The accelerated path of personal growth & development became possible for me when I got sober. With a clear head, I stopped fighting and surrendered to something greater than myself. Finally, I was able to see that my own intuition was ready to guide my way. No longer was I bound by my very limited ego running the show and thinking it was doing a great job!

The first time I remember acting on my inner guidance was taking a leap to go work for a risky startup business. The owner and I built the company from the ground up. Every day was an adventure of creation. I wondered how I could have missed this fulfillment for so long. Work and play were no longer two separate things for me and I am so grateful this owner I call a friend allowed me the space to realize creativity and grow. When I am creating from the heart and helping others, I am home.

A few years later, I found myself watching an obscure video that was explaining the different levels of consciousness. I was mesmerized by the content. It was hitting me right in the heart. I didn’t know at the time, but this was my first experience with synchronicity. The next phase of my journey was born.

I started reading every book I could get my hands on about present moment, awareness, and meditation. Let me tell you, it’s not easy to start talking about these concepts with your friends, family, and co-workers all of the sudden. They were either looking at me like I had 3 heads, or they were changing the subject pretty quick. I still pushed on because I knew I was in the right place.

I reached a point where reading books and knowing concepts from a theoretical standpoint wasn’t enough. It was time to start experiencing in real life. Experience is where true learning and growth takes place.

I did not know where to begin to experience! Then one day I was digging into an old computer file from 5 years in the past. It contained some messages from an intuitive family friend I received right after my mom died. She told me that I should explore my spiritual side and that I was a teacher, maybe start with some Reiki classes. A wave of butterflies and tingling rushed through my body as I read this as if it were written for me right at that moment. This was guidance! I smiled and laughed as I knew I was experiencing synchronicity (a nudge from the universe in alignment with our place on our path).

What’s next? Find a Reiki instructor. At this point, fear set in. “Uh oh, I’m going to have to actually talk to someone else in person about this stuff?” Doing something out of my comfort zone and meeting new people was definitely scary, but I knew this was the next step.

Over the course of the next year, I followed every lead that came my way when it came to meeting new people, taking classes, and experiencing healing. My first teacher led me through Reiki levels I, II, and Master. She also guided me through a Mastering Your Intuition program that really opened me up. Concurrently, I fell in love with Access Bars (getting your bars run). As an Access Bars Facilitator, I enjoy raising awareness and helping to clear that which doesn’t serve my clients any longer.

These experiences taught me to always follow my inner guidance whenever I felt it come up no matter how scary it is. Next was treating myself to a trip to Sedona where I would work with a Shaman on the red rocks. I also would meet my next teacher and mentor accidently while booking a massage. It is so true that when the student is ready, the teacher appears.

Next came education in life coaching, NLP (neuro linguistic programming), and emotional intelligence. By asking questions and observing a combination of verbal and non verbal cues from my clients, I am able to recognize and point out deep engrained patterns that may be holding them back. It is during this process my clients find their own inner guidance. Releasing fear and choosing inner guidance makes the impossible possible.