What I'm Up To in 2023 & Beyond

Now that graduation and sabbatical are behind me, I thought I’d update everyone as to what I’m up to. For those who know me well, you already know most of this. For those who follow the page and interact from time to time, perhaps this will provide a bit more insight and give you hope.

And if any of this resonates with you and you’d like to start a conversation about how we might work together or where I might connect you that could help you move through whatever it is you’re going through right now – I’d be honored to start that journey with you.

I am a connector, disruptor, transformation seeker, amateur photographer, writer, and traveler. I love Jesus, music, beauty, gourmet food, and coffee. An empathetic listener of people’s stories, I often connect with people at the deepest levels of their hearts and souls.

My work experience spans several industries including Business Development, Sales, Marketing & Advertising, Mental Health, Insurance, and Food & Beverage. I hold an MBA and a Master’s in Theology & Culture. I am a Business Advisor for The Referrals Group and The Center for Transforming Engagement at The Seattle School of Psychology & Theology as well as a Career Consultant with Career Direct.

But how in the world did I get here? Glad you asked!

During the summer of 2011, after surviving a life-altering sexual betrayal and trauma in 2010, I decided to take a leap of faith, quit my full-time job, and return to school full-time to pursue a degree I had left behind in the early 90s. I graduated in May 2016 with an MBA focused on leadership. It was a challenging, interesting journey. My social and business circles changed drastically – which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing – just different – as I entered a new season of life.

Being a full-time student allowed me to engage in the world around me on a different level. Simplicity overtook my life and frankly, I still prefer it that way. I found a certain solace in being able to step back and just breathe and relax from the rat race of the old business world I had become accustomed to.

The 2010s was the decade of my 40s. The betrayal and loss experienced, which included a divorce, broken familial relationships, and more career shifts, felt unbearable at times. But the straw that broke the camel’s back was the death of two of the most significant people in my life in 2018. As I was reeling from that, I was also trying to provide moral support to a lifelong friend whose niece was murdered even while other family members of mine began passing.

This decade of trauma radically altered my life at a very personal levels – to the core of my personality. I embarked on a journey of the soul and began making changes in all aspects of my life including spiritual, relational, professional, and both mental and physical health. I started discovering ways to incorporate my grief journey into the core of who I was without apology. I set major boundaries around my time, talent, and emotions and stuck to them even when people didn’t understand.

In 2020 (the year I turned 50), Covid shut down the entire world, and I decided to take the next three years to continue supporting my healing journey as well as pursue a second Master’s degree in Theology & Culture focused on global and social partnerships.

Today I face life with a new outlook and a refreshed sense of ownership and purpose. I desire to share some information about all these realms and invite others to join me on a spiritual journey of an abundant, healthy, simple life, chasing beauty in all its forms.

It is possible to embrace our griefs and traumas and to experience slow, lasting healing while fully celebrating ourselves and each other. And when the healing doesn’t come as quickly as we’d like, it is also possible to commit ourselves to never giving up - to chase whatever beauty reminds us that this life is worth it - and to show up for it authentically and unapologetically.

If you want to start a conversation, feel free to message me.

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