About Me

Throughout my career as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I’ve worked with individuals and groups seeking clarity, connection, and healing. My approach has always honored the wisdom within. I believe that when we take time to turn inward, we find the strength, insight, and compassion needed to face whatever life brings.

I’m also a certified Compassion Ambassador through Stanford’s CCARE (Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education), a program that deepened my lifelong commitment to cultivating compassion—in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the way we show up for others. Compassion, to me, isn’t something we perform—it’s something we practice. Quietly. Steadily. From the inside out.

In recent years, I’ve expanded my work to include offerings that help people reconnect with their inner lives through journaling, storytelling, creative reflection, and legacy work. From my Journaling Journey Circles at Breathingspacesfc.com to Vision Quest sessions in the Sand and the creation of Your Keepsake Memoir, I invite others to engage in reflective processes that nurture self-awareness and self-compassion.

I’m also the author of The Resilient Caregiver: It’s an Inside Job, a book written for those who find themselves caring for others while trying not to disappear in the process. It’s not about being heroic. It’s about being real. It’s about holding the hard stuff while still letting joy in. And I believe caregiving, like all deep work, begins with how we care for ourselves.

At this stage in my life, I see myself less as an expert and more as a fellow traveler—someone who’s learned through lived experience the value of emotional endurance, loving presence, and deep listening. Whether you're navigating caregiving, life transitions, or your own inner terrain, my hope is that my work reminds you: you’re not alone, and your story matters.

On the back of my business card are the words I try to live by:

“The courage to look inward lets the heart speak its quiet truth.”

That’s the invitation I extend to you—through every offering, every reflection, every shared story.