Why I do this work

In my twenties, my life was chaotic, and I was riddled with anxiety, disconnected from everything that mattered. My first yoga class at 24 gave me a glimpse of something different. Lying in shavasana, tears streaming down my face—grief and joy intertwined—I felt the full impact of truly being in my body for the first time. That experience left me hungry to discover the language my body had been speaking all along.

But I wasn't ready to listen yet.

Even after that moment of recognition, I was deep in my addiction to alcohol. And that's when my relationship with money was at its worst. Even as a CPA—someone who should have known better—I would log into my banking app with my breath held, or not open it at all. There was this low-grade panic I couldn't explain, and a persistent sense that whatever was in there wasn't enough. That I wasn't enough. That there could never be enough.

Getting sober was a major life pivot. Twenty-four years ago, I made the decision to recover, and I’ve never looked back. And in those early days of sobriety came the clarity that I needed to heal my relationship with money, too. So I tentatively began my money healing journey. Not perfectly. With fumbles and false starts and plenty of mistakes. But I started.

Through yoga, coaching, and energy work, I began to understand how practice could be transformative. The real shift came when I learned to extend that sacred approach beyond the mat—to make the mundane rhythms of life sacred. From the way I move my body to how I handle money. From spiritual practices to daily routines. I discovered that sustainable change doesn't come from willpower or life-hacks. It comes from embodied practice, from showing up with presence and care, even when—especially when—it's messy.

Over the past two decades, my body has been my most reliable guide through chronic pain, living with MS, building a business, parenting, and healing from trauma. When the inner critic was screaming, when pain felt overwhelming, when I lost my way—my body always knew the path forward. It taught me when to rest and when to act, when to seek support and when to trust my own knowing.

And during that time, becoming a mother amplified everything. I wanted to be a woman my daughter could look to—not perfect, but whole. I wanted to end the cycles of trauma, including money trauma, that had been passed down through generations. I wanted to leave her a legacy of agency, of sovereignty, of knowing that she was enough. The healing I was doing for myself became healing for my family legacy. And it became my work as I realized that this is what every woman deserves.

Because here's what I learned: the same patterns that kept me in addiction were keeping me disconnected from my finances. The same tender wounds around worthiness that made me numb my feelings with substances (or spending), were the same wounds that made me avoid looking at my bank account. The healing wasn't separate—it was the same work. Body wisdom and money wisdom grew together, fumble by fumble, practice by practice. And what I healed in myself, I didn't pass on to my daughter. That's how we change the world—one woman, one family, one generation at a time.

Now I spend time with my money every day. Not because I have to, but because I want to. I check my balances with curiosity instead of panic. I notice what feelings arise and meet them with compassion. I ask: what's the next wise step? Not the perfect one, just the next step that honors both my values and my reality.

This small daily practice—which takes maybe five minutes—has changed my life. And it's changed my clients' lives too. Because when we stop running from the numbers, we stop running from ourselves.

My body taught me that the path to joy doesn't require suffering, and that true strength comes from listening, not pushing. Sobriety taught me that healing happens one day at a time, with fumbles and grace. And money? Money taught me the same thing. There's nothing to fix. You're not broken. You're evolving, growing, becoming. And the wisdom you need to create the life you want—it's already within you.

This is why I do this work: because I know firsthand what it's like to feel broken, to feel like you're not enough, to fumble your way toward freedom. And I know that on the other side of healing is peace, clarity, and the quiet confidence that comes from trusting yourself—with your body, your money, and your life.