Since 2009, my work has been about the same thing: paying attention beyond the surface to see someone for their inner light.
Journalism
In my undergraduate career, I was an early adopter of multimedia in student journalism and I launched a neighborhood video series at The Pitt News, “The Yinz ’n’ Ats of Pittsburgh,” built on my belief that the true gems of a journalistic story come from looking and listening beyond the surface and honoring the underrated foundation of community and resilience.
Advocacy
A decade later, in between travel assignments as a traveling medical speech pathologist, I co-created and edited the “Voices for Choices” video docuseries for MindFreedom International, built on my belief of the ripple effect in our collective awareness and healing when we give voice to the overlooked narratives of people who have experienced forced treatment and dehumanization by the conventional psychiatric system.
Art Gallery
Along the way, I began nurturing my artistic talents from childhood and made landscape oil paintings on canvas both as commissioned work and a creative outlet. This became a deep way to connect with the spiritual realms and refine my intuitive processing, embracing the beautiful imperfections and messiness of nature while also aligning in divine order. My inherited clair senses took off more fully during my intensive energywork studies and my practice of “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron.
The Holistic SLP®
In 2020, I launched my private practice and became a leader in the holistic speech-language therapy movement through The Holistic SLP®, where I offer individualized speech and language services across the lifespan, parent/caregiver guidance, intuitive peer mentorship, advanced reiki energywork sessions and courses, Holistic SLP Tea Time® roundtable groups for empaths, and the Chimes developmental playgroups that harmonize clinical communication guidance with somatic regulation and sound healing. I share on podcast guest interviews and my Instagram @TheHolisticSLP about how we are all capable of tuning in and listening beyond words.