📍 Small-town soul: I was born in small town, Kansas — left for years — living across Wyoming, I recently returned to rebuild my life from the ground up. There’s magic in returning to your roots, even if it is temporary.
🐾 Dog mom x2: My Catahoula and Rottweiler are my children, best friends, hiking buddies, and emotional support system. They’ve taught me more about love and loyalty than most humans.
🏃♀️ Running and I had beef: I used to say running didn’t like me—and honestly, I believed it. I dreaded it, avoided it, and thought I just wasn’t “built for it.” But something shifted. I stopped chasing speed and started chasing presence. Now, I run for clarity, connection, and strength — training for a 5K this fall and falling in love with every barefoot stride.
📚 Double master’s student: I’m pursuing graduate degrees in Family & Consumer Sciences (Human Development) and Liberal Studies (Corporate Communications). Healing + communication = my superpower combo. Learning is power and freedom, I love it!
🍞 Homemade is my love language: I bake my own bread, make protein-packed mousse instead of ice cream, and believe food is both fuel, medicine, and celebration.
🎨 Creativity is therapy: Whether I’m painting, writing poetry, or singing in the kitchen — creative expression has been a lifeline through grief and growth.
🌍 Dreaming of the road: One day, I’ll live in a camper, travel with my dogs, volunteer around the world, and run a soul-centered business from anywhere with Wi-Fi.
🧘♀️ Spiritual and grounded: I’m sober by choice, abstinent by intention, and on a journey of deep self-trust. My intuition is my compass now.
💪 Gym rat with heart: I love lifting heavy, moving mindfully, and turning workouts into rituals that strengthen more than just my body.
🎤 I’ve got a lot to say: I’m working on a memoir-meets-manual called A Home Within — and many other stories related to my many lifetimes lives in my lifetime, One story at a time.
💬 Favorite Quotes
- “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
— Anaïs Nin - “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
— Maya Angelou - “Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.”
— Rumi - “She remembered who she was and the game changed.”
— Lalah Delia - “Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness and still become something beautiful.”
— Beau Taplin - “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
— Carl Jung
A Home Within 