I have always thrown myself into everything I do with maximal energy.

Growing up I threw that energy into soccer, baseball, bike riding, roller blading—from sun up to sun down I never stopped moving.

After a series of surprising events straight out of the movie High School Musical, this jock caught the theatre bug and I shifted gears & threw all that energy towards becoming a Broadway dancer—which I did!

And for nearly a decade I used every ounce of energy I had to perform on Broadway 8-shows-a-week.

And through all of this, I always thought that my ability to always be on, to learn things quickly, to please everyone, to always be DOING were my greatest strengths—until one day, they weren’t.

In 2014 I was touring the country with Dirty Dancing and I thought that I was at my all-time fittest. I had gained a bunch of muscle mass, was dancing eight shows a week and was hitting the gym most days on top of it—I thought I was invincible. Then one day I was resting on my hands and knees before a show when my shoulder suddenly separated—not dislocated, but separated! I did the show that night (talk about maximum effort!) and then saw a doctor the next day who after x-raying me refused to believe I could have sustained that injury without some blunt force trauma or accident. But I had. All my effort, stress and pushing had literally broken my shoulder.

It was this moment that led me on a journey towards what I do now.

Life cannot be all gas with no brakes.

Despite being “fit” I was extremely unhealthy.

Like many people today, I had become ADDICTED to constant stress, work and productivity and as a result, I had truly lost the ability to rest, recharge & give my body the recovery it needed to sustain such a high output. I was unable to tune in and listen to my body’s cues and needs, which had also made me more reactive, childish & selfish.

I went on a journey to fix and heal my own issues that led me to trainings in Somatic Education, Functional Breathing, Alexander Technique, Breathwork, Stress, Sleep & Respiration Physiology, and Nervous System Regulation.

I now work with a wide range of companies and clients who struggle with various forms of nervous system dysregulation and the multifaceted ways that it shows up in their lives.

For many it’s anxiety & stress. For some it’s metabolic issues. For others is sluggishness, burnout and overwhelm. For others it’s sleep issues and random weight gain, or it’s pain & posture problems. For many it’s reactivity with loved ones and emotional regulation issues.

But no matter how it manifests, my work is to empower people to understand what’s actually happening in their own minds & bodies, give them frameworks for cultivating awareness, and provide tools to help people take control over how they think, move and feel.

I think of my work as a users’ manual for 21st century living.

Yes, there is a mismatch between how our nervous systems evolved to thrive and the constant mental pressures, social media, 24/7 news cycles, endless availability of calories and 1 am florescent lights we live under today.

But I don’t believe the solution is going back to the stone age—it’s learning how to be proactive in giving our minds and bodies the tools & habits they need to thrive in our modern world.

So that’s why I’m here—to help you not just survive, but thrive.