My path to companioning has been a slow "unfurl." I spent over a decade as a Nurse Practitioner in primary care and hospice, sitting with people in life’s most vulnerable thresholds. While I no longer practice clinical medicine in this role, those years gave me a deep reverence for the wisdom the body carries and a sensitive attunement to the nuances of grief, joy, and physical transformation.

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Building on that clinical foundation, I felt called to help people navigate the complex conversations surrounding future medical care before a crisis arises. This led me to become a certified Advance Care Planning (ACP) Facilitator through Respecting Choices. I believe that defining your own goals for care is not just a clinical task, but a profound act of self-care and a gift of clarity for those you love. Whether we are discussing your spiritual path or your future medical preferences, my role is to ensure your voice is heard and honored.

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My own spiritual journey has followed a similar path of transformation. Formed in Catholicism and later finding a home in Zen Buddhist practices, I eventually found my center in the natural world. Today, my sense of the sacred is grounded in the interconnectedness of all life, in the mystery of the Pacific Northwest forests, the rhythm of the seasons, and the innate knowing that resides in our own bodies.

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This work is deeply personal and lived-in, born from my own need for both somatic grounding and spiritual spaciousness. My journey through chronic illness has taught me to re-friend a body that speaks in new, sometimes difficult rhythms, while my sacred wandering across traditions has taught me to trust the unfolding of the unknown. I know what it feels like to have your innate wisdom dismissed by systems that value productivity or hierarchy over presence. I started Embodied Conversations to be the companion I often needed: someone who honors the whole human experience. The physical, the soulful, and everything in our breaths between.