02/25/2026
My first full-time title was "companion" on a memory support unit. For 7 years, working from 2-10pm meant that much of my job was literally walking alongside the "wandering" confused, scared, lonely, angry, pleasant, lost souls. The approach required a sense of hypervigilant calm, safety and peaceful assurance, otherwise you would startle and agitate the condition of the person. I truly miss providing this integral, meaningful, selfless work and tip my hat to nursing assistances everywhere.
This is the foundation of how I approach everything today. From how I strike the gong, greet a new face to my work, place my hands during a craniosacral session, enter into partnerships: it has informed everything. Providing a safe, calm & peaceful space for people to enter is so essential to optimize restoring, releasing, receiving.