“Finding out who you are, why you came here, and your Soul’s purpose is at the core of the human experience.”
I spent years searching for my true calling. Graduating from one of the best public high schools in the country, I went on to college hoping to discover my true passion there. I pursued different majors in different countries—jumping from international politics in Switzerland to archaeology in Israel, and finally, landing on Comparative Literature and Japanese back home in NYC. No matter where I went or what I studied, I never felt truly connected to my path. Anxiety followed me everywhere, and I felt like I was treading water.
Everything came crashing down when I entered Columbia University’s Japanese Literature Master’s program. I wasn’t at the level I needed to be, and the stress overwhelmed me. In an effort to push through, I went to a hypnotist, hoping to stop procrastinating on my academic papers. Under hypnosis, something deep inside me rebelled—I heard my own voice say, “No, I won’t! You can’t make me!” That was it. I dropped out of the program, feeling lost, depressed, and uncertain of what came next.
Wanting to slow down and be kind to myself, I started volunteering at wildlife rehabilitation centers. I LOVED it. Helping wild birds and mammals brought me a sense of joy and purpose I had never experienced before. Soon after, I opened my own wildlife rehab center in NYC—an incredible challenge, considering that I had to find a rental apartment that would allow wildlife! But with Spirit’s guidance and support, I found an apartment that met all my needs.
While working with my wildlife patients, my spiritual gifts began to emerge. My clairvoyant abilities developed through my daily interactions with them. Telepathic messages popped into my head during my waking life and in my dreams. In these messages, the animals showed me what healing remedies would help them. Unfortunately, after five and a half years, the building changed owners, and I was forced to close my center. I feared that everything I had built, including my connection to my newfound spiritual path, would disappear.
After that, I began working at a daycare center while I tried to find a new path. There I met someone who introduced me to shamanism. The idea of connecting directly to Mother Earth and all the Nature spirits excited me, and so, I began studying with a shamanic teacher named Leslie Bryan. Through her, I learned to journey into the spirit world to meet and work with my spirit guides.
During this time, my husband and I bought an 82-acre property in the Catskill Mountains—a place we planned to turn into a wildlife sanctuary and build an off-the-grid home to live in. It was on that land that I had my first direct experience with animal communication. One day, I spoke out loud to a beautiful buck with large antlers, promising him that he would always be safe on our land. He looked me straight in the eyes and nodded three times before walking away. I knew he was nodding to let me know he understood and believed me. The joy I felt in that moment was indescribable! A week later, I attended my first animal communication workshop with my teacher Anita Curtis, feeling reassured that I was on the right path.
I spent years searching for my true calling. Graduating from one of the best public high schools in the country, I went on to college hoping to discover my true passion there. I pursued different majors in different countries—jumping from international politics in Switzerland to archaeology in Israel, and finally, landing on Comparative Literature and Japanese back home in NYC. No matter where I went or what I studied, I never felt truly connected to my path. Anxiety followed me everywhere, and I felt like I was treading water.
Everything came crashing down when I entered Columbia University’s Japanese Literature Master’s program. I wasn’t at the level I needed to be, and the stress overwhelmed me. In an effort to push through, I went to a hypnotist, hoping to stop procrastinating on my academic papers. Under hypnosis, something deep inside me rebelled—I heard my own voice say, “No, I won’t! You can’t make me!” That was it. I dropped out of the program, feeling lost, depressed, and uncertain of what came next.
Wanting to slow down and be kind to myself, I started volunteering at wildlife rehabilitation centers. I LOVED it. Helping wild birds and mammals brought me a sense of joy and purpose I had never experienced before. Soon after, I opened my own wildlife rehab center in NYC—an incredible challenge, considering that I had to find a rental apartment that would allow wildlife! But with Spirit’s guidance and support, I found an apartment that met all my needs.
But Spirit had other plans for me and the wildlife sanctuary was not meant to be. My husband’s health declined, and we had to sell the property. Before leaving it, I had one final, life-changing encounter: I came face-to-face with a mountain lion. I was frozen with fear, thinking this might be my last day on Earth. Luckily, after a few minutes, he simply got up and walked away. Years later, he returned to me in the form of my animal spirit helper. He has been working with me ever since, as one of my guides in the shamanic healing and land blessing ceremonies I do for my clients.
I’ve learned not to fight change, and instead, to find the spiritual purpose for it. I call this process “organic unfolding”. I allow things to come to me in their own place and time. So unable to go live on our land, we rented a home in a small town in that area and I continued with my animal communication and shamanic work. In my personal shamanic practice, my guides would lead my spirit to a special room in the upper world filled with beings of light.
Every time I entered that room, I sensed that it was a storehouse of great knowledge and these beings were its wisdom keepers. After a few years of being led there, they asked me to join them in their work. Initially, I did not accept because I felt the enormity of it and did not feel ready for it. Regardless, I continued to be welcomed by them, and in time, I accepted their invitation. Years later, after learning to work with the Akashic Records, I realized that the special room with the light beings were The Akashic Records! Then I understood why working in the energies of The Records seemed so comfortable and familiar to me.
Today, after more than 30 years on this path, I’ve learned that walking with Spirit often requires great sacrifices in exchange for profound teachings. Even when things seemed to be falling apart, something greater was always unfolding for me.
“The spark can’t be dimmed, and you will always find your way back to it.”
You may not know your true path yet, or you may not be ready to acknowledge it. Everyone moves at their own pace. I’m here to support and nurture your journey—whether you need a nudge forward, or simply need someone to be present and hold space for you until you are.
If you feel called to explore your path, I invite you to connect with me.
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