After receiving my PhD in Psychology from The George Washington University, I had a highly successful career as a government and business executive, the last ten years of which I was co-founder and executive vice president of an international management consulting, research and education firm serving senior executives of some of the world’s largest companies. In March of 2006 I retired from this role in response to a strong pull to make many significant changes in my life. After giving myself almost a year to find out what gave me joy, I felt another strong pull — to find a way to “give back” that fit with what I wanted to bring into the world.

In January of 2007, within 48 hours of realizing that I was ready to move into whatever new experience this might be, I received a call from an old friend in Santa Fe who said she had just had a life changing experience with something called “brain integration” and felt a strong urge that she should call and tell me about it. The following Monday morning I had rescheduled a trip to Florida and instead was sitting in a classroom in Boulder, Colorado, learning the pre-requisite skills needed to become a brain integration practitioner. After spending 2007 learning BIT from Susan McCrossin, I knew I had found my calling. Now I feel such joy in sharing the gift of brain integration with my clients, and seeing the changes it is making in their lives.

I come from three generations of educators. In following the family tradition, I received my Bachelor of Arts in Education in 1993 from Prescott College. During a 14-year career with Prescott Unified School District, I taught developmentally delayed children, gifted education and fourth grade. After retiring from the district in 2007, I stayed involved with teaching through volunteer work with an environmental education program.

I was introduced to Brain Integration Technique (BIT) in May of 2009. I was moved by the profound possibilities this technique provides for individuals with ADD, ADHD and dyslexia. How well I remember the frustration of many parents when asked to consider medicating their child to help them behave and pay attention in school. BIT provides the perfect alternative for those children who all too often fall through the cracks! The excitement I feel having found this technique has changed my life. I look forward to helping clients discover their true potential and personal success.

The resiliency of the human body and its ability to repair itself fascinates me. I became a massage therapist in 1992, and soon moved into Structural Integration. I continually studied to discover ways to address the origin of a problem, rather than provide temporary relief of symptoms. I became a Bowenwork Practitioner, and because that addresses the autonomic nervous system, I began to think of it as brainwork. These roads have prepared me to understand and appreciate Brain Integration Technique.

I have known many people with ADD, ADHD, and a variety of similar symptoms, and no matter how hard they worked, or how much everyone tried, there seemed to be no way to help them completely overcome these particular challenges. Practicing BIT has expanded my perspective about the way people behave, the way the brain behaves, and the way in which we are able to offer assistance.

As a stage actor, director, and acting coach, I have always enjoyed helping people overcome stage fright and fear of public speaking. Now I understand that these problems have their root causes in the brain, and it is delightful to see the profound changes that BIT can create.