From PERFORMANCE to PRESENCE

The majority of my career was spent excelling in leadership roles in the finance industry - guiding teams, managing performance metrics, and staying laser-focused on strategy and operations. Outwardly, it all looked successful. But inwardly, there was a heaviness I couldn’t name.

For over a decade, I juggled a demanding career, motherhood, complex family dynamics, midlife unraveling, and the emotional residue of unresolved trauma, from childhood wounds to unhealthy relationships and coping habits like drinking and other addictive behaviors. Though I appeared calm and composed, I was silently battling anxiety, depression, and a deep sense of disconnection.

I tried everything - talk therapy, antidepressants, self-care routines, nutrition plans. Nothing brought the lasting relief I longed for.

Until I found sacred medicine.

I began microdosing psilocybin. It opened something, gently but profoundly. My emotional bandwidth expanded, and I felt a sense of possibility I hadn’t accessed in decades. But it was my first deeper ceremony that catalyzed a transformation I could feel in every cell.

It wasn’t just insight, it was embodiment. My nervous system softened. Long-held patterns of overworking, over-consuming, and over-caretaking began to dissolve. I became more present, emotionally available, attuned and surprisingly, that presence made me even more impactful in my leadership role. For the first time in my life, I felt at home in myself.

The healing extended beyond the emotional into my physical body. I’ve lived with asthma since childhood, dependent on a daily steroid inhaler. But as I continued this inner work releasing old burdens and reconnecting to my body, something shifted. My need for medication dropped significantly, and within a few years, my symptoms disappeared. It was the first time in my life I could breathe freely—physically and emotionally.

That’s when I knew: I had to share this work.

I trained with Zach Leary (yes, son of the legendary Timothy Leary), whose lineage bridges traditional wisdom and modern consciousness. I’ve apprenticed and co-facilitated alongside seasoned mentors, studied closely with a pharmacist specializing in entheogens, and completed training in psychedelic peer support through the Zendo Project—each offering perspectives into the sacred, the scientific, and the ceremonial. The medicine remains one of my most profound teachers, inviting me to meet each moment with humility, attunement, and deep presence.

My work continues to evolve through ongoing study across the healing arts, including energy healing (such as Reiki and shamanic practices) and other modalities that support my work in sacred medicine. I’m continually exploring how to thoughtfully weave these modalities into the spaces I hold, supported by peer-led consultation circles and trusted networks grounded in reciprocity and care. I’ve chosen a path shaped by lived experience, depth, and devotion to the work, rather than formalized certification and licensures alone.

My mission is to help others reconnect with what’s real, to what matters most. To normalize and de-stigmatize these powerful medicine allies. To support professionals, creatives, and high-capacity individuals who are tired of holding it all together and ready for a more honest, embodied way of being.

This work is about returning to your truest self. Because when we stop performing, we begin to listen. And that’s where healing begins.