By 2020, I’m a twenty-something air ambulance helicopter captain for a couple years and the suicides among fellow first responders have me questioning my own mental wellbeing. As stubborn as I was, denying that “trauma” was affecting my mental health was no longer an option.

As I dove in I realized the devastation of how misunderstood mental wellness is. 

I treated healing as my profession. I devoured every useful teaching from the leading experts in the field, attended countless therapy sessions, partook in an inpatient PTSD rehabilitation group for first responders and veterans, completed mental health courses and certifications which all lead to a roll helping clients in a men’s recovery house to gain “Trauma Awareness” in group presentations and individual sessions.

This experience has not only revealed the impact in an addiction recovery setting, it has also shaped my path forward to go beyond the simple embodiment of information and practices, but to fill my souls purpose in sharing what I know to be effective.

I completed The Detachment Technique practitioner certification, which is specifically designed for those who suffer from shock & trauma and have not yet been successful in processing their traumatic hirstories.
I’ve continued learning, practicing and teaching various mental wellbeing tools to ensure a well rounded, holistic and individual approach to healing.

Outside of office hours, client sessions, speaking engagements and training my service dog, I best recharge by connecting with conscious community or exploring the everchanging flora & fauna in the most remote and natural wilderness I can witness in that particular season.