Well hello there…ready to get to know about me on a whole new level?

Here I am, in a series of bullet points.

THE EARLY YEARS:

• I was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV
• I didn’t have the happiest childhood, but it was punctuated by deeply moving experiences that shaped me for the better
• I also almost died at the age of 18 months from meningitis
• I made up for being the smallest and youngest by being the weirdest and most curious
• I wanted to be the first female president when I grew up
• I rocked the mix-match socks until the 7th grade
• I was an avid reader, writer, and poet
• I was also a tomboy and still feel awkward in dresses

THE TWEEN AND TEEN YEARS – THESE WERE THE PROGRESSIVELY DARK YEARS:

• I developed scoliosis at age 10 and wore a brace for 3.5 years
• They fused half my spine at age 14
• I lost all sense of myself in middle school
• I went from bright, colorful, and happy to hiding within myself, wearing dark clothes, and obsessively worrying what others thought.
• I left high school after a 9th grade teacher jaded my love of learning and decided to homeschool myself
• But then I fell down a rabbit hole of self- and drug-abuse
• I was also sexually and physically abused but sadly, thought it meant I was loved
• I became pregnant just shy of 17 years old
• I gave birth to an 8 lb boy after 24 hours of induced labor
• His dad was incarcerated at the time
• I lived through intense depression, PPD, and multiple suicide attempts
• But then I had one of those Aha moments where everything shifted; I left my abusive relationship, and swore I would never go backward
• Shortly after I met, married, and was heartbroken by my first husband all within the span of 4 months – we’ll call that the practice run
• Because I then met my sweet hubby, Justin, just 2 months later
• Yeah, it was a whirlwind year. 

THE TIDES STARTED TO TURN:

• I made a sudden but also obvious decision to attend massage school
• I also found my entrepreneurial roots and the wheels started turning
• I began working for myself within a few weeks of graduating
• Justin proposed somewhere in all that and we were married after 2 years together
• (It took me another 10 yrs to fully heal my old wounds and trust him implicitly)
• I was quickly falling down a rabbit hole of natural wellness
• I learned how to heal my depression through nutrition, natural wellness, and inner work
• I expanded my practice to a mobile massage company
• It was atrocious
• I was working way too much (16 hours days, anyone?)
• Our marriage was hitting the rough years
• I didn’t understand how my mindset and bad habits were limiting my growth and causing all my problems
• I burned out after 8 years and sold my company

THE GROUNDING YEARS:

• I decided to be a stay-at-home mom for awhile
• Our son was miserable in school, so we homeschooled/unschooled him from the time he was 7-14 years old
• Examining our parenting led me to examine my upbringing
• I delved deep into my own personal growth and healing
• It was during this time that I really began to discover myself and the tools that would allow me to grow
• At the same time we were going uber-green
• We converted our front and back yard into edible landscaping
• We reduced our energy consumption by 70%
• We raised chickens
• I was even trying to learn to knit and sew
• I started a green living website to teach others what we were learning, which started my love for online entrepreneurship
• Justin legally adopted Zeb around this time too
• Then he was laid off and everything changed again

THE GROWTH YEARS:

• Faced with the layoff, we sold or gave away 95% of our stuff
• We bought an old 1982, 22ft Winnebago
• And we packed up our life to travel the country together
• I spent the next 4 years delving even deeper into personal development, mindset, emotions, and lifestyle design
• I began working from the road as a lifestyle blogger
• Then I began teaching others my belief breakthrough process and how to overcome their fears and live their dreams
• It was definitely my calling
• I was introduced to doTERRA in 2012
• That led to an obsession with the neuroscience of essential oils
• I began learning and experimenting with essential oils for mindset hacking
• Then the oils biz basically took over my life for a few years
• I now run a community of thousands, and a doTERRA organization of 10’s of thousands
• Around this time our son decided to try out high school
• We settled down just outside Destin, FL after traveling for 4 years
• My husband opened a carpentry business here
• And we’ve spent the time growing our businesses and naturally, ourselves
• Our son graduated HS in 2018
• We moved back to Vegas in 2019 to be near aging parents and grandparents
• I got hit with COVID twice and Long COVID slowed down my progress but also became a gift
• Now I’m ready to take on the world – or rather take on the business world and the crumby coaches out there. Want to join me?

AND NOW HOW ABOUT SOME RANDOM AND WEIRD FACTS?

• I’m an Enneagram 4 with a 3 wing
• I’m a Manifesting Generator in Human Design and that’s about all I know about it lol
• My top values are freedom, growth, authenticity, and play
• My top 5 Gallup strengths are Achiever, Ideation, Input, Activator, and Strategic
• My brain naturally finds strategies and ideas, and wants to organize them into a realistic roadmap to start on right away
• It makes me good at what I do
• I’m an ambivert (Google it)
• I can pick things up with my toes
• I’m double-jointed in my wrists and hands – it freaks people out
• I’m gluten-intolerant and have only intentionally eaten it 3 times since 2009
• I actually live with a total of 30+ different disabilities, disorders, or health issues
• I manage all of them with diet, lifestyle, and biohacking
• Yes, self-care is a big deal for me too
• No, I haven’t mastered it yet
• But I’m getting close
• The more I teach anything to others the more consistent I get myself
• So really, coaching is as much for me as it is for others
• My fav food is the one I didn’t have to cook or clean up after 😂
• Milli Vanilli Radio on Pandora is my jam
• I have 4-5 vivid dreams a night.
• Like, every night.
• French fries are my guilty pleasure.
• My dogs are some of my favorite people.
• My favorite hair cut is the years I lived with a shaved head.
• And that’s about all I have to say.

Wowza. Did you really just read all that? We must be besties!

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