Beginning my career as a Registered Nurse, I learned early about the value of good health – Whole Person Health.  Having conducted many types of health initiatives, both as a staff nurse and in management, I saw that bridging a “knowledge deficit” did not produce the desired change in behavior.  Change happened with inspiration.

I have learned that this “inspiration” comes when one is relaxed, able to draw upon their heart’s intelligence, first, and then engaging their critical thinking. Most people do the opposite and exhaust themselves with over thinking and over caring drawing many misguided conclusions about people, places and situations in their life. These inaccurate conclusions  can last for decades setting up ineffective and at times destructive patterns in relationships and with themselves.

My work is to help you define your goals, ideal thoughts, beliefs and behaviors to master a successful life. Believe it or not, it doesn’t take another lifetime to achieve this. Using rapid release technologies and an expertise that allows me to quickly tune in, you often see a major shift in 1-3 sessions.

Having worked in critical care and shock trauma units I witnessed and experienced “burnout” and recognized that traditional medicine did not have effective solutions in their toolbox. Blending my speciality in Functional Nutrition with a targeted nutritional approach, I provide natural solutions for optimal health.

What is Functional Nutrition?

Experience and Education

• Registered Nurse, graduated 1977 (Specialized in Intensive Care, the epitome of being motivated by stress. This has its limitations, as I found, deciding then to pursue solutions and strategies for stress relief!)
• MA in Clinical Psychology, Loyola College, Baltimore , MD, 1992
• Research on Stress among Nurses, 1989 (Master’s Thesis, Clinical Psychology)
• The Moderating Effect of Assertiveness on Stress
• PhD Human Development, University of Maryland College Park, MD.
• Focus on changing behavior, “Self” development
• Researched behavior change among MD’s in the early years of standardized care
• Researched the impact on nursing ( ability to engage and care) during restructuring of Healthcare in the 90′s, 1992-1998 (Doctoral Dissertation, Human Development)
• Performance Improvement Consultant, Healthcare Agencies 1994-1995
• Worked with organizations to improve outcomes, provided support for Accreditation process
• Private Practice while in Graduate School, 1996-1998
• Stress Management; Whole Person Health integrating thoughts, beliefs and attitudes and their impact on the body and one’s life.
• Team building, using MBTI (Myers Briggs), Firo B, Cpi
• Individual Coaching
• Management, Healthcare, 1992-1995
  • Managed 21+ FTE, clinical and fiscal responsibility
  • RN, Clinical Practice, ICU, 1977-1992

• Training/Certifications
• Hypnosis and Mind Body healing, hundreds of hours of training
• Freeze Frame, Heartmath™ Tools
• Masters level EFT, Tapping Techniques
• Taught “Tapping Techniques” to DDS, Social Workers and Therapists
• EDxTM
• Aromatherapy
• Reflexology, Advanced Certification
• Taught Reflexology to “Spa” Centers
• Energy Psychology,1998, Private Practice
• Whole Person Health, online Coaching, 2 offices Maryland and the Eastern Shore
• Specialized in rapid release technologies, integrated “energy” based modalities with traditional Coaching
• Functional Nutrition
• Heart based tools
• Chakra Balancing, Reiki Master
• NAET, Advanced Practitioner
• Closed physical offices, 2009; continued online Coaching practice
• Program Development:  Stress Strategies; Authentic Connections; Elements of Care (Team Building Stress Strategy)
• 2010, Licensed as HeartMath Provider
• 2011, Launched online Wellness sites

Blending the “energy modalities” with traditional methods in Coaching enhanced my ability to tune in quickly to my clients.  I consistently saw amazing results when a client made an authentic connection within.  Having the privilege to work with scores of people in my early private practice, I facilitated positive outcomes by integrating intention, focus and balance.  My approach blended a heart centered approach to wholeness with a targeted  nutritional focus.