About Us

This bio is kind of long, but hey - I'm an old woman. I've always been a worker, and it's crazy to think I've been working for 53 years. When I was younger, I felt like Scarlett O'Hara and now, as a sage elder, I'm definitely more like Professor McGonagall. I loved working so much that I never settled down with a life-time partner, didn't have kids, and traveled the world as an independent consultant mentoring other people to help them be more successful. And now, it's time to leave a legacy that I sincerely hope helps ease pain and suffering for millions of people in the next few years.

My Compass Program for Navigating Life after Loss takes students on a journey from suffering to stability and shattered to serenity in six weeks. It is simple. And it works. I channeled Scarlett and Minerva and used their grit and magic when I created it. And now, I'm going to give it away through a Certified Guide Program. I'll be teaching other lightworkers and healers to implement the program and share it with their clients, customers, patients, and communities. They'll just pay for the certification training and support and then the program will be theirs to share with the world.

Right now, I have a burning desire to fulfill this legacy. It all started in 1998 when I sustained a life-threatening brain injury in a car crash. I was evaluated at Craig Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver and told I would never work again. In the prime of my life - I was forty, fit and fabulous and had a two-year old management consulting practice that was just taking off. The doctors advised me that I needed to take anti-depressants, pain killers and sleeping pills and prepare for life in a wheelchair as I lived off the insurance money I would get from suing the man who was cited for reckless driving after T-boning my car.

As a determined, independent thinker and problem solver - I didn't do anything the doctors said - no pills, no lawsuit, no wheelchair. Instead, I turned to Eastern medicine and Eastern practices to heal myself - found my sixth sense - and became an energy healer and medium. I've also written four books - an Amazon best seller about Y2K preparedness; Enlightened by Accident - The Awakening of a Psychic Medium; Stress Free Success - Where East Meets West; and the book I believe every household should have Organic Grief - A fresh, natural approach to healing after loss. The books are all amazing but I don't focus much time promoting myself, so you won't see hundreds or even dozens of reviews, but please judge these books by their covers and check them out at Amazon. (As the first person in my family of origin to ever graduate from college a BA in English Education from Colorado State University was the foundation for me being the writer and teacher I am today. And, I feel fortunate to have earned an MBA at the University of Colorado at Boulder.)

About ten years ago, I realized that I was kind of an expert at recovering from loss. And that began a long journey of losing even more. You name it. I've lost it. I've lost homes, had every memory of my life stolen from a storage unit (every photo that wasn't digital, every treasure from world travels, the family recipes, my grandfather's footlocker from Pearl Harbor, and my most cherished possession - my grandmother's mixing bowl. And her china, and all of the holiday decorations. So my heart especially goes out to those who have lost homes and possessions in natural disasters. The toughest part is the guilt). Three months after the storage unit burglary, I lost my young nephew to suicide. I also lost my reputation as a respected management consultant (the woo woo stuff didn't really fly  with corporate clients). And then I lost heart and companion Stewart - an orange tabby cat - when we were exposed to black mold in a 110 year old adobe house in 2023. I just completed my third residential move in three years and am finally feeling at home. 

During the last ten years of learning to live for the lesson and not the loss; I created, honed, toned, tested and perfected the Compass Program for Navigating Life after Loss. It combines nearly three decades of wisdom coping with physical pain and symptoms that still linger from the brain injury; being a lone traveler with no partner, no family, and no children; and being on the road in Europe and North America for almost two decades helping other people be successful. But, the good news is that I won. I've turned my pain into purpose.

For the remainder of 2025, I'll be training Certified Guides who serve the Los Angeles metro area. I once lived in the City of Angels and am feeling called to bring some big time light to everyone coping with the aftermath of the wildfires and the current situation of unrest. I feel like we need some Jedi warriors there and so now, I'm channeling Yoda. The first group starts in mid-August, so if you feel called to work with me as a Certified Guide to help support your people during the holidays, please click on the link and let's talk about possibilities and see if it is a fit for you and your practice.