When the moonlight shines through a cloud, it reveals a silver lining. These silver linings remind us that our inner light can shine even when surrounded by the darkest of times.

When I believed my light had extinguished, instead of pretending and forcing strength, I lay down my superhero identity of “Always Busy”. For the first time in my entire life, I gave myself the compassion, and understanding that I so freely gave to others.

I became my own silver lining.

I recognized that a few minute savasana at the end of a fast and sweaty power class was just not enough. Random acts of self-love were doing more harm than good. My brain and body were in constant survival mode; I needed more but did not know where or how to start.

I tried every healing modality I had access to: talk therapy, sound healing, yoga, movement, art, meditation, breathwork, nature excursions, walking and somatic work.

Finding the balance of what worked for me created my healing era and in that I have taken down an out of control eating disorder, dangerously high cortisol levels, extreme stress, burnout, body dysmorphia and lack of self-confidence.

Leaning into my twenty years of crisis management experience, thirty years of first responder services, lifelong interactions with human behavior, Bachelors in Psychology and 500 hour Yoga Teacher training, I took THE leap of faith that changed my entire life. And all of it started because I put my faith into being a human being.