Who am I?

I’m an educator, author, guide, and podcaster determined to make a difference in awareness, equality, freedom, and identity.

It has become my life’s mission to help you come back into yourself.

Why? We are our VERY BEST as our unique and special selves.

But society, history, and everything teach us that we should be afraid of our own authenticity, that we should settle for paved roads, not the rugged trail, and never blaze our own.

However, paved roads often lead to losing ourselves.

Yet we still hesitate to break free.

Because without a safety net, a support network, or a surefire guarantee of success, we feel vulnerable, weak, and scared. Understandably so, because the world feels a mess right now.

But you are not.

That’s the point of all of this. You are in there, tucked away, but fully whole. It’s a matter of finding you and showing you just how very special, important, and essential that person is to this entire equation. My job is to help you do just that, providing tools and a safe space in order to do so.

Here’s my crazy life in a nutshell:

1999 - Left Washington for college in California.

2002 - Married a special forces guy. Jobs included working for the Navy as a medical clerk and with children with autism.

2003 - Graduated with a degree in History from the University of San Diego.

2005 - Escaped abusive marriage #1. Moved across the country to PA/NJ to take a park guide job with the NPS, sight unseen. Divorced.

2007 - Moved back across the country to WA to take another park job as an Interpretive Specialist. New man followed me, yippee.

2009 - Left conventional career to pursue songwriting and work on novel.

2010 - Married a law enforcement ranger. Moved across the country again, this time to TN, following husband.

2011-2013 - Learned of husband’s secret life. Stuck it out, sought help, tried it all. Finished novel, rescued horses, worked odd jobs, tried to grow.

2014-2017 - Moved north to MD/PA as a rescue tactic. Started business, building ideas, recording songs, but constant cloud. Discovered same lies again (it was the lies more than anything).

2018 - Left him. Took a job as an innkeeper across the country in CA as a first step. Moved north to WA as the next. Very humbled, with a large amount of accumulating debt. Lived with parents. Found own place.

2019 - Kept building, but had to support fur family. Housekeeper, barista, car sales.

2020 - Changed name, claiming my true identity. Writing, growing, still working on businesses, but had to Covid-time pivot. Took a job as a dog bather.

2021 - Moved slightly south to run a ranch and live closer to my horses. Divorce #2 was made official by zoom. Wasn’t a good work situation; so, moved back up north. Had to couch crash again.

2022 - Found an apartment and a “real job” to pay the bills. Although overwhelmed, kept going with the build of my businesses. Lessons learned. Kept writing. Started podcast.

2023 - Lost another one of my puppers. The absolute hardest year of my life. Left a toxic 9-5. Left apartment; lived in horse trailer part-time to be more present for the horses.

2024-25 - Skull surgery, financial challenges, work challenges. Tried entering the startup world, multiple attempts, but no-go. Back to pursuit of “real job” for stabilization. Multiple multiple tries, multiple multiple “failures.” But still going, while building everything else in the background. Not giving up!

2026 - Here we are, still pursuing the right stability fit while also growing our businesses in both helping humans and horses.