For two decades, I built a successful career in high-tech sales, business development, and nonprofit fundraising in the New York Metro area, working for prestigious organizations like Adobe Systems, Microsoft, The Salvation Army, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
 
While I appeared 'fine' on the outside, I secretly battled multiple forms of anxiety and depression on the inside—all of which began at just two years of age. Even though I was in therapy, my mental health issues went largely undiagnosed and untreated, mostly because I did my best to hide it. 

Growing up, my family and society deeply ingrained in me the belief that mental illness was not just a disability, but a label I had to hide if I wanted to succeed in my career and be accepted by friends and family. Every time I had to answer questions about mental health on a job application, I assumed checking the box would instantly make me unhirable, so I never did. 

Despite achieving significant professional milestones, none of it was long lasting. I think feeling like a fraud, hiding the truth and carrying a lot of shame about my mental health struggles made it difficult to navigate the work world, and in 2006, I decided to leave New York City, and move to Sarasota, Florida, where I eventually opened Bright Life—a small health and wellness business.
 
For almost 10 years I tried to help my clients feel brighter and more joyful about life. I'm sure this was the direct result of trying to address my own mental health challenges, and I wanted to share information about the tools I came to use in addition to therapy to create more balance and emotional wellness in my life.
 
I recently relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona, where I've spent the past year building Fae, Flower & Stone, a new venture that brings together everything I've ever learned and loved. Through this endeavor, I offer emotional self-care products and experiences rooted in ancient, Nature-based healing traditions like chakra balancing, Feng Shui, and therapies using crystals, fragrance, color, Faerie magic, and sound.
 
My mission is twofold: to help my customers understand why these ancient emotional healing techniques are effective, and the underlying science that makes them work, and ultimately just to help people feel better.

I'm a true believer in the healing magic of Nature and its limitless power to help improve our mental health—a challenge I see crippling individuals, families, communities, and our society more than ever before. My sincere hope is that we all find a way that's right for each of us to feel great and flourish, because each of us is worthy of it and absolutely, without doubt deserves it.