People ask me why or how I decided to become a Holistic Life Cycle Coach. At a very early age, I always loved beauty, food, health, nature and science. NO one taught me wonderful things that made feel and look radiant. I just knew & what I didn’t know I read about. Learning more of these skills were put on hold very early. In 1990 at 15 years old, I became a mama and I was very ill prepared for this first work.
Before Michael came, I got my GED but still only possessing an 8th grade education, he was born, I was able to get my food service certification from BOCES. They say everything happens for a reason- learn on your feet, fast, no excuses! If you don’t do it, no one else will. Knowing what I know now, I understand why my baby was born sickly. They actually didn’t think he would live, the doctors had no answers, and so they called it an unspecified respiratory illness. He was treated as an asthmatic but to no avail. He was super sick for the first 7 years of his life, never got better & the episodes just kept getting worse and more scary. I keep asking questions but never getting any answers. I my myself was starting to experience a decline in health – mentally, digestively and re-productively… Misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis for both us and no help in site for either of us.
By this point, its 1997, I now work in a health food store, trying to help myself and get better as well as help my child. One day the herbalist is dropping off tinctures and I began asking him all sorts of questions. Could these help my child, how do they work, what tinctures could he recommend, etc. I told him what was wrong and a few days later he came back. He had 3 bottles & directions. I followed his directions to the letter and all I can tell you was that I found the beginning of the path that changed my life forever.
As I learned about food and herbs, as medicine, and implemented them in our lives, my son improved continuously in so many ways health, spirit, palette, you name it , he was getting better! Amen! I read everything I could get my hands on about organics, natural health, tinctures, food as medicine, alternative treatments, and complementary medicine. 3 years in to learning and making changes, he would only have episodes when we moved to a new states & now he has nothing more than mild allergies. It seems a world away from the baby then boy that was allergic to food, trees, plants, animals grass, even sand – Basically life it seemed then…
My exposure to this new world created a hunger and curiosity for more knowledge about this amazing way of living, which isn’t really new just forgotten! Our Indigenous nature and ways. I didn’t realize the path that I would be on and how this was just the tip of the iceberg of learning & growing that I would do. In 1998, I got even more exposure to alternative medicine & treatments by becoming an apprentice in a wellness center. I learned about and trained in such therapies like massage reflexology aromatherapy hydrotherapy as well as skin care. I needed to get licensing, so in 2000, I made a decision. I went to aesthetics school and became an aesthetician. From that point, until the present, I have been working with doctors, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, mentors, coaches, in day spas, medispas, and wellness centers as well as having my own private practice.
From all these situations, I really learned about people and what motivates them. I learned that people wanted to live good lives, be happy, healthy, fit, and look their best but more than anything they wanted to feel good about themselves. I also learned that people got stuck sometimes feeling overwhelmed and not knowing where to start. This is where I really stepped up and learned about skin function as well as its importance to health and the affect of what we put in and on our bodies and what happens when we disregard our body’s needs.
In 2009 I meet a woman that was the catalyst for my all my education coming together. She introduced me to the Biblical Health Institute where I in turn received a certification as a Certified Biblical Health Coach. I knew I wanted to mentor but not solely nutrition but as always food would be the door that I walked through (it has always been) but not the one I bloom out of. Having studied, coached, worked, studied, coached, worked and here I am realizing my dream come true, helping women nourish empower and renew themselves from the inside out as a Wholistic Womyn’s Wellness Advocate, as well as, a Holistic Childbirth/Family Consultant, using the gifts that Mother Nature has provided for us, time tested mother approved.
Early motherhood, sexual/physical/emotional abuse, life stress and genetic family history of mental & physical illness has showed me how important it is for women, at any stage of their lives (maiden, mother, queen, crone), to maintain good health, learn how to master their bodies, families, all while meeting the demands of being a “modern woman” and still being able to meet our own needs for work, growth & self development.
I am in love with this new amazing world. Everything I had learned in the early years of my life has carried me back full circle to my life’s purpose, which up until a few years ago was not as certain as I would have liked. Life is a process and in every step I was perfect, exactly where I needed to be because I am here now, right where I am supposed to be! Namaste!
*My Sacred Vision*
is to invite woman, at any stage of their life, maiden, mother, queen, crone to nourish empower and care for themselves, preparing their body, mind and spirit, in the best possible way, using the wise women tradition of thinking and healing to best deal with aging, bodily changes, mental distress, and the pollution of our ever changing planet.
I support women dealing with “Healthy Life” challenges to let go of certain lifestyle choices to increase overall health, nourishment, well-being and empowerment. I help women become the miracle they were intended to be, a prosperous, radiant, and discerning being, using a holistic approach to life, women will embrace themselves as they are – healthy, whole and holy.
By teaching women, to nourish empower & care for themselves, using the gifts provided to us by mother nature, such as, intuition, nourishing local organic foods, luxurious, revitalizing organic handmade skin care products, & professionally chosen energetic skin/body care treatments, as well as using, Affirmations, Aromatherapy, Crystals, Herbal Tincture and Nourishing Infusions, Flower Essences, Gem Elixirs, specifically chosen, synergistically combined, helping women, to feel nourished & empowered by using self care to feel healthy whole & holy from the inside out.
By providing connection, education, resources and support, and opening up a community to help all people find beneficial ways of living and practicing a holistic lifestyle, we nurture ourselves, our friends and our beloved Mother Earth.
