Growing up on a small beef farm in the rural mountains of Vermont, I learned the importance of work ethic, community, family, and simplicity. Those early years fostered a desire in me to help others. That interest later became motivation to obtain a degree in the counseling field.
After graduate school, I created therapeutic programs for incarcerated women labeled violent and/or severely mentally ill, in a maximum security prison on the East Coast. There I learned humility, reality, and gratitude. I also learned the depth of challenges that we face in remaining healthy, and the impact that large systems have on quality of life. The healing tools that I had been offered in graduate school did not prepare me to help clients as deeply as their need. In response to this need I began to investigate alternative and holistic approaches to wellness, both for myself and for my clients. I studied meditation, creative arts therapies, yoga, fitness, spirituality, nutrition, mind-body relationship, self-care, organizational dynamics, cultural influences on health, and wellness.
I understand that health is complicated in that people have different goals and different ways of achieving those wellness goals. I know there are many available tools which people may utilize in their pursuit of wellness and I am committed to helping you find what works best for you. I am aware that you have a choice in who you trust for guidance towards your best self. I take your choice in me and ReallyBeU as an honor. I guarantee that I will work as hard as you do, and I will believe in you no matter what your results are.
As difficult as behavior change is, I am certain that you will create for yourself the greatest achievement: a life you love. Together we will polish your areas of growth using your commitment to yourself and my commitment to your health. I believe that we can improve our world one choice at a time and we must start with our own wellness. I am grateful for the opportunity to help others work towards greater quality of life and I am humbled by the possibility of sharing with you in your significant achievements.