05/18/2026
Gathering people together has always been my favorite thing in the world And there is something healing & powerful about bringing women together.
In my early 30’s I went to herbalism school in Charleston, SC. For the first time in my life, I was amongst a group of women who were so rock solid in who they were, in being proud of what they looked like, who were sure of what they spoke and how they expressed themselves. The time together in that environment in that small living room brought deep healing to my life.
I’d struggled with body image my whole life. Being a competitive volleyball player and living in a bikini maybe had something to do with it haha! But I remember the first time I heard girls worried about their weight. I was in high school and some friends were getting ready for their senior trip and they said they were on the “carrot and saltine” diet. I had never thought about what I ate up until then. I can identify that moment as the beginning of my issues with food.
But it wasn’t just issues with food… it was issues with me… wanting to appear perfect… thinking if I looked a certain way then XYZ would happen. I became a perfectionist, a workoutaholic, and fearful of food for a long time.
It was years later, following my heart and moving to the Virgin Islands, (divinely led for sure) that I felt all those shackles finally falling away…
There were no identities locked behind a career here… the “shoulds” of adult life dropped away the minute one CHOSE to move to live the island life… there were no designer jeans or handbags; just Jean shorts, bathing suits and T shirts… there was no popularity contest because when you moved here, you left your old life behind. The energy of living In the moment and being in a giant field of energy in which everyone had chosen to live here to simply enjoy life, healed me completely…
All the body image issues, all the stressing about food and working out, all the worrying about fitting into a perfect box, it all washed away in the Caribbean Sea.
So now…. I create experiences that transform women’s lives. I KNOW the power of being in a circle of women. It changed my whol