PERIOD COVERED2013–2015
ARTICLE 01
I Knew How to Care for Everyone Except Myself
Hello, the last time I tried blogging I didn't even realize that I was blogging.
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The story behind
the work.
These 19 articles catch you up on my life from starting nursing in 2013 through early 2026. They’re the story of how I earned my stripes: through burnout, awakenings, reinvention, and the lessons that come from building a business, figuring myself out, and growing in a conscious partnership.
Start with Article 1 for the full journey, or begin with whichever title draws you in. Later articles build on people, experiences, and ideas introduced earlier.
Dates show the period covered, not when each article was published.
CHAPTER 01 / 2013–2018
Nursing & awakening
- PERIOD COVEREDSummer 2015ARTICLE 02
The Wrong Exit That Changed My Direction
What is this burnout story that had a car accident crescendo you ask?
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVERED2015–2017ARTICLE 03
My Witchy Side Was Trying to Tell Me Something
Let's talk about my witchy side.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVERED2017ARTICLE 04
I Went to Burning Man. I Came Home to a Different Possibility.
Here I am at Burning Man, greeted by an infamous dust storm as I get off the bus, goggles and face mask on, thinking how the heck am I going to get through a whole week of this?!! You get used to it.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVEREDLate 2017–2018ARTICLE 05
When Helping Everyone Started to Cost Me
I enrolled in Reiki 1 Training in late 2017, where I learned to work on own energy field first and offer chair sessions to a handful of people.
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CHAPTER 02 / 2018–2020
Spiritual exploration & reinvention
- PERIOD COVERED2018ARTICLE 06
I Finally Had Space. Then the Bigger Questions Arrived.
I fell in love with my new place and for the first time, had the opportunity to live on my own.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVERED2018–2019
- PERIOD COVEREDEarly 2019ARTICLE 08
When My Old Life Stopped Fitting
The year that followed is what I wound call my major untethering year from my old life and had initiated what I would call a dark night of the soul, except this time it wasn't physical pain I was healing from like the car accident — it was emotional and spiritual anguish and existential questioning.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVERED2019
- PERIOD COVEREDFall 2019–March 2020ARTICLE 10
From a Brooklyn Playshop to Walking on Fire
In Fall 2019, Clifton and I prepared my apartment for our first in person consciousness gathering.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVEREDSpring 2020ARTICLE 11
I Thought I Was Saving the World. I Was Losing Myself.
I was in the midst of the online inner awakening program and I felt so alone.
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CHAPTER 03 / 2020–early 2026
Entrepreneurship, partnership & leadership
- PERIOD COVEREDSummer 2020ARTICLE 12
Starting Over Wasn’t the Same as Going Backward
When I left the Sangha and packed up and decided to California, I was back at what we call "State".
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVEREDWinter 2021ARTICLE 13
I Could Help People Change. I Couldn’t Change for Them.
It's Winter 2021 and Clifton and I have hit a great cadence of working with four 1:1 clients at this time.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVEREDSummer–winter 2021ARTICLE 14
I Could Hold Space. Could I Make the Ask?
It's summer 2021 and I'd say my average vibration around this time period was that of love.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVEREDWinter–spring 2022ARTICLE 15
The Bigger the Vision, the More I Needed the Basics
In Winter and Spring 2022 after the Dr.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVEREDLate 2022–2023ARTICLE 16
The Year I Called My Energy Back
This last chapter of working on societal level projects taught me about the intelligence of sequencing, discipline in focus, respect for cashflow and the ability to say no to misaligned opportunities.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVERED2023ARTICLE 17
You Can’t Outsource What You Haven’t Owned
Hawaii was the first time Clifton and I had a proper vacation since 2019.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVERED2024ARTICLE 18
When My Life Fell Apart, Habits Helped Me Rebuild
One of the intentions for the clarifying collaborator agreements was also to dis-entangle my essence from Clifton's, as Faces of the Future was a collaboration of the 2 of us.
READ ARTICLE - PERIOD COVEREDLate 2024–early 2026ARTICLE 19
The Fires, the Framework, and Finding My Voice
We ended 2024 on the right track. Though a wild year and transformative year it was.
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A PLACE TO BEGIN
What are you ready
to change?
Tell me what you’re navigating in your life or business. We can start with the conversation that fits.
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