Philosophy  |  Education and Experience  |  Personal Profile

My Philosophy

• Happiness is a choice.
• The best way to get it all done is to redefine all.
• To "find more time," you don't speed up; you slow down and decide what really matters.
• True prosperity is the experience of having plenty of what we need and wantin life and has little to do with how much money we have.
• The whole reason for being here is for us to evolve into the complete person we were intended to be.
• Listening to our wise inner self (connecting with God) is where peace and happiness come from.
• Love is all that truly matters.
• Love and fear cannot exist together.
• Life is now...now is all there is...life is best enjoyed by being in the present.
• Don't do more, be more.
• Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. (Marianne Williamson)
• Relationships teach us about love, meaning and fulfillment. It is only through relationships that we grow and evolve.
• We all experience pain and adversity in life. It's what we decide to do with it that counts.
• Our greatest life gifts are born of darkness.
• All thought has the power to create your physical reality. Choose your thoughts carefully!
• Living a full, authentic, and enjoyable life is everyone's inherent right!

Education, Affiliations and Experience

• BS, Wellness Education, Behavioral Psychology emphasis, minor inHealth Education--University of Wisconsin-River Falls
• MS, Community Counseling--University of Wisconsin-River Falls
• Certified Lifestyle Counselor--The American Association of Lifestyle Counselors
• Ph.D. in Metaphysics - The American Institute for Holistic Theology
• Candidate for Certified Coaching Designation--Graduate School of Coaching
• Certified Fitness and Strength Training Instructor - YMCA
• President of the Board for the Higherself organization, a non-profit organization that includes the Girls on the Run program, the middle schoolprogram called "I AM," the GO GIRLS!™ program for high school studentsand the local eating disorder awareness and prevention program.
• Owned Health and Diet, a healthy weight management counseling program, for 5 years
• Past Health and Wellness Director at the Red Wing Family YMCA
• Pilates Instructor
• Ran 2 marathons (fundraisers for leukemia and arthritis), 5-1/2 marathons, 2-10 mileraces, and numerous 5 and 10K's
• Belong to a local running group called Fast Friends
• Create and sell "Manifestation Pillows" (pillows with a pocket containing a small heart and a card with instructions for manifesting your heart's desires)
• Life-long student of the body-mind-spirit connection
• Workshop facilitator
• Initiated Girls on the Run and Girls on Track (an experiential running programfor girls that also teaches life skills)

Personal Profile

• Insightful,intuitive, creative
• Motivating,encouraging
• Caring, kind, compassionate
• Organized
• Great at planning, strategizing, visioning
• Optimist, glass half full kind of person
• Spiritual/metaphysical
• Pleasure, adventure, and experience seeker
• Happy marriage
• Mother of two boys and step-mother of one (blended family survivors)
• A "young" empty nester