About

MY BACKGROUND 

I grew up as one of seven siblings in a rural town in Pennsylvania.  I am a lifelong Catholic having received all of the sacred sacraments and love the church.  However, as a child, our family home was not a safe place causing lasting trauma.  I don't blame my parents.  They did their best, but the environment was regularly dangerous and chaotic.  I didn't realize the lasting effects of the trauma and lived decades with all of the acute symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress but was completely unaware of the depth and catastrophic effects that ravaged my entire life.  Today, they have a name for this - "Adverse Childhood Experiences" (in my case, "Lifelong Adverse Experiences")  Don't ask me why it was that it never crossed my mind to continue to remain there. Instead, at age 18, I relocated to Texas with the company I worked for while attending college at Pennsylvania State College.  I do not recall a time when I haven't worked having begun at age 14.  I worked my way through college, worked 60-hour weeks while raising two children and truth be told, I was a classic workaholic.  My children recognized my company's logo (sad but true).   I was not cognizant of the normalcy that some people are blessed to have growing up; a healthy family.  Having had two long-term relationships that were abusive, it required divine intervention to gain sight to see the reality of my life. It happened on a cold February night.  I was attending a church retreat and was laying on a mat on the floor of the sanctuary at around 3:00am.  I couldn't sleep that night because, the staff had set up our sleeping arrangements and mine had a direct line to Jesus' face on the crucifix.  No audible exchange of words was had but a soul to soul, heart to heart all-nighter conversation was taking place.   God was speaking to me in a way that only I could understand and this is the goal of my coaching, speaking, writing, photography and research - assisting individuals listen for God's voice.  He's not called El-Roi (the God that sees), Emmanuel (God is with us), The Big Guy in the Sky (my version) for nothing.  

I experienced a spiritual awakening which exploded so dramatically and with such brutal force, my entire world and all that I thought to be true about myself and the world came crashing down into rubble.  I began to seek understanding and truth, regularly reading my bible for hours upon hours morning and night (something Catholics aren't known for) and voraciously pursued my purpose and who I was created to be in God's Kingdom.  I bought every version of the bible, the study guides, the bible commentaries and devoured the teachings of many well-known evangelists.  During times of meditation and prayer, I actually experienced headaches in the frontal lobe of my brain as Jesus, The Great Physician, was performing neurosurgery.  I could feel new neurological pathways being opened and expanded in my brain.   It's a long story and I am writing the book about it because I possess writings, visions, photography and experiences from the Eternal One.    

 Acts 2:17 KJ21 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 

Many would say that I had achieved "it all" - well-known health care executive, healthy children, friends - life was good, right?  Right?  Yet, it was not.  

Something was desperately missing.  I am a flawed believer and follower of Jesus, a writer/philosopher, photographer and coach seeking alongside my clients what it means to "be" and to "have purpose."  

It is my pleasure and brings me great joy to see clients experience breakthroughs and grow to achieve their goals and seek their purpose - what God created them to be.