That night, I went to my meditation group and reported how punk I felt. My group thought I should go to see Lisa, a healer I was seeing at the time. I love Lisa - she helped me with a severe wind surfing injury which resulted in my contracting pneumonia, a recurring disease I had many times in my childhood. The thought of it starting up again in that old pattern truly scared me into oblivion. With Lisa's care and skill over a period of years, my lungs and my allergies cleared up. She is a magnificent healer; I owe her so much . .

I made an appointment with the Lisa for the following day. We both sensed that the woman whom I had held was attached to me in fear. She was afraid to embrace death and move forward into the next stage or level of her existence. We both sensed that the woman's brother was there and ready to help her to the other side. We directed her brother to help her up by giving her a sign post or direction to head toward. He offered her his hand. Once she was oriented, she gladly reached for her brother and was gone. Lisa continued the session, giving me some chi or energy and balancing me. I felt perfect... And as a result of this profound experience, I was hooked. After years of studying spirituality, yoga, alternative health, herbalism, esoteric law and religion, I found something that really got my attention - Energy Work.

Over the years I spent with Lisa prior to this death experience, she constantly invited me to attend conferences with Rosalyn Bruyere, her teacher. She told me I was a natural. I could see her guides and I could track her work in detail, which she told me was very unusual, and yet I was reluctant. I didn't see myself as a healer, despite many astrologers and psychics telling me that I would be. I did have a strong feeling I would not be teaching elementary school forever; and, I saw my forties as being years filled with a different journey than the one I was currently on; but, the idea of being a healer seemed far and remote.

After I met Rosalyn Bruyere at my first intensive, I came home. I could not believe there was anyone on the planet with that much energy and knowledge! She wove all of my past knowledge and understanding together so that everything made sense - science, metaphysics, spirituality - everything! The community was filled with people who understood so much about life, death and the journey that the place hummed with power. I learned so much from five days of work with Rosalyn that I began to study with her obsessively. I worked with her five times that next year, and four the next. I continue to work with her as frequently as I can, and as much as I can afford.

I ran downstairs, centered myself and called Chris to tell her what I had heard. She was having extra bleeding as a result of what her doctors thought was menopause, and had just seen her doctor the week before. She informed me that she would not see her doctor again as the doctor had said all was normal; and, she was very angry at me for giving her this information because I was so green, so new to the healing path. I was confused - I just could not believe that I would hear something so loudly as a warning sign and that it would not be appropriate to share it. In retrospect, I should have waited to tell her in person but when you hear someone yelling in your ear something that seems so important, I still feel the best thing to do is act and act quickly. So I did the best I could and learned from it. Chris did not see the doctor and three months later she was rushed to the intensive care unit at a local hospital and then later to Dartmouth medical school, where she had a full hysterectomy. On her chart were the words, "a rare form of uterine cancer." Not a great way to be validated, but it certainly was a wake-up call for me that I had work to do on this path.

Now, at times, I'll look at my hands in wonder. I can't believe how wonderful it is to help people, to be constantly learning, to feel the connection I feel to spirit or to god, and the connection I feel to my people my friends, my clients. I feel my work is authentic and unbelievably effective. The greater my connection and my commitment to my work, the more amazing my work is.

I am so blessed to have the wonderful teachers I have in my life. I'm so grateful to Rosalyn Bruyere, Ken Weintraub, Stephen Weiss, Paul Gordon, Tzen and all of my teachers at the Polarity Institute. I am so blessed to have my clients and my practice. I thank everyone with all of my heart.

These are just two stories - there are many more related to my work and the expansion of my knowledge as a healer. I am a regular person who loves life, goes through chaos, drives too fast at times and always forgets to get the bread out of the oven when having people over for dinner.

I am an avid ocean-riding kite boarder and windsurfer. I live with my Maine coon cat and the love of my life, Lane. We live on Hatteras Island, where I have my healing practice.

I love metal and pearls. I create inspired, unusual pieces of jewelry. It is a passion. When I'm immersed in a project, it completely sucks me into a vortex and I come out on the other side with art. (There are some examples of my photos and art on this web site.) I'm having fun creating!

My love for words and poetry constantly amuses me and keeps me thinking and responding to this amazing life we all live.