The Heroine's Journey - my personal reclamation

There has always been this cavernous yearning to better understand myself

I was neglected and isolated during my formative years and much of my adult life was spent people pleasing. I had undiagnosed AuDHD, and developed C-PTSD over time from suppressed memories & repetitive trauma

I searched for truth in a number of places:

Churches for some seasons; I was raised Catholic, and Christianity led me to becoming an

ordained pastor in my early 20's

Trap houses for others; I left the church at 29

[Saturn Return] and became a part of "the scene" as a bartender and party girl

Both seasons were filled with great moments, yes, but more overall lessons of living misaligned and away from my truth

I wanted to heal from the ache and emptiness I felt inside that both the church or partying wasn't fulfilling

I wanted to stop disassociating

and be present in my life

I knew what I was looking for wasn't in dogmatic texts or in days long benders

So I wandered..

Compounded trauma, abuse, heartbreak, divorce,

domestic violence, estrangement, and death led me to creating a self-sabotaging & harmful loop of chronic anxiety and addiction

I spent a decade in the Underworld, getting absolutely rocked with the pain of existing

Suicidal ideation gripped me until I had this one really defining moment in my quest for understanding

I met the Great Mother

It wasn't like any experience I had in the church

She felt like the polar opposite of what I had experienced with my faith in a father God

In this moment, she pulled my body of grief and held me like the Mother I had always needed

No judgement. No condemnation. No shame.

She assured me I deserved to live, but I needed to fight for it

I had to confront the victim, martyr, and persecutor within

I needed to learn to love and respect my mind and body without inherited shame

My journey led me through some intense recalibrations, and has been deeply + ancestrally rooted in the strength and wisdom of those who came before me

My maternal grandmother became a guiding force in my life after her passing in 2011

She gave me the vision to see and course correct our ancestral lineage

It reawakened my psychic channel within

I have met many other spiritual guides supporting me after that activation

I now understand that recovery is not just about mending the self

but also reclaiming the stories, traditions, and resilience passed down through generations

The process has been anything but linear-- there have been setbacks, moments of burnout, times where the weight of the past felt unbearable, and dark nights of the soul

Grace allowed me to face the trapped memory and shadows that kept me in self-sabotaging loops

My recovery has been a sacred journey of returning to wholeness through:

reclaiming animist & ancestral witchcraft practices
releasing trapped emotion in the body (somatic healing)
quitting alcohol (personal choice)
microdosing psilocybin
nervous system support/breath work
inner child healing
decolonial shadow work
rewiring limiting beliefs at a subconscious level
years of reading, studying, and observing
consistent accountability with elders + mentors
sitting with the trees + water

In the embrace of the Great Mother and Nature, I found deep nourishment and support

Back to the Mother roots is where I found and reclaimed myself and her bountiful grace

My ancestors are French, Irish, Germanic, and Chippewa

They were farmers, teachers, midwives, healers, mystics, witches, and shapeshifters

I am grateful for the wisdom shared in Spirit, as much had been hidden because of patriarchal systems

We are the cycle breakers and starters

May we all release the fear to GROW WILD

Let Spirit guide us back to ourselves,

rooted in love, and in alignment of our highest good

Background and education

QEC Practitioner Training, Module 2, Dr. Melanie Salmon, September 2025-February 2026

Co-facilitator for the Sophia Circle,

year long devotional

March 2025 to present

QEC Create the Life You Want - Module 1,

Dr. Melanie Salmon, July 2025

Sophia Circle, a year long devotional path with the Great Mother,

Genevieve Akal with Gnostic Alchemy Jan 2024 to January 2025

The Medicine We Carry, awakening our Ancestral Practice, Sasha Heron

March 2024 - May 2024 & June 2024 - August 2024

Grief Cafe for Gaza - volunteer co-facilitator 2023-24

Shameless Goddess, Adriana Rizzolo of Art of Loving,

December 2024 to present

Guarding Your Spirit Protecting Your Energy in a Colonized World, Dra. Rosales Meza 2024

Ordained Pastor 2004 Antioch Christian Center

Certification of Ministry through Universal Life Church 2022

800 hour Massage Therapy (Everest Institute) 2012

( Several continuing educational modalities, i.e Prenatal, Cupping, Thai, Cranio-Sacral )

Reiki I/II + Holy Fire, William Lee Rand (2019)

Reiki Teacher Certification, Vicki Leitz Kibby with Earth Wisdom 2023

Full Spectrum Doula Training,

Doula Trainings International 2021-2022

Herbal Foundations Level One Online Immersion, Mary Blue 2022

A Year of Gaia - Gaia School of Healing 2023-2024

Foundation in Tarot, SunMoonTarot 2020

Continuing education in Art, Psychology, Social Work 2001-2023

The Heroine's Journey - my personal reclamation

searching for truth

Background and education

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