Art it is my refuge, sanctuary and playground where I go to explore, touch the depths of my heart, ask questions, find my footing and to process emotions…a place I feel held and where I experience passionate joy. It is where I fly and connect with my spirit.

I love sharing what I learn through classes and retreats and find that there is something incredibly fulfilling about connecting with others through creativity, play, stories and warm authenticity.

I love to learn, ask questions and listen to heartfelt stories about how people have been shaped by their life experiences. I believe Love is why we are here, what we are made of and what we return to when we transition from this life. Love is also the key to true healing. I need close family and friendships to feel good and happy. I love beautiful colors, soft textures, animals, having the windows open and warm sunlight. Reading and writing nourish me. Naps and a great hug make everything better. Cooking and eating delicious food with people makes me feel fulfilled and joyful. I love to dance, sing and laugh.

I recently renamed my business, Wings of Light from Deep Rooted Healing. I realized that the roots I needed when I began Deep Rooted Healing are now strong and healthy underneath me and now I’m ready to open my wings and fly with all that I am and all that I have learned through the chapter of my story that was Deep Rooted Healing. That chapter involved deep inner healing and countless life-changing experiences with myself and with clients that showed me I am so much more than I ever realized. It was inside the safe sanctuary of Deep Rooted Healing that I explored and awakened my intuitive abilities and my energy healing skills. It is where I learned to do shamanic journey work and where I began to engage with and navigate the unseen realms. Deep Rooted Healing is where I first saw a spirit of a loved one who had passed and came to know that I, and all of us, are always connected to those we love, whether they are here physically or not. It is where I learned about the angels and began to work with them. Deep Rooted Healing is where I learned about my body and the body of my clients through massage therapy and Reiki and how truly miraculous we all are designed. It is where I shifted and expanded my worldview and belief system multiple times. Deep Rooted Healing gave me a safe place to stretch into new parts of myself and work through dark shadows of fear.

The name Wings of Light came to me as so many of my intuitive messages do, when I was in the shower! I knew it was right because of how it felt inside my body. There have been so many beautiful synchronicities that connect to this new name…the amazing amount of dragonflies that have been signs for me over the past 6 months, receiving feathers for many years as signs and gifts from the angels, butterflies and hummingbirds calling to me and the clouds! I am drawn like a magnet to the clouds lately. Add to that the incredible knowing I hold now that we are all made of light, that we are here to embody light and share that light with the world and that light is the true source of all healing. It is the name under which I will get to continue to play and dream, love and explore, share and connect with my wings and heart wide open.

More about My Journey:

My woven journey has led me to explore a variety of creative mediums, fascinating healing modalities and philosophies. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and Studio Art from Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I studied massage therapy at Everyday Bliss Massage School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. I am certified in three levels of Reiki and as a Reiki Teacher. I have also studied therapeutic art and writing practices, shamanism, mindfulness, meditation, Buddhism and more.

I have worked in the arts and arts education for over 20 years in a variety of ways; as a professional artist and photographer, shop owner, studio manager, and in various schools and organizations. I have been a creative entrepreneur for just as long. I have always had an independent, bold, rebellious spirit and have always been someone who goes after what I want.

I am also sober and a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Learning about my sensitivity has brought me into a deeper relationship with myself and the world. What once felt like a curse, now feels like an incredible gift.

My healing journey through chronic illness, addiction, an eating disorder, anxiety, inner child work, trauma, depression and anxiety awakened in me a love for myself that has transformed me from the inside out and shifted my reality in positive, wondrous ways.

I live in Wisconsin where I grew up. I left for many years to live in a variety of places before returning home to grow deeper roots in 2020 at the beginning of Covid.