About me
I am an innovator and a lifelong student with the heart of a servant. I am fascinated with how people tick and how to help them tick better.
Despite that grounding in the hard sciences, I’ve always quipped that what I most want is a magic wand, so that I can heal people and really make a difference.
Why?
~ Because of four decades of struggle with auto-immune issues,
~ Because of my frustration with medicine that offered me no hope and little help,
~Because of the “big T” trauma and the “little T” trauma that we all carry just as a result of living and breathing in this world,
~ Because at the root of it all, I feel a deep connection to everyone and a deep empathy for everyone who struggles, physically, spiritually or emotionally, who feels there life should and could be better.
Evolving Knowledge
After more than 20 years ago of struggle with autoimmune issues, I discovered Emotional Freedom Technique/Tapping. I was stunned by the powerful release of a lifetime of anger.
I added hypnosis to my tool box because I was curious about emotions held over from experiences before self-awareness – early childhood, infancy and in utero, even from past lives.
I was curious about the struggles with habits and dependencies that might be lodged in the mind, body and spirit. Some habit that brings a layers of challenge.
But it was a client that introduced me to The Emotion Code and the work of Bradley Nelson. I was resistant. What new could this fellow bring to the field of energy psychology, I thought. Butshe was patiently insistant. She said I would like the work, and she was right. I am stunned by what I find that this work is brings the most rapid changes; this works quickly accesses the body’s wisdom and create lasting change.
The Result - Peace and Power
My personal work work has given me peace, peace I didn’t know I had lost, peace from anger that was an undercurrent of my daily life, and peace while living with uncertainty.
It has given has also given me power – power to release the effects of stress and negativity, and power to change my understanding, my outlook, and even biochemistry!
My Goals, My Passion
I have found that working with energy psychology creates rapid and lasting changes that people want, all without pills, injections, or years of work.
It gives me the satisfaction of doing meaningful work, work that makes a real difference in people’s lives.
This works gives my clients the tools to master their mindset and master themselves. And if that’s not the next best thing to a magic wand, I don’t know what is.
What do you want to master?
What are your goals?
Affiliations, Associations, Achievements
Body Code and Emotion Code study and certification. Dr. Bradley Nelson. 2018- 2019
Master’s Degree, Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Leadership and Conflict Transformation, 2016
Consulting Hypnotist, National Guild of Hypnotists, 2010
EFT Certified Practitioner, Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, ACP-EFT 2010
Pastoral Medical Association, member since 2010
The Iraq Vets Stress Project, www.VetsStress.org : volunteer practitioner 2010
EFT 4 Vets, Ingrid Dinter and Andy Hodnik, Concord, New Hamphire. 16 hours, July, 2009
Cranial Sacral Therapy Level 1, Upledger Institute Field Conference, Nashville, TN, 20 hours , 2007
Reiki Levels 1, 2 and 3, Christine Ackerson, Franklin, TN 2006-2007
Acupressure for the Emotions, Drs. George. Pratt and Peter Lambrou, Carlsbad, CA. 16 hours, 2003
Bachelor’s Degree, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, Chemistry 1980
The Nitty Gritty
If you are interested in the blow by blow account of this journey, you can read more at
My Story.