Sometimes life can just be too much.
It’s rare to find someone who has not been affected by stress, overwhelm, burn-out, or trauma. It can be hard to recover, difficult to move forward and even harder to seek help. Many continue to struggle with emotional pain in silence worrying about ridicule and judgement.
And I am not the exception.
I spent eleven years in the health and fitness industry before transitioning to human services sixteen years ago where I worked with at risk youth and families.
I started Hope for Health Wellness five years ago as an opportunity to collaborate with expert coaches, mental health providers, practitioners, healers, and mentors to provide a safe space for connection and education on alternative options for wellness and self-care.
Education around the impact stress has on our health is important to me is because of my own healing journey which started after a decade of emotional upheaval which included:
A high-risk pregnancy and traumatic birth of twin daughters.
A 2 month NICU stay and a variety of risky health issues the first several years of their life.
An unusually unique divorce that resulted in years of financial and power struggles.
Single parenting while working 3 jobs to make ends meet.
Blending a family, again, with a unique set of chronic stressful circumstances.
A diagnosis of Fibromyalgia for myself in 2006 and a diagnosis of Polyglandular Autoimmune Type Two for my daughters, Taylor and Morgyn in 2004 at the age of 7.
A variety of toxic and unhealthy relationships personally and professionally.
The year 2006 was a pivotal transition for me.
When I stopped beating myself up for what I ‘should have done different’, I was able to get back on my own team, and start experiencing life the way I wanted. With a trusted medical provider, healers and many other mentors on my journey I learned complementary layers and alternative options to advocate for my emotional, physical, and spiritual health.
This transformation encouraged me to create a life that I love.
With twenty plus years of education, certifications, and personal experience, I hope you feel confident that while you are going to learn science based- smart information, I also come with a heart of compassion for others who are struggling, because I know how that feels.
Along with Hope for Health Wellness, my women’s fiction novels can be used as a Bibliotherapy tool to cultivate social emotional awareness. These novels bring a voice to the exact scenario’s that challenge us to the core.
Research has shown that literary fiction enhances our ability to empathize with others; to put ourselves into another’s shoes; to become more intuitive about other people’s feelings (as well as our own); and to self-reflect on our problems as we read about and empathize with a fictional character who is facing similar problems.
My passion is to tell stories, teach, share tools and strategies for self-care, and collaborate with other inspiring experts who can help you live the life you deserve. I love to support others through the journey back to restored vibrant health…because together we are not only impacting our own lives…but the lives of those around us.
I walk my talk every day. Even on the days I feel off center, I reach for the tools in my toolbox so I can return to caring for myself the way I know I most need to be cared for.
Getting “off track” is a guarantee- it’s called life. What’s different now is that I have hundreds of tools and skills that help me get back “on track”. The ability to return back to center swiftly and with ease is powerful.
So, make yourself at home and see what Hope for Health Wellness has to offer.
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