Open Your Potential. Connect with Self.

My signature system, which is aligned with the IFS (Internal Family Systems) model, has three keys that allow you to step into the complete experience of your life...deeply Aware, truly Awake and fully Alive from Self.

Learn more about the three keys below or Discover Your Path to find the right fit for you.

Are parts of you sleepwalking through life, showing up in extreme ways or carrying any of the following narratives?

  • I wish I wasn’t so flat or unhappy.

  • I feel scared and think the worst.

  • Nothing is exciting and I have no joy.

  • I feel numb, powerless and stuck.

  • I’m disconnected from myself and those I care about.

  • Things just feel grey.

  • Life is overwhelming.

  • I’m exhausted.

  • I have such a short fuse, feel impatient and am quick to anger.

  • I’m not present in the important moments and always “somewhere else” emotionally.

  • I have no motivation or passion.

  • What’s the point?

It’s normal for parts of us to show up in these ways. In fact, they show up in these ways with a positive intention to protect us, even if they sometimes wreak havoc doing so. Most of us weren’t taught how to safely be in touch with our feelings, inner landscape or Soul and because of this, parts of us have been over-promoted and step into overcompensatory roles to assist our system. They often are on autopilot or show up in disruptive, extreme ways that impact our ability to be present in life the way we desire.

My clients really long for:

  • Love and compassion for self and others

  • Connection

  • A wholehearted life full of joy

  • More play and laughter

  • Calm and presence

  • Authenticity and courage

  • Meaning and purpose

  • Sense of internal leadership over their reactions and their scary feelings

  • Living in rich, bright, vivid, color in spite of the inevitability of suffering

Thankfully, this is all a reality. When we unblend and get distance from our protectors while unburdening our exiles pain, we’re able to connect with our internal and external experience of being alive with compassion, curiously, calm, connection, confidence, clarity, creativity and courage; from Self. This leads to sustainable, revolutionary change. Change that not only impacts you directly but everyone around you and the world at large.

So, what does it mean to hold the deeply Aware, truly Awake, fully Alive keys? It means to be Self-led by being Aware through Noticing; Awake through curiosity and Alive through watering and integration.

Aware.

Noticing

  • Embraces the first Self-led practice of looking and leaning towards our parts while creating awareness around their emotions, thoughts, impulses, behaviors and physical sensations

  • Paying attention to parts of us as they show up, while beginning the rich process of unblending from them, to assist getting Self back in the driver’s seat

  • Initial exploration of our inner landscape to include speaking for parts rather than as them

  • Nurturing a trusting relationship between protectors and Self

Awake.

Curiosity

  • Embraces the second Self-led practice of getting curious to connect our system without judgment while listening openly to what it’s telling us

  • Begin befriending our parts and exploring them from Self, hearing what they need from us

  • Asks our system to tell us more as we navigate the trailheads to our healing

  • Continues trust building between Self and protectors so permission can be granted to connect with the exile, when the system is ready, offering the potential to unburden the wounds and pain that they’ve been carrying

Alive.

Watering & Integration

  • Embraces the third practice of making Self leadership a lifestyle, using IFS as a roadmap in practicing fresh alternatives…daily and sometimes hundreds of times a day

  • Stepping into life wholeheartedly through Self leadership and integration of our parts

  • Fully Alive is the outcome of being deeply aware and truly awake. It acts as the maintenance step to water our ability to feel fully and live fully with Soul while having true Self in the driver’s seat with more frequency then our parts

What are the tools used to unearth the keys?

The interventions that are utilized are all Self-driven, derived from the IFS model. While I’m well trained in many evidence based models, IFS is the philosophical lens and foundation that is primarily used in the work I do. Everything is individualized, based on what the client’s system needs. Other therapy models may be pulled in as appropriate to best serve the client and their objectives.

I welcome you to learn more about my specialties and certifications.

Discover Your Path

There are many different trailheads to unearth the keys to unlock your life and connect with Self. Explore them below to find the one your system is most curious about. They all lead you closer to your healing!