taking care of my younger siblings and teaching myself math and science to enroll in the public school system. 

When I graduated college I was immediately hired as a bilingual federal investigator by the U.S. government. Turns out I traded in the cage of organized religion for the cage of bureaucracy. 

I threw my life into the law, earning awards and recognition from the U.S. Secretary of Labor for my outstanding investigative work, but the stress of the job compounded my strained family life - mentally, physically, and spiritually I was suffering. 

My blood pressure was sky high. I was losing hair, having panic attacks, and breaking out in rashes. I was tired all the time, emotionally wrecked, and  frequently sick.  I was stuck, angry,  frustrated,  and numb to life. 

Suffering from the effects of chronic trauma, I was put on blood pressure medication and a heart monitor in my 20s and was rushed to the hospital.  running tests they concluded that I had broken heart syndrome along with an array of other acute physical ailments. The doctors told me that if nothing changed, I was 

After hitting rock bottom while cleaning the scene of a suicide. I knew that nobody was going to save me and that I had to take the wheel of my life. 

I studied survival and hiked over 15 national parks with my (would be) husband within three years. Insatiable for knowledge, I dove into the study of behavioral health, yoga, qigong, meditation, primal movement, shamanism, sound healing, and natural health, studying with some of the best teachers in the world such as: C. Michael Smith, JoAnne Dodgson, Behnje Masson, Rick Powell, Sonam Targee, Douglas Brooks, and alike. 

I opened the first shamanic yoga and hiking company in Michigan and word spread fast! I quickly began to expand private offerings, working with high-profile clients, government officials, celebrities, billionaires, and salt of the earth humans like, helping them identify (and dismantle) heir own mental, physical, and spiritual cages!