life sure is funny.

I never meant to be a UX writer or a strategist of anything.

I was going to wander along the Seine, and compose questionable prose from my Parisian terrace. But wait! I did compose questionable prose from my Parisian terrace. For three whole years on a client assignment, in fact. After hours, of course. 

I also dreamed of serving as the lay-writer for Scientific American. That hasn't happened (yet). But I have interviewed scientists, researchers, and laboratorians for clients like Mayo Medical Laboratories, 3M, and Medtronic to explain emerging treatments and new technologies to patient and HCP audiences alike.

Content + Healing = Content healing??

My career path hasn't been paved exclusively with content audits and online deliverables. Before joining Brain Traffic in 2005, I covered the Minneapolis/St. Paul music scene for a weekly paper called Pulse, and contributed stories to such publications as Utne Reader, City Pages, Midwest Home, and Request Magazine.

Then in 2014 I took a massive leap of faith, embarking on a journey I consider my life’s calling: I began building a holistic healing practice, through which I offer group classes and private sessions in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) meditation, sound therapy, DNA activation, Usui Reiki … and a host of other healing modalities.

I’m licensed and certified as a Vibrational Sound Therapy practitioner by the Vibrational Sound Association. I’m a HeartMath Institute AddHeart facilitator, and a Mindful Schools Educator. I’ve also participated in the first level of training of the MindUP mindfulness-for-kids curriculum. I’m a Spring Forest Qigong group practice leader, and I contribute monthly at-home ritual practices and intuitive forecasts to the Science & Magic virtual learning platform. I’m also a proud team member of the George Wellbeing Program, in partnership with the YMCA.

I’m constantly delighted at how seamlessly the practices of content creation and holistic healing seem to integrate and cross-pollenate. I learn countless lessons every day from each. And I wholeheartedly believe these complementary perspectives help me offer a more authentic, intuitive, and grounded experience to the clients and students with whom I’m so blessed to collaborate!