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I was named for trees and the natural world has always been my greatest teacher and healer. My connection to nature and to Spirit is the centre of my life and work, as are my relationships with family, both living and departed. My ancestry is Scottish and Swiss on my Mother's side, and Scottish, English and Irish on my Father's side. My early years were spent in northern BC, my first memories searching for spring wildflowers in the forest and cross country skiing in the winter with my family. I recall watching the northern lights with my Dad and feeling a deep, abiding love for the earth and the web of life. 

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We moved to the city when I was 7, and from there life changed profoundly. Without the solace of my home in the forest, I struggled to feel a sense of belonging. Over time I became angry, confused, and was attracted to escape in myriad forms. I started leaving home at 14 and divorced myself from school, from family, from love. At 16 I was in a near fatal car accident. I suffered a traumatic brain injury and spent more than a year in various therapies, among them a psychotherapy group for survivors of TBI. This was my first experience of the power of a group to heal.

 I eventually went back to complete my schooling and then left home to travel abroad through my twenties. I hitchhiked through Scandanavia, volunteered in Greece, waited tables in the Scottish Highlands and de-tassled corn in New Zealand. In 2001 I became a wilderness guide, from there going on to work in the Yukon and Alaska. I made incredible friends and had many peak experiences. Yet old ghosts haunted me.

It wasn't until my late twenties that fate arrived in the form of another car accident, after which I embarked on a gruelling journey of recovery from multiple addictions, and was, in the end, reconnected with everything that truly mattered. A few more twists and spirals on my path, all leading me to my counselling studies in 2006.

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Now in my 24th year of sobriety, I'm absolutely a survivor, of many things. Today I finally feel at home within myself and I know that I can trust my connection to the Great Mystery and to my inner knowing. And, I walk the land where I live on a daily basis, communing and giving thanks, knowing that in these times many of our kin, human and more than human, are in danger and in dire need. I believe that it is through tending our own wounds, our fears, our fractured places that our healing ripples outward. Walking with awareness and reverence, answering the call to action where we can, and committing to our personal work are essential now. 

Always passionate about the magical, mysterious and imaginal realms, I'm a ritualist, an artist and a loyal friend to those who walk with me. The sacred space I hold for others has been cultivated through an ongoing dedication to learning and growing and a willingness to navigate and befriend my deepest darkness. I bring compassion and kindness, attuned listening, and a grounded, warm presence to those I work with. 

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