. It's about trusting that your nervous system knows how to return home.
That's the work I love.
And that's the legacy I hope to leave.