I sank to the bathroom floor and realized something was really wrong. I didn’t want this version of my life.
Not because I was ungrateful — but because I didn’t even recognize myself anymore.

I felt numb, disconnected, flat — like I was just performing to create the life I’d been told to want. I kept wondering:
Why can’t I just feel happy? Why do I feel like I’m watching my life instead of living it?

As an RN, I was running on long shifts, chronic stress, and a lot of caffeine. Add in perfectionism, high standards, and all the pressure, and I was completely burnt out — physically, emotionally, spiritually.

I didn’t know it yet, but my nervous system was completely dysregulated.
Mindset hacks didn’t work. Productivity tools didn’t work. Personal growth books stacked up like a second job.
I was doing everything “right”… but still feeling so wrong.

When I finally learned about nervous system regulation and somatic healing, it clicked.
I wasn’t broken — I was dysregulated. And that meant I could actually do something about it.

Bit by bit, I started to reconnect with my body. I stopped chasing healing like a checklist and started following what felt true. I said no to the relationship, moved home, and gave myself permission to reset.

I went on my own little Eat, Pray, Love journey. I attended sound baths in lavender fields, breathwork circles, tried Kundalini Yoga, full moon ceremonies, and slowly found myself on a spiritual path that helped me remember who I really was. I studied ancient texts, explored sacred traditions, and uncovered a connection to something sacred — and the sense that maybe I hadn’t been broken after all. And eventually — I felt happy again. Not because I changed who I was, but because I could finally feel like me again.

That journey led me to get certified in the tools that helped me the most.
And now, I guide other high-achieving women through the same transformation — through retreats, the Ready To Rise Podcast, free classes, and my signature membership, The RISE Sisterhood.

Because this isn’t just my story — it’s the quiet story of so many successful women silently wondering:

“Why doesn’t this feel like enough?”

It’s not just you.
And you don’t have to keep living like this.