My Story

My Passion

As a NAHA Certified Professional Aromatherapist, I am able to work with people from 3 months old to 90+, supporting physical and emotional wellbeing through aromatherapy. But my great passion is helping women, those who juggle a million things, feel stressed out, are facing wellness challenges, who have lost their drive, need help to refocus, want to have more energy, and are ready to take action and reset their emotional wellbeing and physical balance.

We are all confronted with tremendous challenges at times in our life BUT finding tools that help us shift our energy from how we are feeling towards how we WANT to feel and WANT to live, is essential.

My Story (watch video below)

Not many people know about the struggles I faced over a period of about 20 years. From fracturing my neck in a car accident and years of pain, accompanied by short term memory loss for several years, constant headaches, and mobility issues. Coupled with my husband battling cancer, the physical and emotional demands of being a caregiver, myself in the midst of trying to recover from the car accident. Followed by the trauma of losing him, raising our three kids, trying to be there for them through their grief, juggling work, health, and everyday demands – the physical and emotional stress was intense to say the least. For a brief period of time, I suffered from clinical depression. Sitting in the car with the script for Zoloft on my lap, struggling with the thought to fill it, and the determination, even though I felt lower than I’ve ever felt in my life, not to fill the script. I made a pact with myself to fight my way out. It took me six months to come to the surface again, to feel like I was swimming again and not drowning. But life had more challenges in store for me,  a freak accident which involved excruciating pain and suffocation that almost took my life. Remembering the trauma, I suffered from PTSD for years. Just coming up to the surface again, one of my kids got diagnosed with a life altering illness for which there was no cure, so I was fighting again, not for myself this time but for my sweet child.

It seemed I had to fight my way up to the surface again and again for years but all those struggles coupled with my education as a professional aromatherapist have put me into a place where I have so much to share, so much to give. I truly feel that my happiness comes from giving!!!!! I’ve had to overcome so much, learned to live feeling happy despite the challenges, grateful despite the losses, and healthy despite the previous health challenges.

I’m an empath which allows me to relate deeply to other people’s challenges, fueling my passion to help.

I am here. I love to listen. I love to share my thoughts, educate, and offer support in person as well as through myoilguide.com.

My Work

As an Aromatherapist, I love to share the wealth of knowledge and insights I’ve gathered over the years through my website myoilguide.com (make sure to become a free member). I also offer in person as well as online education and courses and work with people one-on-one (in person or via video zoom or phone consultations).

I like to tackle challenges at their root and support my customers taking everything into consideration: physical wellness, emotional balance, life challenges, stress levels, energy levels, sleep, nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle habits. My approach helps those I work with discover integrative aromatherapy and other self-care tools, guiding them on their journey to live an empowered and healthier lifestyle.

Studying Aromatherapy at Aromahut Institute and becoming certified as a “NAHA Certified Professional Aromatherapist” (National Association for Holistic Aromatherapists) enables me to assess which essential oils will be most beneficial for my customers, create custom aromatherapy products and essential oil blends, taking into consideration age, health history, medications the customer may be taking, any sensitivities that have to be considered, and overall health goals. Designing custom aromatherapy products to support emotional and physical wellbeing is one of my greatest passions. Customers receive personalized products that make lifestyle changes easy, effective and affordable. Personal wellness plans offer guidance and tips regarding best application methods and routines.

When you work with me, you’ll learn to take breaks and switch things up, making the use of essential oils safer, more effective, and seamless — working towards the overall goal of creating lasting changes.