Discover your truest self, now that you’re sober.

I’ve been joyfully sober since 2018 from alcohol and weed. But that attitude didn’t just happen.

When I finally decided to stop “taking breaks” and truly give sobriety a try, it felt like a Hail Mary.

I knew if I didn’t put my full, 100% effort towards it, I’d be stuck in that cycle of trying and failing forever.

That wasn’t how I wanted to live my life.

There was no way I was going to take my last breath full of regret.

At the time, 42 years old, I was drinking and getting high in a way that, from the outside, most people didn’t consider a problem.

But I knew what it was doing to me psychologically. I had a feeling my alcohol and weed use had created an invisible ceiling, and I wanted out.

But I was stuck.

The only path to “sober” I knew of was the way it looked in movies, the stories I’d vaguely heard— and it wasn’t one I wanted.

At the same time, staying where I was was no longer acceptable to me.

I was caught between two places I didn’t want to be.

So I created a third option.

When I embarked on what I told myself was a “one-year experiment” with sobriety, it was with a promise to myself that instead of punishing myself for a year, this would be an exploration of what was actually possible.

What I was most afraid of? Being left out— being seen as the boring, invisible, lame woman who doesn’t drink.

Why? Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, I grew up being left out. No WAY was I going back to that feeling.

So I gave myself one year to find out what was actually on the other side.

My Ego and Soul collaborated— instead of whiteknuckling it and suffering, I took control of my destiny.

I opened up to discovering opportunities to explore who I truly was.

I said yes to things I never would have chosen before.

I got up early on Saturday mornings and went looking for places that tapped into my interest, and used my natural talents and skills.

I sought out the experiences, the people, the places that alcohol and weed had always kept out of reach.

That’s how I found out what was possible— by going towards it, literally.

A couple of months in, I was doing a values exercise. When I looked at my list, I had a full-body knowing— if I wanted to live in alignment with who I actually was, I could never drink or smoke pot again.

The results were in. What had started as an experiment became a commitment. Not because I had to. Because I wanted to.

What I found was the real belonging, aliveness, and creativity I’d been reaching for all along.

This is what I want to help you find.

My approach blends what I’ve learned from many guides and teachers: a combination of cutting-edge positive psychology, mindfulness, and an exploration of self and belonging through spiritual nature connection.

I’m here for sober women to facilitate their deep connection with their truest self, other people, and nature, ready to stop surviving their sobriety and start truly living.

Training

Certified Nature-Connected Life Coach, Earth-Based Institute

Master’s in Education, Eastern Oregon University

Credentialed Professional Coach, International Coaching Federation

Authentic Relating & Social Health Facilitator, Authentic Relating Training International & Seek Healing

Graduate-level Adult Learning Principles, Portland State University & Portland Underground Graduate School

Human-Centered Change Leadership Certificate, IDEO U

Wilderness First Aid Certification, National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

Mental Health First Aid Certification, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

*My expertise does not include any 12-step or treatment program, and I do not provide medical advice.