Inner Awakening Wellness LLC

I’m here to hold space for you.

Are you feeling scared, frustrated, worried or experiencing waves of fear? I hear you! This pandemic is scary and has impacted all of us. There are so many questions flowing through all of our brains: When will this end? When will I work again? How will I pay the bills? How can I make sure my children are getting proper education? How do I keep my friends and family safe? Someone close to me has COVID19? Someone close to me has another illness that makes them very vulnerable during this time? My mom has cancer? When can I hang out with my friends again?

It’s overwhelming and like nothing we have experienced in our lives. It’s ok to feel whatever you are feeling. It’s ok to recognize your fear. I’m here to support you.

I’m offering my skills to you or anyone you know that needs to talk, needs to unload, needs a safe container. Let’s talk about it.

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We have the power to shift. Healing is available to us. We can work together to change the world.

Since I left Steamboat to embark on a new journey in Denver, everyone has been asking me: "what are you doing now?" I've been a very busy bee, quietly cooking up something really great: Something that lights me up inside like nothing I have ever done. Something that aligns with my life's passion and purpose. So without further ado...

It is with great honor and pleasure that I officially announce the launch of my Cancer Journey Coaching business, "Inner Awakening Wellness, LLC."

Most of you don't know that I survived cervical cancer. I was diagnosed in January of 2013 and endured 2 major surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatments. I am nearly 7 years in remission. (I kept all this relatively private from social media.)

My personal cancer journey was extremely challenging; it was emotional, lonely, painful, frustrating and depressing. I was terrified, lost and sad— a very vulnerable and uncomfortable place to be. Often, our pain and suffering can spur a major life shift which for me has created this project. Although I had top-notch clinical/medical care, I felt a void of support for matters of the heart.

My mission is to support cancer patients, survivors and caregivers all over the world as they move through their cancer journey. I will leverage my experience, coaching tools, and my deep passion to help others thrive.the rest of the healing takes place within the Self and the soul. That realm is my focus.

It’s been years in the making and taken an enormous amount of courage, hundreds of hours, many set backs, handfuls of tears, tons of support from friends and family and most of all surrendering to VULNERABILITY.

I humbly ask for your support and if you know anyone who has been touched by cancer and seeking support I am here to help. Please connect with me on Facebook, email or my website.

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Inner Awakening Wellness Are you a cancer survivor seeking support on your life’s purpose? Asking yourself why did this happen to me? How do I move on? Perhaps you are a cancer patient and asking yourself similar questions: Why? Where do I go from here? How do I survive this? Cancer Journey Coaching is an opportunity for ...

~ SELF CARE ~
-care is about YOU, your body and your needs. It is important to maintain a healthy relationship with yourself as it produces positive feelings and boosts your confidence and self-esteem. Also, self-care is necessary to remind yourself and others that you and your needs are important too. I haven't always been an advocate for , as an inherent giver, nurturer and motherly type I'm often too busy caring for everyone else that I'm generally last on the list. It's taken me years to come to the table with myself and really open the door to honoring myself and my needs. After my followed by and my body was in some serious need of self care. It was practically screaming at me as loud as it possibly could. is just a slice of my current self care routine. My have been progressively shifting since treatment. and have been a breath of fresh air in this balancing act. It gives me hope that I can feel level and balanced again. What's one of your favorite self care rituals?

When I first read this quote I instantly burst into tears. It exposed a very deep part of me that resented the pain and trauma that I have endured in my life. Simultaneously presenting immense gratitude for the pain and I've endured in my life. It's interesting to think about the polarities we experience. We learn the opposite sides of the spectrum to create understanding and our place. The light versus dark, hate versus love, sadness versus happiness. I'm a strong believer that we must experience both sides in order to fully grasp the emotional connection. Discovering our personal value and how we want to show up in the world. I reflected on the pain and suffering from my mother dying when I was 17, my divorce and battling . Three major events in my life that all occurred before I was even 30 years old. It took a long time for me to heal and it requires constant maintenance, but it's worth it. I see now that it's the awful parts that give us the opportunity for growth and expansion. It's the awful parts that make life feel real and worth fighting for. When we are born we only have one option and that is to be a player in the game of life. We have the choice of how we want to play and there will always be obstacles. We have the choice to seek the lessons, find grace and compassion and choose to rise above and be the best version of ourselves. I'm for the awful parts for they have made me the woman I am today and I wouldn't trade that for the world.

is one of my favorite things to do. Saturday was my first day on the slopes for my 10th winter in . Hard to believe how time flies by so quickly. I remember the winter I was diagnosed with , January 25, 2013. Ski season was nearly half way through and getting the news that I would endure a radical , and radiation was devastating. Even more upsetting I couldn't ski for the rest of the season due to the surgery. Not only did it feel like my body was being taken away from me but also my favorite things to do. This day and everyday I am for my life, grateful to be 6 1/2 years in , grateful that my body is strong and allows me to ski, grateful to live in the mountains. Thank you Thank you Thank you.



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I didn’t choose . Cancer chose me. I didn’t want to be but it tends to come with the package. It took me two years after treatment to even begin exploring what was and how it felt. I always viewed vulnerability as weakness and I wasn’t weak, I was a . This is the story I told myself my entire life. Since I was a child I was told to “pull myself up by my bootstraps” and “stop crying” like many of us. So I became a warrior and warrior’s aren’t vulnerable and they certainly don’t cry. I stuffed my sadness and pain to appear strong and fearless. After my mother died when I was 17, I battled through that and stuffed it away. Creating an even stronger armor and walls around my heart so that I could not be broken. Cancer was my ultimate battle, cancer challenged me in every way possible. Cancer stripped this warrior of her armor and you know what that was one of cancer’s greatest gifts to me. Stripping me down to the studs, to a place I only remember being as a young innocent child, raw and vulnerable. It took a lot for me to surrender to vulnerability and finally see the value of its purpose. I can still be a warrior, a humble warrior. Open heart and open mind. is an incredible author and speaker who studies shame and vulnerability. I have read every one of her books and I will read them again and again. Her work has inspired me to choose curiosity and explore vulnerability. The self work is never ending but it does get easier when you can surrender to the healing path. Thank you your work deeply inspires me.

it's taken me a couple weeks to unpack, process and digest all of the wonderful techniques and tools I learned from @cancersavedmylife (Emilee Garfield) at her studio in Santa Barbara, CA. I found Emilee on Instagram several months ago while I was searching for a #cancercoach. It was truly universal magic to be connected with this incredible woman, she is a 2 time #cancersurvivor and a #badass. Emilee created a unique #cancerrecovery program called #cancercorerecovery that supports post surgical exercise safely with #stretching and #strengthening. I was part of Emilee's first teacher training for #cancercorerecovery and I am over the moon to share this incredible method with you in the #denver area. Recovering from #cervicalcancer was one of the hardest times in my life. I felt weak, alone, angry, dependent, and most of all small. I wanted to just hide away for years until I magically reappeared into the world as a new person. Turns out thats not reality. The reality is that the "new person" I wanted to become was actually the culmination of all my hard work, fear, anger, weakness, and loneliness released from my body. I had to let go of everything. Move through the pain and allow myself to transform into a more #authentic version of my true self. It wasn't easy, it was really hard. I found my inner strength and hope through #yoga, I only wish I knew about #cancercorerecovery or #cancercoaching. But thats ok, that's why I am here today. Here to share my knowledge on how I #survived and how I chose to #thrive. Thank you @cancersavedmylife . . . #cancersurvivor #warrior #cervicalcancer #cervicalcancerawareness #cervicalcancersurvivor #cancercoach #cancercoaching #cancercorerecovery #mindbodyspirit #yoga #healing #strength #survivor #lifecoach #coachinglife #authenticself #findyourself #reinventyourself