Meet the Reiki      Practioner

My personal journey has had many twists, turns, and side-trips along the way, but everything has led me to where I am now so I am grateful for it all. I was a dancer while growing up and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from The Ohio State University. Two weeks after graduation, I married the love of my life (and we’re still together 29 years later!). I always thought that I would be a dance teacher and choreographer, but I soon found that I didn’t actually like teaching dance very much. That’s when I found myself in my first career quandary. I took some steps towards becoming a physical therapist, but that wasn’t a good fit either. During this time, I also experienced infertility, ultimately undergoing eight artificial inseminations with no luck. Eventually. I decided to go to law school. In my second year of school, my husband and I adopted our oldest daughter, Helen. We adopted our youngest daughter, Naie, just after I passed the bar exam. 

I really wanted to help people in my career - especially kids - so I went into family law. I was hoping to focus mostly on adoption law, but I ended up mostly representing people in divorces and custody matters. After six years, I got burned out and talked to my husband about possibly moving overseas. He was up for it and our kids were still young, so I took a job as a legal aid attorney in the Republic of Palau, an island nation in the Pacific, where I helped many people get justice. 

After two years, we then lived outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for nine months where I once again taught dance. This was when I had my second career quandary, and I decided to get a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Administration. After receiving my degree, we moved just outside Washington, DC, so that I could get a job at a national refugee resettlement agency. Again, I wanted to help people! After working in refugee resettlement for about five years, I became interested in helping asylum seekers at the U.S. Southern Border, and I’ve been doing that work for the past 5 years or so. My current job brought me to Carlsbad about a year ago and I love it here! 

I have been drawn to energy healing for three decades, receiving treatments regularly, but I finally received training and am now a Certified Usui Reiki Master. I am very excited to be able to offer energy healing to others, and continue my pursuit to help people, but in a new way. My clients tell me that I have a calming, loving presence that puts them at ease and allows them to experience deep relaxation and healing.