About

An honest introduction — imperfect, still growing, and genuinely glad you're here.

I didn't arrive at peace gracefully. I fumbled my way here — through decades of searching, a restless mind, and more than a few self-made storms.

Early on in life, I didn't have a belief system that truly grounded me. I moved through the world curious and caring, but without a real anchor. That changed when I found A Course in Miracles. Reading it felt like something clicking into place — a resonance so deep I've returned to it again and again, especially in the hard seasons. It gave me a framework not just for understanding peace, but for choosing it.

Peace, I've learned, isn't a personality trait you're born with. It's a practice you return to — sometimes dozens of times a day.

A little about me

I'm a child of the East Coast who belongs, in spirit, somewhere wide open — big sky country, mountain trails, quiet forest clearings where you can hear yourself think. Those places restore me in a way nothing else quite does.

My path has been anything but linear. I started my career as a child and family therapist, moved into compliance, then into SaaS implementation, and now work in revenue enablement. The thread running through all of it is people — a deep, persistent passion for helping individuals and organizations transform, grow, and perform at their best. The tools have changed. The drive hasn't.

I'm neurodiverse, which I share openly because it's part of this story. For years, my mind was a generator of anxiety — I could build a crisis out of thin air, spiral into overthinking before the morning coffee was brewed. Learning to manage my inner world, to self-regulate rather than react, has been one of the most meaningful and ongoing projects of my life. Mindfulness didn't come naturally to me. I had to practice it like a skill. I still do.

What my peace practice actually looks like

It's not glamorous. It's catching a thought that's heading somewhere unhelpful and choosing to redirect it. It's the laws of attraction in practice — not as magical thinking, but as a daily commitment to where I place my attention and energy.

It's daily hikes with Loki, my husky, who has no interest in my mental spirals and every interest in what's around the next bend. And it's something I have to actively remind myself: look up. When anxiety pulls me toward the ground, I make myself lift my eyes and take in where I actually am. The trees. The light. The sky. It works every time.

🐺 Loki is my daily reminder that presence is the point. He doesn't worry about what happened yesterday or what might happen tomorrow. He's just here — nose in the air, fully alive. I'm still learning from him.

I also feed my mind intentionally — following thinkers and researchers who explore the neuroscience of emotion and mindset, like Dr. Julia DiGangi. Understanding the why behind how our brains work has made the practice feel less like willpower and more like working with myself rather than against myself.

Why this site

Awake in Peace is a place I built because I needed it to exist. A space for honest conversation about what it actually takes to live more peacefully — not the highlight reel version, but the real, daily, sometimes-you-nail-it-and-sometimes-you-don't version.

If you've found your way here, I imagine you're someone who wants more peace in your life too. Not someday. Now. In the middle of everything. That's what this is for.

This community is just beginning, and I'd love to hear from you. What brought you here? What does peace look like — or feel like — in your life right now? Reach out. I read everything.

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