How did we get here?

My spiritual journey started several years back, circa 2012-2013, when a couple of big things were going on in my life. For one, I was in college studying for my bachelor’s degree in Psychology and took two courses that inspired and shifted my outlook on a handful of things- Health Psychology and Positive Psychology. Both of these courses were taught by the same professor from a holistic point of view, encompassing the connection of mind-body-soul, studying approaches to health and wellness across different cultures, exploring practices such as meditation, journaling, and gratitude, and learning about the Tao Te Ching and people like Pema Chondron, Deepak Chopra, and Louise Haye. I’ve been blessed to have a great education, fantastic professors, and even incredible trainings and additional courses since being in undergrad, though I can say, with confidence, these two psychology courses were certainly the most intriguing and inspiring classes I’ve personally taken. I had an entirely different outlook on myself and my world. 

Around the time I was taking these courses, we suddenly lost my grandfather. While his death was not a total surprise based on some health factors, it was sudden and unexpected in the moment. I grew up very close to my paternal grandparents, which I’m sure you’ll hear me reference quite a bit. My grandpa was my first huge loss, certainly the closest person to me I had lost at that time. In the days following his death, in the midst of my grief I started noticing random, weird things that would happen (some were pretty comical, actually). For one, a couple mornings after he died I said to my mom that I wanted an iced coffee and a donut but was too sad to get myself up to go. As we were talking about this, my mom was putting on her sneakers and suddenly said “what the hell”, and proceeded to pull a Dunkin Donuts gift card out of her shoe. Clearly grandpa wanted me to have that iced coffee. Even better, when I got to Dunkin, I learned that there was over $40 on that giftcard. I could go on and on about the other wild things that happened in those days following his death, like my grandmother finding the spare key for his truck that had been missing for years or the countless dreams I had about him, but I can’t waste all the good stories in one blog post. 

With all I was learning in my courses, in my reflective self-work, and with the experiences I had after my grandfather’s passing, I came to believe that there is so much more to existence, to the Universe, than what we experience here in the physical world. Since that time, I’ve also said goodbye to my grandmother, got married, became a social worker and gained several years of experience providing trauma-informed treatment to individuals of all ages, experienced a miscarriage, done more shadow work than I’d like to admit, became a mother, changed careers, started (kind of) homesteading, built a community and connected with like-minded individuals, and found reiki. Reiki has helped me to align with my higher self, break through energetic blocks, gain insight into myself, and find peace in some of the most hectic moments. I originally went to my first reiki training with the intention of learning reiki just for myself, but couldn’t deny the pull I felt to share this with others after receiving my second reiki attunement and started sharing reiki with family and friends. 

I bring many aspects of personal experience and continued spiritual and self-growth to my reiki practice, along with compassion, attentiveness, and a dedication to supporting those in search of self-discovery, harmony and nourishment of mind, body, and soul. 

I’m excited and grateful to be building this practice and this community, I can’t wait to see where this takes us. 

Thank you for being here!