In 2020, I encountered a season of many losses. My world felt turned upside down and I was devastated. In the middle of my pain, there was an invitation before me: to allow love to meet me in my deepest insecurities. It felt uncomfortable and even intolerable to allow love in. Years of self judgment, crushing expectations, and self abandonment were my constant realities.

Through leaning into compassion, persistence, and surrender, I came to a place of welcoming my humanity instead of resenting it. I learned to celebrate the depth of beauty within me and to take shame-free ownership for the self destructive and harmful parts of me too. I began to receive God’s grace with arms wide open and to walk with him as a co-creator, allowing the desires he gave me to flourish.

We often downplay just how significant the relationship with ourselves is – it impacts every area of life. To witness people as they connect to their story, their body, their desires and dreams is sacred. I do this work because I think it’s one of the most meaningful ways to spend my days here – guiding people towards the abundant life we’re made for.