Alchemical Healing: My Story

As a Taurus born on Earth Day with a rising sign in Cancer, I've always felt a deep connection to the Earth as our Mother …

She is that eternal, grounding life force we come into this world connected to. She is our source of nourishment and support while we are here on this planet; an example of strength, resilience and beauty. She is also the ultimate alchemist – able to transmute and transform the death and decay of the plants, animals and trees into a rich soil for new life and new growth that feeds us all.

In my own healing journey, I have found that the simplest medicine is often the most powerful.

It is not through prescriptions or complicated protocols that I have found healing. Rather, it is through reconnecting to this earth energy and recalibrating myself to the natural rhythms and cycles of nature. It is through tuning into my own body and intuition and taking the time to listen. It is through coming into alignment with the energy of the Divine Feminine - with its yin and receptive nature - and allowing this life force energy to work with me and through me.

It is healing that involves less doing and more being.

More allowing myself to be nurtured by Mother Earth and the Divine Mother. More being in tune with the language of my body. More being in tune with my instincts, my intuition, and my own healing abilities. More trusting myself and leaning into the support of the physical and spiritual world around me.

I came to this realization after over a decade of navigating chronic health issues …

Bouncing around to multitudes of medical doctors for mountains of tests, lab work and screenings, while also engaging in all kinds of alternative wellness modalities and their own testings and protocols … only to find no answers, resolutions or abatement from my symptoms in any direction. I had to completely clear the slate.

During that time of my life, I would meditate as much as possible for sanity and strength to get me through the day in a body that seemed to be resisting me at every turn. One day during meditation it became very clear to me that the answers I was seeking about what was wrong with me and how to heal were not going to come from someone or something outside of myself, they were going to come from within. They were going to come from my intuition, and from learning to “talk” to my body.

So I began a daily journaling practice called “body talk.” Each day I would tune in and ask, “What do you need from me in this moment? How can I help you today?” I took the pressure off of needing immediate answers that would heal me overnight. I instead set the intention to just listen with no pressure at all, to simply be open to any subtle messages that wanted to come through. Even if I received nothing at first, it was important to show my body that I was listening and that I wanted to work together.

No longer outsourcing answers, I began an inner journey of retuning my connection to the subtle language of my body. In the beginning it was slow, sometimes I didn’t “hear” anything at all but rather felt a sense of peace or gratitude. As time went on, I began to receive messages with more clarity. Sometimes I would receive messages about certain foods to eat or not eat, certain supplements to take or eliminate, certain herbs to work with. Sometimes I would receive information about better ways to design my day, or movement exercises my body would like, or things to eliminate from my practices that weren’t serving me. Sometimes I’d receive information about chakra balancing or emotional clearing that needed to take place. Often times my body would tell me ways it would like to work with the energy of the earth and move into more alignment with the elements, cycles and seasons.

When you’ve been working through an acute health challenge for years your whole body is in fight or flight mode, you feel desperate and hopeless, anxiety ridden and completely overwhelmed. I was in that state when I began my body talk practice; I no longer had energy to “try” anymore. I couldn’t see one more doctor or do one more test. The only thing I had the energy left to do was to sit with my body each day and listen. And though this practice itself didn’t immediately heal my physical body, it did immediately begin to heal my nervous system. I began to shift out of fight or flight mode. It was more like a, “two steps forward, one step back” dance for awhile, but it felt so good to finally be moving forward and no longer ping-ponging myself around to doctors in desperation. It felt so soothing to simply begin to listen to my body and so validating to start to receive information that was actually helping me.

Everything my body shared with me was simple. I never tuned in to receive a complicated protocol that gave me anxiety or things to do that went against my intuition. There was nothing complicated about it at all. It was just a bunch of common sense related to eating, resting, movement and connecting with the energy of the earth. It was not overwhelming. It was given to me in baby steps. Each day I received information piece by piece, bit by bit, at a rate I could digest and assimilate. It felt doable. It felt uplifting. I finally felt hopeful again.

All the action steps I took from the information I received in these journaling sessions began working, layer by layer. It wasn’t overnight and it still isn’t complete (I don’t know if healing is ever complete?), but when I look at the amount of physical, energetic and emotional healing I’ve experienced since beginning my body talk practice versus the years of seeking answers from others to no avail, I am leaps and bounds ahead of where I once was. The overall direction of my health has shifted into forward momentum. I am no longer stuck. I am no longer feel hopeless. Rather, I am a witness to my healing everyday, in ways big and small.

I share all of this with you to let you know that healing is possible, and that the answers and ability to heal yourself lie within …

To let you know that I get it, that I have walked the path of frustration and desperation and come out on the other side. To remind you not to give your power away, not to let anyone else tell you that they know what’s best for you, especially if it goes against your intuition. At your heart, at your core, only you know what is best for you and what is the right thing to do in the moment.

My goal with all of the healing work that I do is not to heal you, but to help you remember how to heal yourself.

To help you remember how to hear yourself. How to tune into your intuition and trust your own inner guidance. I want everyone to know about this free medicine we carry within. I want everyone to know about the healing power of the earth that we can easily connect to. I want everyone to know about the healing power of the Divine Feminine. I want everyone to feel empowered to be their own healers.

I want everyone to know how to practice alchemy - how to take their pain, suffering, and difficulties and transmute and transform them into a source for good. To become the Phoenix rising from the ashes. To know that we are all alchemists.

If this resonates with you, I invite you to book a session with me.

I look forward to working with you on a soul level and helping you heal!

Credentials & Training:

2025 In Person Medical Intuitive Training with Tina Zion at The Omega Institute

2024-2025 Alchemical Healing Training Levels 1, 2, & 3 with Nik Balogh

2024 Reiki Master Certification and Training with Joy Aldrich

2023 Mediumship Development Training with Lauren Rainbow

2022 In Person Mediumship Development Training with Suzanne Giesemann at The Omega Institute

2022 Soul Tarot Training with Lindsay Mack

2021 Reiki Certification Levels I & II with Anne Donnell

2021 Ceremonial Cacao Training with Julia Corbett

2021 Mediumship Development Training with Allison Dubois

2020 Evidential Mediumship Development Training with Suzanne Giesemann

2019-2020 Mediumship & Psychic Development Training with Mary Grisey