There’s a moment in every life when the ground shifts — when old ways of coping crack open, and you realize survival is no longer enough.

For me, that moment wasn’t marked by a single explosion or tragedy. It came through a series of fractures — some loud, others so quiet I barely noticed.

I spent ten years as a combat medic in the Army, surviving not only the environments I worked in, but also the systems I served under. Survival meant shutting down parts of myself — severing the connection between mind and body — because that’s what those systems demanded.

When I left the military, I carried my commitment to healing into healthcare and massage therapy. But this time, survival wasn’t the goal. Connection was. I wanted to create spaces where safety, autonomy, and wholeness could finally be reclaimed.

I realized that real healing is an act of rebellion. It isn’t just about fixing symptoms — it’s about reclaiming the parts of myself these systems tried to take.

That conviction led me to study both Eastern and Western approaches to medicine, mental health, trauma recovery, and the science of touch. It led me to explore how massage therapy, embodiment, and retraining the nervous system can do what sterile clinical settings often cannot: help people remember they are whole, even when they have been wounded.

Here’s to your healing,