The world is a canvas, and we are the artists.-Miss Rumphius

The question that has driven me since I was a child is "What motivates a person's behaviors and informs the decisions that they make?" It was my search for answers that put me on the path of my rich and varied education. Prior to studying Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, I earned a degree in Writing & Literature and Religious Studies from Naropa University. Additionally, at the former Sharpham College in the UK I studied comprehensive Buddhist Studies and Contemporary Enquiry. My desire to understand our human proclivity towards suffering has been at the root of my interests, and subsequently the importance of cultivating compassion for oneself as well as for others is a central theme in my work. I consider myself truly fortunate to have been a "fly on the wall" in the rooms with some of the world's most profound academic and spiritual teachers of this century.

My eclectic academic background along with my variety of classroom experiences with all ages (Preschool through Grad School) has provided me with the foundation to teach or guest lecture on a variety of subjects that I love, literature, poetry, psychology, and more recently a series of guest lectures on Attachment Theory. I welcome any opportunity to teach and truly consider teaching to be an honor. 

As a Certified Meditation Instructor and practitioner of 25+ years, my work can include private instruction on the benefits of a regular meditation practice. Truly a cornerstone to regulating the nervous system, meditation allows us to  increase our self-awareness and deepen our relationship to self and to others as we come to understand the nature of our own minds. Please let me know if you have an established meditation practice or are curious to learn more about meditation.