​​​My bodywork journey began in Seattle, WA with a great curiosity and a deep need to resource myself around personal grief, professional burnout, and life in the midst of global catastrophe. Before I came to this work, I was a blue collar kid from Milwaukee, WI raised by a single father who split his time welding transformers and raising hell. I went to college for theatre, worked briefly in higher education and the nonprofit industrial complex, and learned the beauty and struggle of community organizing in Minneapolis, MN. Along the way, I became a celebrated service industry professional with a focus on craft bartending and a career in food & beverage that spans 20 years and 4 cities. ​When the early stages of the pandemic brought my bar career to a halt, I made a pivot into end-of-life care. After studying to be a death doula and providing administrative support for hospice, I moved to Los Angeles shortly after its first COVID wave in 2021 to serve as a funeral arranger and Schultz-of-many-trades for a funeral start-up in East Hollywood. While I no longer do that work, I absolutely love sharing my knowledge and resources. You can always talk to me about death and dying. If my life experiences have added up to one wisdom, it is this: I am no stranger to the toll that work and life can take on the mind, body, and spirit. I know what it's like to have to work a physically and emotionally demanding job despite injury and exhaustion, and to hold the contradiction of loving my work while fearing for my health without access to insurance or paid time off. I remember how it feels to keep going because that's the only option. This work began as a love letter to myself. Now it is a heartfelt offering for you and a tribute to the brilliant, resilient people I have met over decades of service and social justice work.