10/01/2026
The "Why" behind the High Five 🖐️✨
Decades ago, long before becoming a parent, a single revelation defined my life's work: physical pain often stems from stored trauma, and intentional bodywork can set it free. I knew then my calling was to bridge psychotherapy, somatic psychology, and hands-on massage.
Being a solo parent to three made the journey more challenging and has slowed it down at times, but it has also redirected my motivation. At the beginning of this month, I opened the High Five Grant application with no real intent to finish it due to intrusive limiting beliefs telling me no one would believe in my vision.
Attending a recent women’s networking event centered on "Becoming Her" was the push I needed. It proved to me that fear doesn't get to run the show, that we don't win big by playing small, and that I have the opportunity to show my kids, Jillian, Lilah, and Everett, what it looks like to believe in yourself and play big by following through on your dreams.
So, I went back and completed the application.
Today, I’m synthesizing decades of clinical experience into Sacred Scent, a card system rooted in aromatherapy, archetypal psychology, and somato-emotional mapping that brings clinical self-care tools into daily life.
Winning this grant will directly transform my practice and help bring this vision to life by funding:
• An electric hydraulic lift table for client safety during Craniosacral therapy and my own practitioner longevity.
• Sourcing pure, GC/MS-tested therapeutic essential oils.
• Graphic design for layout, finalizing the print run of the deck, and companion product development.
Pictured here: here’s a high five from a ma@ in her massage room! On the table is a look at the original artwork created in collaboration with a talented local Yuma artist for Sacred Scent Oracle.
Thank you for walking this journey with me!