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After leaving my decade-long accounting career in 2018 to pursue entrepreneurship, I hit an unexpected identity and purpose crisis.
I was constantly beating myself up for not hitting my financial goals, convinced I just needed the “right strategy” to succeed. I worked to the point of exhaustion using my strong willpower, fearing that slowing down would mean failure — not just in my business, but in the eyes of my loved ones and society. I didn’t realize how much I had tied my self-worth and purpose to my productivity and career.
Eventually, I hit burnout, and it took months before I could access any creative flow again. I was being really hard on myself to figure out my purpose and what was wrong with me...
I dove into traditional self-development methods, determined to "fix my mindset blocks". I became highly self-aware, uncovering old programming from my upbringing and countless limiting beliefs. I started getting deeper into my spiritual practices and gained expanded perspectives. But even with all the insights, I still felt stuck.
I logically knew that I was holding myself back and why — but I couldn’t change it, no matter have many times I tried to force myself to think or feel differently or how many pages I journaled.
Eventually, cognitive coaching was no longer working well for me either because I knew what the coach wanted to hear, but I didn't actually feel congruent with what I was saying out loud on the inside.
A turning point came when a friend said, “You’re trying to resolve something subconscious with logic and willpower — you need to work at a deeper layer.”
That conversation led me to study integrative hypnosis, NLP, Core Transformation®, and Wholeness Work®. What began as a quest to fix myself became a beautiful journey of truly accepting all parts of myself and deepening my spiritual practices. The key was starting to see each of my "blocks" as a doorway to wellbeing - that they all had a deeper, positive purpose.
Force and willpower turned into flow and a deep appreciation for divine timing and the lessons along the way. I was also overjoyed to find practical ways to apply concepts I learned in my spiritual studies along the way like "oneness" and non-duality (this happened naturally as I guided myself through the processes I guide clients through today).
Today, it’s my joy and honor to guide others in creating lasting inner freedom and reconnecting with their purpose and flow. As activist and author Joanna Macy describes, we are living through “The Great Turning” — a collective shift toward a life-sustaining civilization. In this time of rapid change, many outdated systems are falling away, not just in our politics and economy, but also within our own lives — in our relationships, careers, identities, and beliefs. These shifts can feel overwhelming to our nervous systems, often triggering stress responses like fight, flight, or freeze.
The tools I use have been life-changing for my own growth and grounding, and I’ve seen them profoundly support my clients through their own soul and consciousness evolution. Fear can truly alchemize into clarity, love, creativity, and peace — and if this speaks to you, I’d be honored to walk alongside you in your journey.


- I am committed to doing my own ongoing inner work so I "walk my talk".
- You are the expert on your life and hold the inner resources to resolve personal challenges. My job is to help you access these!
- Our inner "blocks" are doorways and sign posts to our wellbeing and wholeness. The problem is also the solution.
- All of our behaviors, emotions, and thoughts have a deeper, positive purpose that we can access and use in our healing!
- No forcing (not in our sessions, not in my sales/marketing). Gentleness and natural flow are key.
- Resistance and objections are welcome and are acknowledged with kindness because they're an important signal from our system (even if it logically makes no sense).
- We co-create change by following the guidance of your unique system (body, mind, spirit, and consciousness) because it knows exactly how it wants to create change in a way that's lasting.
- In our work, we won't "get rid of", "erase", or "fix". Instead, we cultivate flexibility and openness to more possibilities for how to experience and perceive life. "Transform" or "harmonize" would be better words.
- Not everyone needs or wants to unpack their past to experience change. It's not a requirement to re-live or talk about past memories in detail to heal.
- Subconscious change work and mental wellbeing should not be a luxury available to the few who can afford ongoing private sessions. I'll gladly teach you powerful self-directed tools and/or direct you to other free/low cost resources.

- Certified Core Transformation® Coach
- Mentor for Core Transformation® students (in Foundation, Advanced, and Coach programs)
- Wholeness Work® Practitioner (Completed training levels 1-4 & coach training, working on certification)
- Certified Stress Management Consultant
- Certified and Licensed Hypnotist (through National Guild of Hypnotists, Integrative Hypnosis training through Melissa Tiers, and many ongoing training programs)
- Erickson Certified Professional Coach (156 hour ICF accredited program)
- Co-launched and built a professional e-learning startup from scratch focused on teaching business principles (prior to coaching)
- Former Certified Public Accountant (10+ years of experience in tax/accounting industry, Masters & Bachelor's in Accounting)
- Lift Economy Next MBA Grad (9 month alternative MBA program teaching regenerative business practices)
-Student of Daoism


(in no particular order)
Judy Thurman, my Daoism spiritual teacher, healer, and soul sister
Connirae, Tamara, & Mark Andreas of Andreas NLP and the assistant coaches and students
Melissa Tiers and the endless list of incredible hypnosis, healer, mental health, spiritual practitioners that I've come to know about thanks to her work
Mary Lou Rodriguez and Jim Fortin for introducing me to the world of hypnosis
The teachers of Erickson Int'l for teaching me effective life coaching skills
The folks at LIFT Economy, Pachamama Alliance, and Accounting Alchemy Network for teaching me about regenerative business and life practices, anti-racism
Tad Hargrave of Marketing for Hippies and Simone Grace Seol for teaching me a grounded, authentic approach to growing a business
My parents and family who taught me about the value of resilience and hard work and brought me to the US so I could have more opportunities
All the coaches and teachers who I no longer actively sit and study with, but at one point greatly influenced me (for "better" and for "worst" haha)
Nature, Spirit Guides and Helpers, and every single being and experience I encounter daily




"Next Economy" and regenerative business and life practices...I've been helping grow a grassroots activism movement called Accounting Alchemy Network since '22 and journeying through an alternative MBA program w/ Lift Economy in '24-'25.


Let's connect over a complimentary call where I can learn more about your life goals and challenges, and I can share with you how partnering with your subconscious mind can help. These calls are pressure free and focus on getting you resources to decide the next best step in your path.
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