About

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I consider myself a highly sensitive person. For far too long, I was unable to contain the intensity with which I experienced the world. This inability to tolerate the full breadth of my experiences developed into maladaptive coping mechanisms that would keep me feeling lost and stuck in patterns and environments that my soul had long outgrown. And though I was able to sustain a successful career in Aerospace, I would often swing from feeling like life is too much for me, to feeling like I was too much for others, until eventually I felt numb and disconnected. 

This struggle sparked the emergence of Spirit Creatives: the journey of my physical body remembering its way back to my soul. Because after decades of perfectionist habits protecting me from feelings, I needed all the support I could get. With each step along this path, I learned and practiced a new resource that would help me not just contain my sensitivity, but to harness it as my greatest strength. Having expanded my window of tolerance, I gathered the courage to leave my career in Aerospace and follow my calling with Spirit Creatives.  I found my way, and I want to help others find theirs. 

My practice involves cultivating and fortifying one's own internal support system by attuning to the body's inherent wisdom. It is my belief that the body is the best translator we have for understanding the messages that carry our purpose, our meaning, our Spirit. By listening to our body, it's wants and needs, it's sensations and urges, and responding with intention, our mind makes room for the awareness required to rewire our outdated behaviors and build new, healthier patterns. I've studied and practiced tools for the psyche (such as IFS, ACT, and DBT) for the heart (shame theory, self-compassion, journeywork) and for the body (somatic resourcing, trauma theory, breathwork) and have plenty of wisdom to share. 

This is my approach to long-lasting and self-sustaining healing. It is effective because it is organic and intention-based, rather than prescriptive and goal-oriented. It's effective because it creates NEW pathways with less resistance. Instead of trying to cram new habits and patterns into an overwhelming or burnt-out lifestyle, we begin with letting go of the subtle, subconscious patterns that continue to make life unmanageable no matter how many changes we try to force. This will mark the beginning of your own journey back to your body, back to your soul, back to your home. There is no singular, correct, or "one size fits all" way to move along your healing journey. Ultimately, YOU are the authority of your own truth. I am just here to help you find it. 

The word somatic means "of or relating to the body." The process of Somatic Resourcing is one where we utilize felt sense and intentional movements to aid the body in self-regulation. The more we develop these resources and bring ourselves back to regulation, the easier it becomes to tolerate difficult or intense situations in life without dissociating, exploding, or collapsing. These resources can be crucial when it comes to finding and following one's purpose, as the path is often lined with challenges we could never anticipate. 

By the time we reach adulthood, the body has developed automatic somatic patterns that were once critical for survival (such as in early childhood). An example of a limiting somatic pattern might be rolling the shoulders forward and keeping the gaze low, tied to the thought "I am not safe," and activates involuntarily any time this person enters a public space. This pattern might be necessary for easing anxiety enough to enter public spaces. However, it may be limiting that person's perception of what is possible for them, especially if their purpose involves being seen and known by the public. 

Common approaches towards resolution involve replacing limiting thoughts such as "I am not safe" with more positive thoughts. This approach often falls short though, because the somatic pattern is still activated in the same environments and continues to produce the same limiting thoughts. However, by developing a Somatic Resource intended to bring security and groundedness while subjected to the activating environment, we can train the body to evolve the limiting somatic pattern into one that allows for more presence and possibility. 

Here is an example of a limiting somatic pattern and corresponding somatic resources that would help: an office worker's gaze narrows, chest tightens, and breath becomes shallow every time a meeting notice pops up on their screen. This pattern is tied to the thought "I am not prepared" regardless of what the meeting is about. This limits their ability to participate in the meeting, which reinforces the thought "I am not prepared," and thus strengthens the intensity of the somatic pattern. The desk worker then practices these two Somatic Resources. Every time they see a meeting notice they 1. soften their gaze by focusing on their peripheral vision and 2. breathe full, soothing breaths into their chest. Initially, this just eases the anxiety they feel and allows for more presence in meeting. Over time, the Somatic Resources become automatic, and the pattern evolves into one where the desk worker feels grounded and capable every time they see a meeting notice. Click below if you're ready to form your own Somatic Resources