Stuck in the middle of a really messy divorce, battling sleepless nights and chronic health issues, and raising two small children who depended on me, my life was way too loud to hear any divinely guided messages that would steer me in a positive direction—though I desperately needed them.
At the time, I was stuck in an unfulfilling career and completely burned out. I realized burnout doesn’t happen because we’re doing a lot of things but because we’re not doing the one thing we really love. I wanted so badly to leave that job and spread my wings. I knew there was more for me. I just didn’t know what.
Early on, my mother instincts kicked in, and I promised myself and my two young sons that I’d be the healthiest mom—mind, body, and soul—that I could be. I owed this to them and to myself. I wasn’t going to allow my bad decisions to affect them. It wasn’t fair.
I tried to quiet the noise—the debilitating mental chatter from within and the overwhelming chaos from without—and as I did, I saw that I had given my power away for most of my life. I had taken care of everyone else and had totally put aside my own needs. I used to people-please because I believed it made me worthy of love. I was afraid of losing people. But I couldn’t be the healthy mom for my kids and the woman I wanted to be in the world by giving away everything I had. Then one day, I decided to choose internal peace over external pleasing. Maybe I would lose people, but I vowed I would never lose myself or that internal peace again.
I was born a quiet kid. Growing up, my playground was the redwood forests in Northern California. It was there that my love for quiet places began. I would explore the grand trees and the fragrant flowers and enjoy soaking in the luscious smells of nature. I felt healthy and alive. It was an amazing childhood.
II determined that if I could make a natural practice of getting quiet and get back to my natural instincts, I could reclaim my inner peace and turn my life around.
One day, in the middle of my self-discovery, I met a guy at a coffee shop. He told me about a retreat center that brought him peace and quiet. I desperately needed some relief from the mental load I was carrying, so, that same afternoon, I drove to the retreat center, which happened to be mere minutes away from my home. Once I parked and got out of my car, I immediately sensed this place was special. The first thing I heard were the birds singing. That stands out to me, even today, because before that day, I wasn’t even capable of hearing the sounds of nature that I had so joyfully grown up with.
I noticed at the back of the retreat center there was a beautiful rock labyrinth. I didn’t know what a labyrinth was, but I was drawn to it like a magnet. Now I know that labyrinths are over 4,000 years old and used around the world for many different reasons, from walking meditations for quieting the mind to stress relief to tuning in to the still, small and wise voice.
Walking a labyrinth, tracing a finger labyrinth in a book, or simply using your imagination transports you into a kind of healing portal because of the way your body sways to the twists and turns. It beautifully shifts your energy into a state of mind-body-soul alignment.
“Surrender?” I said to myself. “That’s impossible. If I surrender, everything will fall apart.” Frustrated and anxious, I got in my car to leave the retreat center and turned on my car radio—a habit I’d developed to distract myself from all the negative thoughts in my head. But this time, I wanted it to drown out the message from my soul. God had other ideas, though: the radio announcer was talking about SURRENDER.
Up until that moment, looking away from the truth of my life was the only way to get through the day. It was just too painful to face all of the challenges. But hearing such a clear message wrapped in such a powerful synchronicity, I was finally willing to face what I had so carefully swept under the rug.
That retreat center became a spiritual home and led to my becoming a Master Life Coach and working with hundreds of clients and speaking on prestigious stages to share a message of healing and self-discovery, all the while walking and unlocking the contemplative paths of the labyrinth. Ten years after I first heard the message to surrender, I found the profound healing and divine guidance I had been searching for. An inner peace had come over me, and I was unwilling to go back to the way I’d been living. I had finally connected to my soul’s voice and taken massive action on what I’d heard.
In 2018, I heard another clear message to throw all of my thyroid medicine away because it was making me sick. I listened and took immediate action. Later I would discover that the inactive ingredients were toxic to my body. My soul knew. So even though it felt like absolute crazy talk at times, I was committed… and I trusted where I was being guided.
I don’t want it to take you a decade to see positive change in your life, so I’ve created a method called the Get Quiet Way that helps you fast-track consciousness and get clear on your dreams so you, too, can take action to make them real.
You can walk the Get Quiet Way anytime you want, or need, to come back to a calm and peaceful state.
It gives you a clean slate to continue on with the rest of your day, regardless of what’s been happening, and lets you play full-out in this one precious life of yours. It can quiet the debilitating mental chatter from within and the overwhelming chaos from without. It can give you back your power, restore your energy, and help you find yourself and hear the guidance from your soul’s voice.
On a sunny Arizona afternoon, a decade after my rock-bottom moment when my marriage fell apart, I walked my beloved labyrinth, reminiscing about my long journey back to health, happiness, and self-love. As I approached the center, I saw a small outfit that a fellow journeyman had left as an offering. On this particular day, I was feeling strong, on purpose, and empowered, having tuned in to my own prescribed energy points along the way.
As I walked into the center feeling connected, body and soul, I looked down and, low and behold, there was a child-size Wonder Woman outfit staring back at me! I felt in that moment such peace, love, and synchronicity and an immense sense of divine guidance. I thought, “I’m where I’m supposed to be.” In an instant, a decade flashed before me—all the dreams I’d had and emotions I’d felt, wanting a better life for me and my children and going through all the difficult times—and now, I was standing in my power like never before, looking down at the Wonder Woman power reflecting back at me. I looked to the heavens above me and said… “THANK YOU!”