The Wise Women Movement was born after an awakening after the birth of my first son. My personal journey of ending the battle with my body, calming anxiety, overcoming infertility, healing from pelvic organ prolapse, and seeing the deep desire for community in women fortified my mission.

I feel in my bones that I was put on the planet to help women navigate the busyness of life while making peace with their bodies, calming their minds, and creating time for what’s important to them.

For years, I suffered from anxiety and had this nagging feeling that I didn’t fit in even though I had a lot of friends and a loving family. I desperately wanted to feel at ease and happy.  

So I spent years trying to figure out how the body and mind work so that I could fix myself and stop riding the struggle bus. I didn’t realize until later that I was missing tending to my nervous system and soul.

For decades, I thought my body was the problem. 

I placed my worth on how I looked and my pant size. Unconsciously focusing all my energy on fitting into what I thought a woman should look and act like – thin, smart, giving – perfect.  

I thought if I controlled my body by eating and exercising to fit into the cultural ideal then I would be happier. My journey with disordered eating and exercise for punishment started young. 

When I was in the eighth grade, I devoured a yoga book, and for the first time I got a taste of a different way of taking care of my body and mind that made me feel lighter, brighter and more hopeful but it would be years until I allowed myself to lean into this way of being.

I (unknowingly) was part of the problem. 

I became a dietitian and personal trainer and used my gift for motivating women to believe in themselves. I wrote diet plans, exercise routines, and weight-loss programs not realizing I was feeding the problem of women not loving or accepting their beautiful bodies and gifts they have to offer. 

My body told me I needed to slow down.

My body was holding onto weight even thought I was counting my calories, restricting the types of foods I ate, and doing intense exercise daily. I was exhausted despite sleeping eight plus hours a night and my blood sugar was out of whack causing mood swings and anxiety. 

The creepy, crawling feeling of shame made me want to withdraw from life. Instead, I pushed harder and aimed to do everything ‘right’ to prove that I was worthy of being healthy and happy. My career was taking off so I added overworking to my plate to see if that would fill the void. I kept myself busy so that I didn’t have to feel the deep sadness I was feeling. 

The discomfort and pain of my current state had to change and I was finally ready to listen to the intuitive whisper that I had discredited for years –  slow down!

Until then I was attached and obsessive about the external advice on what I should do in order to get the body I wanted, a safe and successful career, and a perfect life on paper.

It’s cliche to say, but yoga did change my life. 

The timing of my first yoga teacher training was divine. I started moving my body because it was fun and felt good instead of for punishment. My yoga teachers had a twinkle in their eyes and a palpable, calm energy — and I wanted to feel this way too. 

The practice helped me slow down, and reflect on what I wanted my life to look like.

I was filled with creativity, hope, and possibility. I shifted my detox programs to include group yoga and mindset work and witnessed my clients benefiting from shifting their focus from working out to working in.

I started seeing clients on the side and eventually transitioned from hosting a successful corporate wellness program so that I could work for myself. I trained clients outside, at their houses, rented a dance studio by the hour to teach yoga classes, and started virtually coaching clients on how to take care of their body, and to create balance and joy in their lives.  

My life was magically unfolding the more I leaned into trusting myself. The excess weight I was holding onto was gone, I was calmer, my health improved, I was setting my own schedule, attracting dream clients, making more money than ever and met my to-be husband at a bar on St. Patrick’s Day.

Life was flowing and didn’t feel so hard — until I encountered a new challenge.

I had set a foundation for living my life on my terms but there were still challenges along the way. Life was calling me to walk my talk. I was diagnosed with unexplained infertility. 

WTF? I was the definition of healthy and had built this beautiful life and now it felt hard and heavy. 

Now on the other side – we have a sweet, spunky IVF baby boy who is the love of my life – I realize that I was being initiated by something greater to deepen my relationship with myself and to learn the wisdom of being a woman.    

During the five years it took us to bring Vin into the world were filled with heart-break, loss, and deep healing and personal growth. I was also growing my coaching practice, running a corporate wellness program, transitioning from a big move from Chicago to Atlanta, trying to meet new friends, keeping my marriage happy, and managing the emotional toll and logistics of fertility treatments.

Good thing I’m an optimist, resourceful, and resilient. These darker times gave me the opportunity to take an honest look at my life, my beliefs, habits, and patterns. I evaluated what was working and what wasn’t and reconnected with the wise voice inside that always knows the way. 

The universe gifted me teachers and healers that helped me navigate this dark time and I was able to see it as an opportunity for learning and spiritual growth.

We’ve been taught that pushing, doing, achieving, controlling, over-giving, and being agreeable is the way. 

We have placed too much value on external advice about what’s best for us and have forgotten the value and strength of knowing ourselves, and working with our body, tendencies, desires, and dreams instead of against them.

This journey has ignited a fire inside of me and I want to shout it from the rooftops –

THERE IS A BETTER WAY!

We don’t need to run around exhausted, overwhelmed, hating our body, unhappy or feeling like we’re broken. 

You too can untangle the routines, mindsets, and habits that keep you suffering and stuck so that you can feel alive, free, and happy.  

My clients share that they feel safe and calm in my presence and are surprised with how much they can open up around me.

From that place we get to work because life is meant to be enjoyed.

It’s backed by 20 years in the wellness industry as a dietitian, personal trainer, experienced yoga teacher, and intuitive healer as well as working with hundreds of women.

These lessons, tools, and wisdom can fill the gap of what you've been searching for.

You get to reclaim your worth and light the world up with your magic.   

I’m no longer afraid to admit: 

• I’m sensitive and cry easily, that 

• I love tracking my menstrual cycle with the moon, 

• Geek out on the seasons and cycles of the earth and our lives 

• Pulling oracle cards makes me feel calm 

• I think it’s fun to find ways to work smarter not harder 

• I let my heart instead of my mind lead the way 

• I value rest and play as much as I do being productive
  

Here’s proof that magic and believing and trusting in yourself and your body works.

My second son was conceived with a 5% chance with minimal medical intervention (I can link out to the story). During the years we tried to conceive, I was solid in my truth of what was the best path with treatment and was an advocate for myself and my family. 

With each experience, big or small, confidence came from evidence. When I work with my body’s rhythms, soften the mind, tend to my nervous system, and listen to my soul a world of possibilities opens up. 

The deepening of surrender and trust gave me the courage to go all-in with my business. Now I get to spend time teaching women how to remember this way of being and ground it in their lives. 

I broke out of the spiritual closet but still have the down-to-earth, practical side that allows me to show other women how to work with the natural tendencies, sacred bodies, their unique gifts, to help them understand what makes them tick, and how to build a life that prioritizes what’s important to their hearts.   

Each one of us was born with an inner guidance system waiting to be reclaimed. 

I’ve called on this guidance system many times — with building my business, pregnancy, birth, motherhood, partnership, relationships, and parenting and you can too.

Creating a life that’s built around your priorities and what lights you up is your birthright.