In this episode, I open up about what it's really been like to start this podcast-the resistance, the shame spirals, and the surprising ways dreams have been guiding me through it all. I share how Carl Jung's vision of the unconscious and the Self has given me a language for trusting the mystery that is always leading me home. And I bring you into one of my own threshold dreams-an image that is challenging me to grow.

For years, I lived without a voice — silenced by abuse, gaslighting, and the fear of being exiled for telling the truth. In this raw and personal episode, I share how my voice was stolen by family dysfunction, narcissistic relationships, and the patriarchal structures that tried to erase me. I talk about growing up in a Mormon home with a narcissistic father, codependent and narcissistic sisters, and the role of the family scapegoat — the one who names the truth and gets punished for it. I sh...

Sometimes the deepest medicine comes through a “no.” In this episode, I share a raw and recent story about attending a peyote ceremony that felt misaligned — and the dream that gave me the clarity, courage, and boundaries to walk away. You’ll hear how a dream before the ceremony revealed patterns of excusing harm, softening truth, and over-functioning — and how the ceremony itself mirrored those old wounds. We’ll explore the archetype of Bear as protector, the symbolism of sacred medicine in ...

When I began shadow work, I wasn’t met with clarity or fire — I was met with numbness, and beneath it, shame. In this episode, I share how my first step into the shadows began not with a breakthrough, but with a decision to stop pretending and start listening to my body. We talk about the freeze response, how numbness can live in the body, and why the path to thawing isn’t force, but presence. I share my own journey of joining a sexuality program while feeling broken, the resistance and impos...

We all wear masks—some to survive, some to be loved, some to keep the peace. In this episode, I explore the personal, cultural, and archetypal masks that disconnect us from our truth, and the cost of living behind them. I share a powerful dream of a shapeshifter that revealed my own mask—born from childhood trauma, reinforced by emotional abuse, and sustained by a culture that rewards performance over presence. We’ll explore Jung’s concept of the persona, the shadow side of the shapeshifter a...

Welcome to Into the Shadows—a space for those ready to face what’s hidden, reclaim their wild truth, and walk with the power the dark has been guarding. In this first episode, I share the dream that called me to create this podcast, the path that shaped my work, and the experiences that led me here—childhood trauma, spiritual awakenings, plant medicine, trauma-informed training, and nervous system healing. We’ll talk about why the shadows hold so much of our power, what it means to be truly s...