My Approach
“I no longer want to be resilient. I don’t want to simply bounce back from things that hurt me or cause me pain. Bouncing back means returning to where I stood before.
Instead, I want to go beyond the hurts and the darkness.
The first step toward genuine healing from my mental illness was when I came to trust and believe that there was a beyond.
Now I reach for beyond every day, in every encounter, in every circumstance. I seek to go where I have never traveled.
I wake with the vision of a purposeful day, filled with adventure and teachings. Then I take the first step and try to make it beyond.” ~ Richard Wagamese
Beyond Vitality is moving from simply being resilient to actively seeking a new and better future, or "Beyond".
Bouncing back from trauma - resilience - only returns us to our previous state, leaving us vulnerable to being hurt in the same ways again. Instead, we invite a more transformative path — one that embraces trauma as a catalyst for deep healing and lasting growth.
Empowered Healing
Stepping into strength.
The truth is that only you can get yourself well. We all need time to validate our suffering, but then we need to step into a place of self-empowerment and sovereignty. By reclaiming responsibility for our health, transformation begins.
When you know better,
you do better.
Your body and mind were designed to be a self-repairing and self-regenerating system. Given the right tools and environment, the body can heal itself. Perfect and miraculous!
Suffering ends where meaning begins.
Health is not merely the absence of disease, it’s a meaningful life experience. By turning towards our symptoms, we can gain powerful insights that lead to deeper root cause healing.
Integrative Healing for Mind, Body & Spirit
I am a root cause, Trauma-Informed Counsellor, Life Coach, and Holistic Nutritionist specializing in integrative mental health for generational healing. My approach is very much holistic, addressing the underlying causes of mental health and wellbeing. I believe true healing happens when we nurture and nourish all aspects of the Self - mind, body and spirit.
What makes me different from other counsellors?
- I care and won’t pretend otherwise — I’m not a robot — just a real, imperfect human.
- I welcome discussions about spirits, ancestors, plant allies, ritual, and psychedelic experiences — without judgment.
- I make space for your innate healing intelligence and trust the Self.
- I don’t pretend to know it all.
- I honour your spiritual, cultural, ancestral and traditional practices, and support you in reconnecting with what feels meaningful to you.
- I welcome what feels weird, obscure, bizarre, or tender — if it matters to you, it matters to me.
- I hold space for your fear, grief, pain, and darkness — gently and with care.
- I laugh, play, and allow room for lightness when it supports the work.
- I’m open to weaving ritual and traditional healing into our sessions — smudging, intention-setting, grounding, somatic practices or anything that resonates with you.
- I’m a mother who has unschooled my children from toddler to teen — I understand the weight and beauty of raising a family.
- I understand the emotional complexity of living abroad (culture shock) and returning to a home country; reverse culture shock is real.
- I understand multicultural, multiracial, and third-culture family dynamics — I live them.
- I have lived across six cultures — Canada, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Costa Rica, and Mexico — each shaping my therapeutic lens and worldview.
- I practise spirituality, and don’t pretend it’s easy.
- I bring lived experience as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and have been touched by chronic pain, illness, complex trauma, and PTSD.
- I’ve felt that deep-bone exhaustion and the weight of an uncertain future.
- I have had those rock-bottom moments when I wanted to give up many times—and found a way to rise.
- I’m here to witness your experience, not dismiss it.
- I’m a deep diver in healing, drawn to intuitive, experiential, root-cause, and holistic approaches beyond talk therapy.
- My foundation in function & holistic health and nutrition informs my approach to wellness.
- I come from the world of sport and movement — as a former elite athlete, coach, and fitness professional.
- My family rebuilt our vitality after surviving a hurricane and living out the aftermath - I know deep struggle and the need for stability and safety.
To learn more about where I came from and where I’m going, you can read my full story here.
I’ve walked through the dark before, and I honour that it’s part of the journey. You don’t have to move through it alone — we’ll find the way forward together.
Therapeutic Approach
My work is deeply informed by experiential therapies like Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Parts Work, Somatic Experiencing (SE), Polyvagal Theory (PVT), Psychonutrition and Behavioural Medicine (lifestyle).
I value the wisdom of the body, nervous system regulation, and mind-body-spirit healing in combination with an understanding that we are not one single "self" but rather a system of parts, each with its own needs and wounds.
When appropriate, I also weave in ancient wisdom and ritual into modern therapy, informed by my personal work and connection with indigenous cultures, shamanism, plant medicines and Nature-Based Therapy (NBT), creating a personalized healing experience that nourishes and integrates the four quadrants of health: mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical.
I am also trained in Psychedelic Preparation and Integration, providing a trauma-informed space for meaning-making and personal growth in “altered states for altered traits.” Beyond the above-mentioned modalities, I am also Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Narrative and Solution Focused Therapy informed.
With a broad knowledge base in various areas of integrative mental health, I tailor sessions to meet your individual needs, promoting optimal wellbeing and personal growth. I support you in navigating trauma by helping you connect with your Self-energy and understand your internal parts.
Through our work, you’ll uncover the unique stories within, learning to integrate these parts and heal from past wounds. This process empowers you to move forward with a renewed sense of purpose, balance, and inner peace.
Mental Health as Healthcare.
I view counselling as healthcare because our emotional and mental health directly influences our physical health and vice versa.
Vitality is not just the absence of illness, but the natural flow of energy and aliveness within us, which can become diminished when parts of us carry burdens from the past. Unhealed experiences and protective parts can impact not only our emotions and thoughts, but also how our bodies feel and function.
I believe that when we experience true safety, our system has an innate ability to heal, and from that place of safety, we can access a deeper wisdom that goes beyond the thinking mind.
We take a deep dive into mental health's many psychological, physiological and spiritual aspects. By gently supporting the mind, body, and spirit together, counselling helps release burdens from the past, restore connection and safety within, and rekindle vitality as an essential foundation for overall wellbeing.
Book your FREE 15-minute discovery session with Beyond Vitality.
Not sure if Beyond Vitality is the right fit? That’s completely okay. I offer a FREE 15-minute discovery session to help you decide.
This short call gives you space to share what’s going on, ask questions, and get a feel for how an integrative counselling approach can support you.
If it resonates, we’ll explore a path forward that honours who you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re meant to go.
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