Life can be really hard sometimes.
What matters is that you keep moving forward.
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
―PAULO COELHO, THE ALCHEMIST
My Story
For years, I lived under the crushing belief that I wasn’t enough. On the outside, I looked fine: functioning, achieving, pushing forward. But inside, I was drowning. Every setback felt like proof that I was failing, that something was wrong with me. Anxiety ran my life, and I couldn’t outrun it.
That breaking point - my own rock bottom - was quiet, lonely, and heavy. The kind of pain you don’t talk about, the kind of pain you carry until it forces you to stop.
And that’s where something shifted.
I didn’t magically get better. I didn’t suddenly become confident or calm. What changed was this: I finally realized nothing was wrong with me, and that I needed help. I leaned on people I trusted. I invested in my own therapy. I started learning how to sit with myself instead of fighting myself.
Little by little, I began to see that there is no finish line where life stops being hard. Instead, there’s a process - your process - and learning to trust it is everything.
What saved me wasn’t perfection. It was consistency. It was showing up, even on the days I hated the way I felt. It was learning that falling down doesn’t mean you failed - it means you’re human. It means you get back up.
Through that journey, I discovered a way of living that felt honest, steady, and real. It gave me my life back. And that’s why I became a therapist - because no one should have to figure all of this out alone - and I can help you get there too.
You can always rebuild. You can always find your way back. And you don’t have to do it alone.
Trusting the process
“Trust Your Process” became the foundation of my work long before it was a phrase I use with clients. It’s built on simple, powerful shifts: slowing down, creating space between emotion and reaction, calming your nervous system, taking control of what’s actually yours to carry, and stepping out of survival mode and back into your life.
When we learn how to pause instead of panic, breathe instead of shut down, reflect instead of attack ourselves - everything changes. Stress becomes manageable. Anxiety loosens its grip. The weight you carry becomes something you can hold without losing yourself under it.
Trusting the process isn’t about perfection. It’s about choosing to come back to yourself again and again - no matter how many times you fall or veer off course. Learning to rebuild what’s been lost, no longer letting who you were get in the way of who you’re becoming.
LEARN MORE about what this process can look like for you.
My life in pictures
Therapy works best when it’s built on mutual trust. I show up as my real self — the same person who’s done and continues to do the hard work, learned hard lessons, and built steadiness in my own life. Pieces of my story, my connection to nature, and what brings me peace naturally show up in our work together. This slideshow is a small glimpse into who I am and what keeps me grounded.
“It’s not what happens to you in life that matters, but how you handle it.” —My Dad
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, #135225 | VERIFY LICENSE
MA, Counseling - St. Mary’s College of California
Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential, K-12 Counseling
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