OUR STORIES ARE OUR MEDICINE
Writer & Shamanic Practitioner based in Bainbridge Island, WA
When the soul is tended, the nervous system calms. Share your story & tend to your Soul.
In the shamanic practice, our stories are our medicine. This philosophy guides both my writing and my private healing practice. Whether through the written word or in session, bringing light into the dark and facilitating a re-connection back to Love lives at the center of all I do.
With the work I’ve done publicly sharing my own story, I specialize in holding space for women who have experienced late term pregnancy release. But I expand beyond that too. No one is alone with a story that carry themes of grief and loss, shame & silence.
Giving the stories we’ve lived a protected container to be lovingly witnessed - be it on the page, or in-person - is powerfully healing.
Work with Me
Sometimes the desire to tell our story comes right away, sometimes, we need years, even decades to pass, before the time arrives. No matter where you are in your journey, I’m here. To listen, to tend, to help you heal. And it’s an honor for me to do so.
In addition to private one-on-one sessions, I also offer the occasional women’s circle. Ceremony and ritual give tangible presence to invisible emotions and experiences. They speak a language the grieving mind can absorb and help provide a type of embodiment, which in turn calms the nervous system and connects you back to your body, heart, soul, truth and strength.
“After that evening, I can say, I never felt fragmented again, around this grief... and I feel so grateful for that!”
— KELLY M, CLIENT
Writer & Speaker
We all have those moments that break us open. For me, it was the stillbirth of my son after undergoing a lat(er) term abortion due to medical complications. Something I kept secret for years. I had once judged the act. Then, I came to know the love behind such a choice and the struggle it takes to come home afterward - not just to who you were before, but who you are now.
Through facilitating women’s groups, as well as from my father, the novelist Karl Marlantes, I witnessed over and over again, first-hand, the power sharing stories has to heal - both yourself, and others. So, when Roe v. Wade was overturned, I decided to speak out and share mine.
“I greet you from the other side of sorrow & despair with a love so vast and shattered, it will reach you everywhere.”
— Leonard Cohen
