About Cathy
I WOULD BE HONOURED TO WALK BESIDE YOU
AS YOU RISE UP FROM THE wounds of your past,
AND TEACH HOW TO HOLD YOURSELF WITH SO MUCH COMPASSION.
IN THAT SAFE SPACE, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE
THE UNFOLDING OF YOUR OWN SELF LOVE, YOUR OWN STRENGTH...
AND YOUR OWN BEAUTY.
There is an inner knowing that arises within us,
that knowing that it is time.
With all of our hearts we want healing.
With all of our hearts, we want to feel whole.
We start to see a little bit more clearly - and we become hungry for that glimmer of hope we see in others. To have that Peace, that Peace inside of us, where we know in our hearts that we are safe. That “I got me”.
Like me, you might find yourself in this place. There is a saying that I resonated with… “I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.” You have a dream in your heart of a life that has freedom in it. It has laughter. Joy. But you don’t know how to get there or if it is even possible for you.
I invite you to read my story, and see if it resonates with you. Look for the similarities and trust your heart. Help comes in so many different ways, and I believe there is a perfect path for healing for each of us.
In 2004, my marriage came to a crashing end and I struggled to even understand what I had been through, let alone figure out how I was going to pick myself back up again. I had two small boys and a completely broken heart. And soul. I felt abandoned by God. I just wanted to know what was wrong with me so I could fix it.
Somehow, (divinely), I was led to the perfect people who walked beside me through the most painful healing process, and the most beautiful. I felt like I was getting water for the first time ever, and it was life giving. While I knew I had just come out of an abusive marriage, I also knew in my heart that I had always had deep feelings of not belonging, and that I was like a moth to a flame whenever I witnessed a healthy person or couple. I, for the life of me, just could not figure out how they could be so present in life, be without fear, be so open, so authentic, so comfortable with themselves.
And so I learned about codependency, betrayal trauma, complex PTSD, covert narcissism abuse, spiritual abuse, physical abuse, and how the death of my sister, when I was 26 and she was 27 was such a huge loss for me, and how that each one of these traumas in my life needed healing.
I had been living life, knowing my story, but not understanding how the unhealed parts of my life were creating chaos and pain in my every day life.
Photo of my sister Wendy, my little sister, Dorothy and myself, taken in January of 1990, 2 months before Wendy passed after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion.. I met my to-be husband one year after this, broken, and so longing to be loved and to be safe and to be accepted.
After my divorce, (which took over a decade to get!) I spent two years in beautiful Florence, Italy, with my two dogs and my camera. Focussing on beauty became my form of meditation, as I quietly and gently, took the time to “come home to myself.” Compassion for myself has been my biggest learning. I had so badly wanted to be the best mom ever, and it broke my heart every time I thought about how I had hurt my children in my unhealed state. It’s been a long road, and I had to come to the place where I was ready to heal my relationship with suffering, to be willing to be vulnerable, to be willing to love myself completely - and to be willing to forgive myself for all of my past traumas. Heart wrenchingly painful and yet completely magical.
After living in Canada, then moving to Mexico, I am now back living in my beloved Florence, Italy and can often be found in the forest, a dog leash in one hand, my camera in the other! I am a NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) Master Practitioner and a trained grief facilitator for groups.
I am committed to helping those desiring to make sense of their own stories and to find compassion for themselves. I support them in making decisions about their lives that will create the peace they long for, so they can begin to live their lives in alignment with their hearts.
You may be struggling through a divorce, or still sitting on the fence trying to decide how to decide what you should do. You may have experienced the loss of a loved one and you are trying to figure out how you are going to knit all the pieces of yourself back together again. You may be experiencing past traumas bubbling up to the surface of your present life, and you may not feel comfortable talking to friends and family about your darkness due to a fear of judgement and ridicule, or perhaps what you are experiencing is too private and personal to share with the people in your life.
I’ll be there for you in a peaceful, private and safe environment where you can open up about how you feel deep down inside and make room for healing and growth. I’ll help you explore your connection to your spiritual self, as that connection between you and your inner wisdom and guidance, will, together with this healing work, bring you to that place of wholeness, of knowing joy and gratitude, and to that seeing and truly knowing your own beauty. I’m passionate now to share all that I have learned with you and to walk beside you on your healing path.
FREE GIFT FOR YOU!
Watch a video introduction,
where I offer you a unique glimpse
into creating and writing your own letter of compassion.