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Here's a bit about me!
Here's a bit about me!
Before falling in love with Astrology, I was a good Minnesota wife who married my high school sweetheart, raised our to kids to call any carbonated beverage, "pop", crunched numbers to make a living, and was considered normal by any standard.
Underneath that, though, I was an empath, struggling with anxiety, burnout, and the growing realization that somewhere along the way, I had completely lost myself.
Everything changed after my first astrology reading. For the first time in my life, I felt deeply understood. My chart reflected patterns, strengths, struggles, and emotional experiences so accurately that it completely shifted the way I viewed myself. That experience launched years of study in astrology, tarot, Reiki, intuition, energy work, and personal growth.
Today, I blend practical insight with spiritual support to help people reconnect with themselves, understand their patterns, trust their intuition, and navigate life with more clarity and confidence. My sessions are personalized and may include astrology, tarot, Reiki, intuitive guidance, education, or simply honest conversation and support.
My work is grounded, compassionate, empowering, and just sarcastic enough to keep things from becoming too serious. Above all else, I believe people are not broken — sometimes they simply need space, insight, and support to reconnect with who they’ve always been underneath the noise of life.
My Journey with Reiki
My Journey with Reiki
Long before I ever found Reiki, I was already the person people came to when they were hurting. Friends would call me during breakdowns, strangers would overshare with me in grocery store lines, and somehow I always seemed to end up sitting beside the person quietly struggling in the corner of the room. I genuinely loved helping people feel safe, supported, and cared for, but I also noticed something else: I would often walk away emotionally drained for reasons I couldn’t explain.
At the time, I didn’t understand that I was deeply sensitive to the energy and emotions of the people around me. I thought being compassionate simply meant absorbing some of the pain people carried.
Everything changed when I met my Reiki Master, Wendy Van Duyne.
One of the first things she taught me completely shifted the way I viewed healing work: it was never my job to heal anyone. My job was to hold space — safely, compassionately, and intentionally — so the body, mind, and spirit could remember how to return to balance on their own.
That idea hit me hard because it changed everything. Healing stopped feeling like pressure or sacrifice and started feeling like partnership, trust, and presence. Reiki taught me that people are not broken things waiting to be fixed. Underneath stress, trauma, fear, and survival mode, there is still a whole and vibrant version of every person trying to come back to the surface.
That understanding didn’t just change the way I practice Reiki. It changed the way I see people.
How I view astrology
How I view astrology
I consider astrology a "soft science" much like Psychology or Sociology. All three are incredibly helpful. Can they be wrong? Sure, but not very often and usually it's because there was some element they didn't consider.
Most everything I talk about during your reading can be independently verified through a simple google search. I think I'm pretty awesome at what I do, but I'm no where near important enough that google goes to me for all it's astrology advice. So Astrology is both verifiable and can be replicated - two key elements that bring it closer to "science".
Astrology does something unique in terms of being a soft science. It reveals who we are at our core—and even hints at who we’re becoming, shaped by the way life unfolds around us. It’s a truly remarkable blend of nature and nurture.
That's pretty amazing to watch unfold!
Skeptics are fun
Skeptics are fun
I'll never forget the time my friend told me astrology was fake and it was just a bunch of generalized human concepts.
I explained that astrology was definitely about exploring human concepts, but that it was deeply personal and oddly specific. I said "take Venus in the 9th house for example. Those guys like maps and atlases. I don't know about you, but those things sound pretty boring to me."
Turns out his son LOVED maps...and...as we later found out - has a Venus in the 9th house. For you math nerds - that's a 0.83% chance of getting right if I was just randomly spouting off a planet and house. Or...astrology was specific and I was good at what I do...
The bottom line is astrology will definitely explore human concepts, but it's the unique combination that makes you...well...you! And sure, there are aps that can tell you a bunch of random stuff. But the difference between me and an ap is I will help you put together all the pieces, find the release valves and help you move past your challenges and lean into your strenths.
Tinkering with Tarot
Tinkering with Tarot
For years, tarot lived in this strange space in my life where I took it very seriously, but refused to take myself seriously doing it. I studied constantly — books, symbolism, spreads, patterns, archetypes — and absolutely loved the way tarot seemed to reflect human nature so honestly. But in my mind, there was still a huge difference between “someone who studies tarot” and “an actual tarot reader,” and I didn’t think I qualified as the second one.
Then one day, a friend pulled out a tarot deck she owned and admitted she had no idea how to use it. Without even thinking about it, I replied, “I can teach you.”
So we sat at her kitchen table while I explained the suits, symbolism, and how tarot is less about memorizing definitions and more about learning how the cards interact to tell a story. By our second session together, she was already reading spreads surprisingly well and beginning to trust her own intuition instead of relying entirely on the guidebook.
And somewhere in the middle of watching her learn, I had a realization that genuinely caught me off guard: If I was capable of teaching tarot to someone else… maybe I actually knew what I was doing too.
That moment changed the way I viewed myself completely. I finally stopped treating tarot like a private hobby and started allowing myself to fully step into the work I had already spent years studying, practicing, and quietly loving.
I have had amazing teachers step up and help guide me. It is my privilege to step up do the same for others.
My first reading
My first reading
When I went to my first astrologer, I had one question: What can I do to heal my relationship with my mom so we can both heal. I was amazed at the accuracy and her ability to find even the smallest details of my life, but every time I asked her what I could do to fix it, her answer was always the same - She said "Sometimes you have to let people go."
I went home angry. Angrier than I had been in a long time. I get that letting people go was a part of life, but we were talking about my mom. Someone I loved dearly, even if the past hurt me every time I thought about it. I was bound and determined that I would be smarter - better than she was and went about trying to figure out my own chart. (It doesn't get any more Leo than that, does it?) But everywhere I looked, everything I saw, didn't get me any closer to the answers I had spent a lifetime trying to figure out.
So, I asked my mom if I could pull her chart. I think she thought it was a bunch of bull so she humored me. And after pulling her chart, I saw my mom in a whole new light. Here was this fully formed person I never really knew. She had her own strengths and challenges. Her karma was hers alone. And just like I could see her in my chart, I could see me in hers. And if we’re being honest - it wasn’t very flattering. Both of us were hurting and not getting anywhere very fast. That became pretty obvious when I told my mom what I saw and it led to an epic argument, tears and another round of self loathing. But I don't think she thought astrology was bull anymore...and eventually we talked about it and started to heal.
Exploring my mothers chart has brought us closer together. In fact, we both have the relationship I think each of us has wanted. I like knowing how much she has overcome and it gives me faith that I can too.
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