Hi, I’m really glad you are here!

I’m Mia, and believe me, I know we are living in trying times. For 20+ years,  I help people understand themselves, make sense of their feelings, wants and disappointments in service of attending to your pain and making more conscious choices using the best of body and heart centered methods and practices. 

In this post pandemic era, we are waking up to the importance of knowing ourselves more truly and kindly. One key is to address our habits that get in our way.  We are being called to do the deep work of being fully human.  It’s my honor and joy to support you on that journey.

I teach tools and techniques to help you along your way toward personal and spiritual growth. I create a safe space for my students and clients both in individual sessions and through my online courses.

Forever, I’ve been curious about people, spirituality, how we communicate and a meaningful inner life.  In addition to holding a Masters of Arts degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology I’ve studied systems theory, interpersonal communication, shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism, coaching, expressive arts, all sorts of therapy, human development and generally how to live well.  Whatever benefit I’ve gained from these pursuits, I offer to you.

300 years ago we’d all have had a role in our village.  I would have been called a wise woman and we would have gathered around a fire to attend to our troubles in community.  In this less simple age, I’m not quite sure what to call myself.  None of the titles fit that well.  Think counselor/helper type meets spiritual director meets meditator who knows how to listen to you with her whole being and you end up with Buddhist-Inspired Contemplative Coaching and Consulting.

Along with some insight and felt sense of yourself,  I hope you’ll leave feeling seen, heard and appreciated for who you are and what you are up to in this life.      

My ongoing interest in learning has me studying a lot of things related to wellness.  Too many to list, here’s a sample of noteworthy trainings I’ve been lucky enough to receive, making my work not only trauma informed, but a place to resolve past and present hurts including trauma and attachment wounds.

Attachment (how we did or didn’t bond with our early caretakers) and trauma (what did and did not happen can register as “trauma”) solutions with Diane Poole Heller’s DARe Module 1.

Baby Bare,  Stephanie Johnson, developed this work, pulling together best practices for working with children’s anxiety and AD(H)D.

Body Mind Centering, with Diane Elliot and Margie Fargnoli for experiential, embodied anatomy and physiology education. 

Expressive Arts, thanks to mentoring with Dr. Alexandra Shenpen and Shambhala (Dharma) Arts.  Through movement, art making and expression we can get in touch.

How to work with inner and outer threats, by Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Janina Fischer at Therapy Wisdom Academy.

Hakomi Profession Skills Training (This work set my course, and inspired me to get a graduate degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology.)

Matrixworks, a synthesis of best practices curated by founder, Mukara Meredith for creating caring, high functioning groups. 

Transforming Touch and Transforming Intentional Touch are both gentle protocols for regulating the nervous system.