I'm Natalie - Sister, Guide & Fellow Work in Progress

This is the story of how I returned home to myself

My whole life was an ongoing, repressive, victorious, constricting, expanding, triumphant and absolutely necessary journey to becoming who I am. This is the crux of the work I do and the reason my gifts are activated. These gifts are my unique medicine to offer. 

From growing up a pastor’s kid to becoming a star athlete in my teens and 20s, it felt as through I have always lived inside a fishbowl of other people’s perceptions and judgments. This caused me to feel such a burden to be perfect, to perform and to people-please that I nearly lost all connection to my authentic self. Due to this crushing sense of not being good enough and constant external and internal criticism, I developed an autoimmune condition of the thyroid gland which sits in the throat chakra. It was no coincidence that this is the energetic centre of creative communication and self-expression. I was in my dark night of the soul and could hardly get out of bed in the morning. I was 90 lbs heavier, exhausted and depressed. Through a series of synchronistic events, I found myself in the office of an intuitive doctor who asked me one powerful question that changed the trajectory of my life. He asked, “Natalie, do you love yourself?” In that moment I burst into tears because I felt like I had been exposed and so vulnerable yet again.

But I also knew that in that question was the answer to my healing.

I began a protocol of addressing the physical needs of my autoimmune condition - but more importantly I focused on the underlying core beliefs I held about myself and about my worthiness.

As I let go of the mistaken beliefs - my body began to heal as well.

From Survival to Sovereignty

the season of survival

I was living day to day in survival mode, disconnected from my body and my worth. Chronic undiagnosed illness and self-neglect were running the show. I hadn’t yet remembered who I truly was.

THE WOMAN I AM TODAY

Today, I am so proud of myself and I love myself deeply. My family, career and relationships are thriving. I am healthier than ever and in full alignment with my soul-path. I'm also grateful for the woman in that photo, because she just needed to know she was worthy of her own love.

In those early days of my awakening, I began working as a Holistic Nutritionist and Personal Trainer at a Naturopathic Clinic. During that time I realized that many of the hundreds of clients I saw also shared a similar underlying wound that was a contributing cause of their health issues. This was a lack of positive self-perception blocking their ability to have deep abiding self-love. It was then that it became clear that all of our relationships including to our work, to food, to substances, our body, exercise, other people; they were all symptomatic of how we perceive ourselves and our own worthiness. 

Everything is a mirror and therefore it is all an inside job. The work is ours and only ours to clean the mirror, shift our own perceptions through inspecting our beliefs and to make choices from this new self-perception, while we grow to love who we are and who we are becoming. 

I knew that I had to make sharing this with others my life’s work. If healing my self perception helped me heal my autoimmune condition, then others could too and I needed to be willing to share it. This journey was the start of awakening to my purpose and to realize that we live in systems that do not support our best health nor our alignment with the true nature of our authentic being. 

I had never felt that level of freedom before the moment that I stepped into making truth and love my priority. This step opened up a channel to The Divine and activated it within me, rather than seeking it outside of myself. 

Now here I am almost 20 years later leading women's circles, writing my first book, coaching groups and individuals, hosting retreats, guiding workshops and ceremonies, dancing a LOT, loving my husband of 30+ years more and more each day, keeping a strong connection to my 2 young adult sons and even starting to model at the young age of 51 - which is hilariously ironic since it is a profession that requires me to be “judged and perceived”. This is a testament to my healing work - that I can walk out on a runway or stand in front of a camera and exude true confidence because I know who I am and I love myself deeply! 

There's an incredible shift that occurs when we allow ourselves to claim our worth and stop apologizing for who and what we are! I do NOT take this sacred role for granted. I am here to show you how to do that for yourself too.

I’ll help you remember who you are beneath the fear, confusion and conditioning and rewrite the stories that have been holding you back, so you can create the future you want and deserve. 

Rewrite the old programming so that you can live the new story and belief into being.

The Roots of My Practice

My work draws from two decades of study in psychology, philosophy, somatic modalities and spiritual inquiry - woven into a deeply intuitive, heart-led approach. I integrate the tools that transformed my own healing, offering a grounded, compassionate presence that helps others reconnect with who they truly are.

  • Socratic Method
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
  • Trauma Informed 
  • Jungian Philosophy & Archetypes
  • Bio-Emotive Framework (Dr. Doug Tataryn)
  • High Performance & Professional Athlete 
  • Twelve Years Experience as a High-School Teacher 
  • BA in English Literature + Minor in Physical Education 
  • Over a Decade Coaching High-School and College Level Sports 
  • Certified Personal Trainer (CanFitPro)
  • Registered Holistic Nutritionist (Canadian School of Natural Nutrition)
  • Compassionate Inquiry (Dr. Gabor Maté)

I’m Here Because I’ve Navigated My Own Version of Your Story.

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