About Me
Hello! Thanks for stopping by and getting to know me a little better. I am an animal lover and enlightened mom that homeschools my son. I have a partner that is my rock and guide in this amazing journey. We have 3 dogs, 3 horses, and 3 ducks (I just realized that’s 3 - 3’s!).
My History with Addictions
I have struggled with addiction and mental health most of my life. I had suicidal thoughts, abused substances for years trying to deal with the trauma and mental health that debilitated me on a daily basis. Then after at least deciding I wanted to live and no longer using substances, I dealt with the lasting depression and anxiety along with sprinkled co-dependence and toxic relationship patterns for another 8 years into my sobriety. Despite that struggle, I knew I wanted to help others with their addiction and develop a more effective program for substance abuse in my career. So, I went to school (seemed like for forever) and earned a master’s degree in addiction counseling.
Later in My Recovery
Throughout my sobriety and years of earning my Master’s, I never seemed to be fully happy with where I was. I always felt uneasy, looking out for the next trigger and trying to stay afloat in life. I also never felt like I was doing “good enough”. My perfectionism and need to plan every detail of my life made me feel safe in recovery but robbed me of the happiness and freedom of just existing in this life and loving every minute. So, my mental health was “stabilizing”, and I was sober, but I was still surviving and not thriving.
Becoming A Healer
Then I found energy healing and my entire world was changed. I no longer felt like an “addict” in recovery. I became a calm mom, a more balanced mom, and a person that flows with life and living a life that’s aligned with what I love and feels good to me. I attribute that to energy healing and learning about spiritual growth. I became an energy healer because I want others to experience that as well and now use energy healing in my coaching and therapy for those wanting to thrive in life and heal from substance use and mental health. Energy healing includes bioenergetic resonance frequency healing, reiki, emotional release techniques and clearing the Chinese meridian lines.
Becoming A Therapist and Coach
While I am still a substance abuse therapist, I pride myself in being a recovery wellness and spiritual coach that helps people transform their entire lives from surviving and coping into thriving and healing. Many ask the difference between therapy and coaching. In my work, it revolves around the change process. Change requires awareness, motivation, and action (download my FREE change workbook here). Therapy focuses on the awareness of why addiction and mental health is a struggle and action on how to manage the symptoms and difficulties. Coaching focuses on maintaining motivation of making change and becoming aware of the belief blocks that prevent change from coming easily, releasing the energy of trauma, and bringing in the energy of success, manifestation, and abundance to your life. Of course, no matter which service you receive, my heart-centered approach will help you succeed!
About Holistic Recovery Services
Holistic Recovery Services aims to help people who are struggling with addiction and mental wellness, using energy healing. The approach is holistic where I don’t just focus on healing the mind but also healing the body and spirit.
The services provided include wellness, addiction, and spiritual coaching, courses, Reiki, and Bioenergetic healing/balancing. With energy healing being at the core of every service, everyone including family gets the healing they need.
Trainings for professional counselors and therapists are also provided to help support the BioPsychoSocSpiritual Model so clients can have better outcomes from treatment/services.
Mission Statement
The mission of Holistic Recovery Services is to change how people with addiction and mental health are being supported in the world, improve the systems that provide the container for which resources and services are accessible, and improve the availability of holistic alternatives to wellness and health to all who suffer.
The vision is to change what recovery wellness looks like, helping people move beyond coping into a place of healing and transformation. Where wellness becomes breaking free from the anchors of stigma, growing and transmuting into soul alignment with the magical flow of the Universe, and supporting advancement of community and world health through compassion and inspired action.
My service are for you if
You’ve tried different things (eg: medication, normal therapy, books, self-help, diets) and it didn't work
You want to learn how to stay calm in stressful situations
You feel like you have no control over your life and that life won’t get better
You don’t feel excited about your future
You feel stuck in relationships that are not serving you
You are tired of having physical pains and low energy