Having graduated from Thompson Rivers University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, I have been a practicing RN working within the healthcare industry for almost 20 years.  During my career, I specializing in Adult, Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care/ICU.  I was a Nursing Supervisor at two Addiction Treatment Centres and collaborated with local police on a child abuse team working with families suffering from trauma, mental health and addiction issues.  I later transitioned my career into End of Life Care and was employed as a RN at two local Hospice facilities and worked within the community as a Palliative Case Manager.

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By 2021 I had enough of the politics of health care.  I realized I could take my two decades of nursing experience, passion for functional root-cause medicine and somatic trauma work to offer services that aligned with my core values.  I changed gears to focus solely on developing a private practice and growing my business at the Lighthouse Holistic Wellness Centre.  In September 2022, I graduated with the Comprehensive Holistic Nurse Coaching Certification, an accredited program recognized by the Canadian Nurses Association, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and endorsed by the Canadian Holistic Nurses Association.  I am now furthering my expertise as a holistic body-based health professional and have been accepted into the accelerated Manual Osteopathic Therapy Program running September 2023-2024.  Currently, my private practice specializes in working with Veterans who are struggling with PTSD, Chronic Pain, or at End of Life.  As well as, working with the general public as a Holistic Nurse BodyMind Coach, offering private 1:1 somatic health coaching, registered group healing programs and a variety of health and wellness workshops.

I am a certified Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath® Professional and an Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy practitioner.  I also hold a variety of certifications including:  Traumatic Stress Studies, Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga, Level III Somatic Parts Work, Sensorimotor techniques, RYT 300 Hour, Therapeutic Yin Yoga, Usui & Karuna Reiki, various Somatic Breathwork techniques and Spring Forest QiGong for Health.  The most powerful healing tool I draw upon in my practice is my skill as a Sound Therapist, specializing in the Vibrational Healing Resonance of Gongs, Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls and a variety of other sound tools.

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Although I see some benefit in Western Medicine, my true health promotion philosophy aligns with the practice of root cause medicine with a holistic lens.  My approach to coaching BodyMind healing focuses on holistic assessments, psychoeducation and somatic body-based therapies while also addressing foundations to health like:  sleep hygiene, healing leaky gut with non-inflammatory ‘fuel’ choices, improving drainage pathways and strengthening organ health for safe and effective detoxing of common pathogens found in today's toxic environment.