My journey has been long and quite dark at times. I have lost both my parents to cancer.
My dad passed when I was only 22 and my mom when I was 37.
I dealt with clinical depression for 8 years, triggered by my dad’s cancer diagnosis. I am divorced.
Walking this walk through dark times means I am not afraid of those scary, hairy, dark emotions. I can sit right there along the wall with you just in presence holding space.
When I was finally ready to come out of my depression I found my teacher Prita Manganiello. She was originally my therapist and after only 1 session with her I found the courage to attend one of her Emotional Re-Education Weekend Workshops.
I jumped off the cliff at the very first one and found the courage to go in the middle to do my work.
My mother was still alive at the time but an active alcoholic. I started a long and amazing healing journey with Prita and also my community of folks who regularly attend these workshops. My mom got sober and sadly passed away from cancer only 7 short years after she started her recovery.