About me

I woke up early in life. What I mean by that is I remembered I was a soul in a human body when I was a child. This was a start, but my real re-education in the mystery school of Life started as a teenager. I wanted to know more about the intuition, abilities, and senses I was born with. I needed clarity on why I was so different. So, to start off my journey, I sought out my celtic roots. I learned everything I could about Europe's ancient mystical arts including the power of mind, belief, and ritual. Soon my life-long interest in herbal medicine began and so did my journey as an apprentice.

My first Guides arrived when I was 18. One, a First Nation's elder. The other, a Japanese Master. From these two mysterious individuals I learned macrobiotics, aikido, herbology, qi manipulation, and biofeedback. My Japanese master at the time encouraged me to embrace Western standards - to get a formal education. I was very reluctant about this, but it proved important. I went to the city to learn Japanese medicine, Shiatsu therapy, Tai Chi, business, and business management.

The city was an intense place of learning. The lessons of school, relationships, and synchronicity were endless. The absence of nature proved challenging for me. I felt the call to know the land, how to grow food, and what it's like to live simply while serving a community. A small island off the coast of Canada is where the next chapter began. There I apprenticed under more esoteric healers and recluse masters. I learned about energy-psychology, energy healing, subconscious reprogramming, hypnosis, and several forms of bodywork. I received attunement as a Reiki Master, graduated as a Hakomi practitioner, received certification in Psych-K, attended regular non-violent communication practice groups, and began coaching and mentoring students. Relationships came and went and the wheels of Life's lessons turned.

I went on to become founder of the Salt Spring Healing Art’s Circle, the Salt Spring Men’s Circle, and co-founder of SSEEDS (the Salt Spring Eco-Village Education and Development Society). The island life was both awe-inspiring and heart-breaking. During that time, my brother's death hit me hard and catalyzed many changes. It was time for a new beginning. Time to live outwards rather than inwards. Time to have more fun and spread my wings wider. So I left the bubble of that little island for a bigger one: Vancouver Island, BC.

The lessons of the 3d, tangible, and practical came with this move. I dove into business and financial education, as well as that of traveling, dating, and love. School wasn't quite finished with me and after a chaotic trip to Bali, the call to learn returned. I came back with a men's clothing company ready to go. I thought I could leave the path of the "healer" behind. Tragedy had me jaded and I was feeling done. The gravity of that path is a powerful seductress however. I had always dreamt of being a Chinese medicine doctor, and as much fun as running a clothing company sounded, I couldn't do it. To me, the world needed more healers and Guides, not more clothes. So, off to Chinese Medicine school I went. I'm almost embarrassed to write that not even that filled my appetite. Unbeknownst to me, Victoria had its own college-level Hypnotherapy school (a rare thing in this world) and I couldn't resist. Shortly after my graduation from TCM, I went on to formally learn hypnotherapy which remains one of the most powerful tools I use. More mentorship also called. As a natural development of working in the healing arts, I had been coaching, counselling, and guiding my clients all those years, but I sought to grok it better through others. So, as I learned to master my own mind hypnotically, I simultaneously apprenticed under two successful life coaches.

Eventually... finally... prioritizing education came to an end. I left the obsession of accomplishment behind. I'd had my fill of the outward life. That place between the inner and outer worlds was calling. BEING is where it is at for me now. The power of well utilized stillness, of Being, has become one of my greatest teachers, second only to connection. And so began the next chapter. The chapter I live today.