About Me

I grew up in the Midwest. My parents were the salt of the earth. They were Catholic and farm raised. They taught me a love of the land and outdoors, the benefits of hard work and self-reliance. They taught me the power of an inner relationship with “God,” the God within. They did not believe in psychology, but prayer.

Understanding trauma and its lasting effects was just being studied in the 1960’s. My parents had no idea that the car accident that sent me at the age of three into a children’s ward of the hospital for 10 days and then to foster care for another two months would leave an indelible mark on my nervous system. It would also challenge my ability to trust in relationships.

What they also didn’t know was that these challenges would mold me into someone who is highly sensitive to others, loves adventure, and values safe ways to love life.

I diagnosed myself in graduate school. I realized that I had been living with a moderate level of fear/anxiety my whole life. I had thought that was normal. This discovery sent me on the quest to heal myself. In those days, after my degree, I received training in Gestalt Therapy and Bio-Energetics. I experienced Rolfing and became an active Path Work member.

By early 90’s, I had learned a great deal about how to manage my anxiety through meditation and exercise. I had pretty much given up finding a non-medicinal cure for my moderate daily anxiety. 

Then, I was introduced to Roger LaChance, a talented hypnotherapist who had discovered how to use sound to move energy in the body. After a couple of sessions with him, I was waking every morning relaxed. A new and profound experience for me. A realization came through me that told me very clearly, we are meant to live in balance, with a sense of peace, and harmony. This experience generates from within us regardless of our external environment. I realized that, for the most part, we humans do not even realize this is possible and furthermore we simply do not know how.

This epiphany sent me on a deeper journey. I went on to study with Roger and learned his Emotional Release Techniques and other techniques as well.  I have learned through Neurolinguistics the power of language. I am also a Theta Healing and Matrix Energetics practitioner. I have completed studies with Rudy Hunter’s Activated Space Healing.

In recent years, I became an ordained Shamanic Minister and Practitioner through Venus Rising. I am also a student of Glenda Green and her work, Love Without End, Jesus Speaks, as well as Dr. Joe Dispenza and his ground breaking work on consciousness and healing. My favorite of his 3 books is Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself.  I am currently also learning about Stephen Porges and Deb Dana’s work on the Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection.  This work addresses the whole nervous system when healing trauma. 

Even though I have been licensed since the mid 80’s, I have not been a practicing therapist all these years. I moved here to California in 1983. I worked for the Michael Thomas Corporation with Michael Gerber. He is a nationally recognized expert in small business development.

In the years that I was raising my children, through the 1990’s into 2000 I focused on my personal growth.  I also helped to develop and grow The Kellogg Team. It was a financial services business that my ex-husband has since retired from. Inside of that I also built a successful reverse mortgage business, that I maintained until 2008.

I came back to my original profession in 2008. It is a calling—a coming together of all things learned, a coming full circle. Now, as a business person, therapist and life coach I have more than 30 years of experience in helping people, I know that understanding is important for personal development and movement toward a better quality of life. It is, however, only half of the picture. Understanding does not break long held emotional patterns (most recently also being viewed also as nervous system patterns) or bring relief from our mind’s incessant chatter.

There is a new paradigm emerging.  It is showing up in many professions. This new paradigm recognizes the importance of inclusion, integration and acceptance, both interpersonally and intra-personally. There is a body/mind/spirit continuum that needs to be brought into awareness and aligned with if you and I are going to truly have a sustainable quality of life.  It is also critical for the conscious evolution of this planet. We need to better care for ourselves so that we can by extension better care for our families, communities, and the planet as a whole.

It is our directive, whether or not we are willing to see it and/or take it on, to rid ourselves of the life-taking patterns that are killing each of us slowly and also all of life around us. Learning to think, feel, experience Life- Giving patterns has to happen one person at a time and it is an internal job. One person at a time, ultimately grows into many.  This is my passion, growing the one into the many. 

It is through our commitment (yours and mine) to Being in the present moment, acknowledging your own internal life-taking patterns and consciously and purposefully repatterning these into an internal dialogue of kindness, patience and Life-Giving internal support, that we learn to meet life’s challenges with a sense of peace, harmony and synchronicity.

I am so happy to be a part of this exciting time and sharing this Journey with my fellow humans!