Hello beautiful, I’m Gwen. 

When was the last time you embraced your rawest, truest self?
Met your wild aliveness? That messy, vulnerable, real part of you that lives for every exhilarating moment?

Or…

Do you feel stuck? Unsure? Like there are parts of your deepest self you can’t show the world, or even to the reflection in the mirror?

I’ve been there. I grew up in a culture where social etiquette ruled. By age 15, I’d been entertaining diplomats from around the globe for more than a decade, presenting the kind of poised image that was expected of me and hiding everything else. I internalized shame so profoundly that by the age of 20, I was lonely and hopelessly depressed.

On the outside, I appeared strong and carefree. A ‘party girl’ everyone loved to be around. But when I was alone and away from the crowds, the schism between my inner and outer lives erupted into anger and other extreme emotions. That raw emotional power scared the shit of me. So I suppressed it.

Desperate for answers, I attended a spiritual retreat. With the help of a facilitator, I experienced my first Breathwork session. Wow. I lay down without a clue about what I was getting myself into, and within several minutes, I felt like I was flying. Soaring. The depression melted away. The personas dissolved. I’d never felt so free. 

But this isn’t a story about finding a magic cure to my problems. This is a wake up call that you’re doing the best you can and transformation takes a willingness to try, dedication, and time. When we can embrace the journey and confront our shadow selves, life begins to blossom.

When I tasted that moment of pure joy during the Breathwork session, it was everything I sought to experience my entire life. I became a junkie in pursuit of that feeling. I attended workshops, trainings, retreats, classes. I dove into meditation, yoga, personal development and spirituality. 

I felt great inside the container of those classes, but once I left, I spiraled back into a dark depression. That spiral also pushed me towards drugs - alcohol, ecstasy, and uppers - in an effort to regain that high I craved but couldn’t hold on to. Even when I hit bottom, I couldn’t stop my dependent, addictive lifestyle.

It took pregnancy to finally wake me up and push me towards what I needed: to learn how to care for myself, all of myself, and embrace every messy part, even the bits I didn’t want to.

Motherhood brought me into connection with my own resiliency, strength, wisdom and intuition. It also led me to a free lecture at a local bookstore by the founder of The BodyMind Academy, who was starting an 18-month Breathwork Training. 

I knew this was it. I was ready to fully embrace the wisdom I had glimpsed over a decade prior.

Twenty years have passed since that day at the local bookstore. In that time, I’ve trained as a Yoga Teacher, Birth Doula, and 4 Voices coach (a type of coaching where I help clients determine whether it’s their mind, body, heart or soul speaking to them). I’m a facilitator for Breathwork, Family Constellations, and The Passion Test. I’m also an Erotic Blueprints coach and Somatic Sex and Relationship coach.

To say I love learning is an understatement. Where I used to run away from myself through substances and by pretending to be something I wasn’t, I’m now hungry for truth, on a constant hunt for the edges of courageous expansion within myself and my clients. My inner and outer lives are aligned and, I have to tell you, it feels amazing.

I hold space for the deepest, darkest, most tender and blissful parts of my clients and students with tremendous love. I welcome your taboos, your shadows and the beautiful frontiers of your most vulnerable places. 

I know exactly what it takes to move from feeling insecure (shame) to feeling confident and comfortable with vulnerability, experiencing deep connections with others as a result of showing up authentically and unapologetically you. I’m here to help you revel in your rawest self, including the messy parts you don’t like, with the kind of unconditional love that will make you an unstoppable force of fierce compassion in the world. 

Real intimacy begins with fully meeting yourself.

I stay in the trenches with each of my clients through whatever they’re going through: breakups, affairs, family issues, losses of all kinds. Because I’ve been there, and I’m here to let you know you’re not alone. You can develop compassion and empathy for yourself, let go of negative self talk, speak your truth and enforce boundaries.

As I guide you to take responsibility and embrace honesty, you’ll be able to give yourself permission to fully connect with others and pursue what feels good in your life.

Together, we can:

• Get your mind out of the way so you can discover what you really desire most in your life

• Uncover the blocks preventing you from moving forward

• Access stuck emotions and energies in your body so you can let them go

• Unlock your vibrant sexuality, letting this erotic energy flow freely to all areas of your life

I’ve hit rock bottom multiple times, and I’m not afraid to go there with you, to empathize and help you unlock the growth that blooms from crisis. The tools that I share with clients have been my personal guides for over 20 years, and they’ve gotten me through some very challenging times. Let’s create a space for your life together, so I can help you utilize all of the wisdom I’ve accumulated. 

It’s time for you to become the badass you’ve always craved to be.