Why work with me?

Why should you choose Manifested Harmony when there are so many teachers and energy healers out there?

What usually surprises people is that I’ve been an attorney since 1994! I am a former prosecuting attorney who still travels globally to teach criminal justice professionals on handling animal abuse cases and how to protect domestic violence victims with animals. In having left logical “Lawyer Brain”, I need proof that energy laws and healing work and I share all of that in my classes.

I give you more than what you will expect during a class, healing session or wellness consultation. That is because I’m not a one-method person. I have extensive training and experience in

• working with crystals (I was taught by a science teacher, so you get some cool sciencey stuff in my classes),
• how to safely work with essential oils (I have learned from chemists, doctors, veterinarians and from the founder of Young Living),
• how Reiki and Integrated Energy Therapy helps the physical/emotional/mental/spiritual bodies,
• how the energies around us (from people, Earth, the Moon, and other planets) impact us,
• how a whole foods lifestyle can reset your body into wellness, and
• how everything that we do is governed by Universal Vibrational Laws (so if you have a crappy attitude and outlook on life, there’s only so much that oils, crystals and healing can do for you).

So no matter what class you take, I weave everything together because none of us are one dimensional, right?

My classes are super fun! I am a natural teacher and I get so excited when I can share what I know. And there is always room for questions and I make sure that everyone walks away completely understanding what I’ve taught.

If you are a first-timer to healing classes, I make you feel at home because I was there too! I had “Lawyer Brain” and through all of my classes I was able to work with the energy and open up my intuition. I will show how you can, too!

I love love love animals so my mission is to teach people who work or volunteer with animals. I believe it is how we can make shelter pets and even veterinary clinics comfortable and safe for animals. A majority of the people who have joined Manifested Harmony either have pets or they work with animals. Not only do I help them to help the animals in their care, but I help them to help themselves.

My background

I was born and raised in a small town in Michigan. After law school, I became a Prosecuting Attorney and handled cases involving the worst of humanity. I loved my work, but it took an invisible toll on me. In October 2003 I moved to Alexandria, VA where I continued my legal career as a national educator for prosecutors and extensive travel to speak at conferences took a visible toll on me. That’s when I started learning about energy healing, Universal energy laws and a deep dive into healthy boyd-mind-spirit practices all the while still working 60+ hours a week as a national prosecution educator.

In my legal career I am an award-winning published book author. I am internationally-recognized and requested to speak at conferences world-wide regarding the protection of animals, children and other vulnerable victims. As a result of my work, I am the Founder/CEO of Sheltering Animals & Families Together (SAF-T)®, a global nonprofit helping domestic violence shelters to create on-site pet housing.

How I started on the path to healing

While visiting the Green Valley Spa in St. George, Utah in 2006, I was introduced to the Law of Attraction. At the time, I did not comprehend two important events from that visit. First, my aura reading showed that I am a healer. My response to the aura technician was “I’m a lawyer, not a healer!” He laughed and said it would make sense later. Second, he gave me a DVD of The Secret and encouraged me to watch it. I watched it and was mesmerized (and freaked out) by The Law of Attraction. From that point, I shared this Universal Law with everyone who would listen and I started devouring every book and program on The Law of Attraction. Through my studies I learned that The Law of Attraction does not work alone … there are many other Universal Laws that, when working together deliberately, can manifest what we truly want.

 

I was open to the concepts of the Universal Laws but as an attorney, I needed proof! So I learned how to listen to my inner dialogue and took steps to make it more positive. I clarified things that I wanted in my life and eventually those things appeared. My biggest proof was the manifestation of a double book contract. I set my intention and believed deep down that it would happen. And then I sat back and watched the universe arrange things to bring me an amazing literary agent who brokered a DOUBLE book contract for me!!! In speaking with other book authors, they are surprised that a previously unpublished book author not only had a literary agent, but a double book deal! Had I known the rarity of what I manifested, doubt may have crept in and blocked my dream. That is just one example of how deliberately understanding the Universal Laws can produce results!

My Certifications

I reflected on the aura practitioner telling me that I was a healer. There was nothing in my life to prove that, so I needed proof. In fact, my health was awful. I was completely exhausted and depleted all of the time. In 2007 I was diagnosed with adrenal failure (stage 4), Hashimoto’s and Grave’s auto-immune disorders and host of other issues that zapped my energy.

In the fall of 2007, I discovered Reiki energy that can facilitate physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing. When a Reiki practitioner was able to remove an ache in my left shoulder within 15 minutes that had been present for a year, I had my proof! I immediately signed up for a Reiki training classes and in 2008 and I became certified as a Usui Reiki Master-Teacher in 2011 through the Reiki Center of Greater Washington. I instantly knew that I wanted to offer this energy to animals which was not being discussed back then.

Reiki then led me to Integrated Energy Therapy® in 2009 and I became a Master-Instructor in 2011 (through Steven Thayer, IET Founder). IET is an angelic energy that “gets the issues out of tissues” and helps to resolve emotional, mental, spiritual and soul-path issues that can manifest as physical ailments.

IET then led me to crystals. I have always been a collector of rocks and in 2011 I became intrigued with crystals and their energy. In 2012 I became a Certified Crystal Healer and in 2013 I became an Advanced Crystal Master Teacher after intensive training. I was trained by a science teacher, and have continued my crystal education since then. I incorporate the science and metaphysics of crystals into my work and classes which makes them unique.

I also became a Certified Law of Attraction Coach (CLAC) and Certified Life Coach because mindset is important when going through energetic transformation.

All of these certifications then opened me to essential oils. In February 2013 while on a flight from Phoenix to Washington D.C. with a plane-full of crystals from the Tucson Gem Show, I had an epiphany that I needed to learn about essential oils and pets. I found a lot of scary information online, but I also found Young Living. Since that moment I have been on a deep education involving the science, chemistry and energy frequency benefits of Young Living essential oils. I choose Young Living because of my work with animals and shelter pets. What I did not expect was how the Young Living oils would improve my health and empower me to make bold positive changes in my life.

Then I became a Certified Health Coach because I saw the dramatic impact that food and lifestyle choices had in reversing in my stage 4 adrenal failure, Hashimoto’s and Grave’s diseases.

Attorney & a healer: A Unique perspective

I was perplexed as to how being an attorney specializing in criminal prosecution and victim advocacy meshed with my growing education in Universal Laws and energy work. And then I had an a-ha moment. My legal brain searches for logical answers while my healing brain knows that there are few answers when dealing with energy. I have found a way to bridge that gap for many people. When I look at my students, most are high-level professionals who now logically understand the benefits of energy healing, crystals, essential oils and a genuine positive mindset.

Helping animals

I am particularly passionate about helping animals. I have been volunteering my time for abused, neglected and shelter animals since January 2000, I always have felines in my home, and I have fostered over 150 cats and kittens. I specialize in helping cats because I have a knack of understanding and communicating with them. I have offered energy healing and essential oils to thousands of shelter cats and family pets and have witnessed frightened, abused and injured pets recover from their trauma.

My mission is multi-layered

I firmly believe that when all living beings are well and live in harmony, we will live in a more peaceful and compassionate world, and with less violence.

Believing that I must practice what I preach, you are seeing the manifestation of that deliberate intention. And according to the adage, “when the student is ready, the teacher appears,” you have found this website and I would be honored to help you take that step toward creating the life you desire.

Manifested Harmony does not discriminate anyone seeking help based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, faith or anything else. All are welcome.