Learning how to live with pain has taught me that I want to take care of my body, mentally and physically, and it’s also taught me that I want to help others with their healing journeys as well. Some therapies that have given me that hope has been hypnotherapy; believing in myself and my abilities again. I also appreciate physical therapy, in the way of moving our body back into mobility. I enjoy walking, cycling and working out the muscles in my body to gain strength for support. Currently, I am studying for my certificate to become a hypnotherapist while doing sound and energy healing on the side.

Spiritual Upbringing

My growing up wasn’t very typical, but then again, whose is? I was originally born in Quebec, Canada, into a religious family where I was the last child of 6. My first language was French but when I was 4 ½ my family decided to move to the United States. We traveled cross country in a travel trailer for about 1 year until we came to Arizona, in the Verde Valley, near Sedona. My parents fell in love with the small town country vibe and the warm weather, with the occasional four seasons. Once we moved here, I had a clear incident of darkness and fear that entered my world, which opened up my spiritual abilities to see past what was in our dimension. I experienced this “gift of discernment”, what my religious teachers told me, for 10 years of my life until my oldest brother, Jonam, suddenly died in Afghanistan sacrificing his life so that we may live. I have not experienced darkness in that form again since. However, I still struggle with fear, anxiety and intrusive thoughts from that time in my life and that is something that I’m being intentional about not entering that low vibration that doesn’t serve me anymore. I grew up sheltered by the church and family. I was homeschooled along with my brothers and sisters my entire education up until college, and was not allowed to hang out with anyone of the opposite sex- or else cops and ground-ed (can’t leave my room) was mentioned. In my religion, it wasn’t looked upon to ask many questions. If you asked the wrong questions (the ones they didn’t know the answers to), the answers I would receive was, “you just have to have faith”. I’ve always had the type of personality to ask many questions, dive deep into the unknown and find the “why” behind everything. Sometimes I don’t get the answer but at least in my heart I can feel good behind not knowing and letting it go. That is not how I felt about this community, and so I quietly left the church when I was 19, honoring what felt right in my heart and what didn’t.

TRAVEL

My father used to tell his children all the adventurous stories he experienced as a world traveler in his 20’s. At a young age, I would day dream alongside his powerful storytelling abilities and fall in love with the sound of traveling the world. Quickly, once I turned 18 I traveled across the world to Ireland with an old friend and that piqued my pursuit of traveling into the unknown and pushing my boundaries and fears that come along with it. Now, as a traveler of the world, I have gained valuable insights into different cultures and ways of life, which have broadened my perspective. I have personally used alternative medicine from around the world for healing of my mind, body and soul. I am interested in using some of these practices for women who are looking for healing as well. I am forever a student of life, always seeking to expand my knowledge and sharpen my life skills. 

WOMEN’S WORK

I am particularly passionate about women’s work. My work right now is building a community of healthy female friendships and connections, which I believe is essential for personal growth and well-being for a woman in this society. The older I get, the harder it gets to make genuine connections with others and realize this is not how it should be. There’s this weird “ick” in women’s society where we’re constantly belittling each other, looking for ways to put others down so that we may rise, competing against each other and the comparison culture is getting out of hand. I believe in rewriting this collapsing narrative and building something that we deserve, which is love. We belong to something so much more powerful and magical. Let’s create an environment where women feel safe with each other to be their most authentic selves, where they don’t feel like they have to act like somebody else to be inspiring. Let’s create a community where women love their own bodies, their own personalities and their own lives meanwhile uplighting and praising others for doing the same! Let’s create a society where women respect each other, have each other’s backs, because if one of us is winning then we are all winning.