My introduction to mindset, somatics, and nervous system regulation started about five years into my experience with debilitating, whole-body chronic pain.

I spent years being passed between practitioners searching for answers. Eventually I was diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and, while the diagnosis helped explain some of what I was experiencing, I was also told there was little that could be done and that I would never return to many of the activities I loved.

Unable to accept that as my future, I began exploring alternative approaches to pain and recovery.

Over time, I started to question whether my experience was purely structural. While my symptoms were very real and very physical, I became curious about the role that stress, emotions, beliefs, nervous system, and attention also play in shaping my experience.

Looking back, I could see patterns that had been present for most of my life. I was highly sensitive, self-critical, and prone to anxiety, perfectionism, and overthinking. I spent much of my life disconnected from my emotions and my body. My coping strategies often involved overworking, overanalyzing, overexercising, and constantly pushing through discomfort.

As I began exploring the work of Dr. John Sarno, Nicole Sachs, and many others in the fields of pain science, psychology, neuroscience, and somatics, I started to develop a different understanding of pain.

I slowly reconnected with parts of myself that I had spent years avoiding. At the same time, I became fascinated by the relationship between language and personal experience.

The words we repeatedly use, the stories we tell ourselves, and the things we consistently focus on shape how we interpret and experience our lives. Over time, these patterns influence our beliefs, behaviors, reality, and sense of what is possible.

This led me to the Enlifted Method and a deeper exploration of mindset, language, nervous system regulation, breathwork, expressive writing, and somatic practices.

While movement remains one of my greatest passions, I no longer view pain, performance, health, or personal growth through a purely physical lens.

I am still doing the work and I will be a forever student. I still experience pain, but I am more functional than I have ever been, and I know the rest of my healing will come with time.

Today, my coaching integrates movement, biomechanics, strength training, mindset coaching, somatic practices, breathwork, and nervous system regulation.