You belong here if...

You've always felt like a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. You might be reclaiming your creativity after years of career focus, or you might be (re)inventing yourself and refusing to sacrifice your gifts for conventional success. Either way, you're tired of masking, ready for the complete package of healing, and hungry for approaches that honour how you're actually wired.

You're socially conscious but caught between spiritual bypassing and activist burnout. You want healing that includes your whole self—not just positive thinking or political action, but integration.

You might also be someone who:

Thinks in connections and patterns while the world demands linear thinking
Has been told you're "too much," too sensitive, too intense—and you're ready to see these as strengths
Feels like your creativity got buried under responsibilities and expectations
Is in transition—whether that's midlife reclamation or charting an authentic path from the start
Has tried therapy, coaching, or self-help but left feeling like something was still missing
Craves connection to your inner wisdom, your body, community, and the natural world
Is tired of choosing between personal healing and social awareness
Wants to contribute to collective change but doesn't know how to balance that with your own healing
Is ready for messy, real, in-process work rather than polished formulas

You know there's more to healing than positive thinking, and you're ready for approaches that match the depth of who you are.

My Story

The name "UnDiva" began as a rebellion against classical music's rigid expectations. What started as rebellion against classical music became rebellion against all systems that demand we shrink. Today, it represents something far more expansive: a sanctuary for sensitive souls, complex minds, and those who experience the world in high definition.

Like many gifted and sensitive people, I spent years trying to dim my light, contain my intensity, and fit into neurotypical boxes. But our ability to feel deeply, think with complexity, and sense the subtle interconnections between all things is exactly what our wounded world needs right now.

The UnDiva has evolved into a space where creativity meets social justice, where community connection intertwines with personal liberation. Here, we understand that our individual healing is inseparable from collective liberation. We recognize that the same systems that tell us to mask our authentic selves also perpetuate broader systemic injustices.

For those of us who experience life intensely—who feel both the world's pain and its possibility in every fiber of our being—finding our voice means more than just speaking up. It means embracing our unique neurotypes, celebrating our sensitivity, and channeling our gifts toward collective liberation. Even if right now that just means learning to embrace your weirdness!

I'm walking this path along with you - learning to unmask my own neurodivergence, and to trust the wisdom of body, mind, and spirit. What I've discovered is that our perceived differences—our sensitivity, our intensity, our unique ways of processing the world—are precisely what enable us to imagine and create new possibilities for being human in these times.

The world doesn't need more masks or performance. It needs your unfiltered brilliance, your pattern-seeking mind, your sensitive heart, your fierce dedication to justice. It needs your authentic voice, in all its powerful, unique glory.

Welcome to a space where your intensity is celebrated, your sensitivity is valued, and your unique way of being in the world is recognized as essential to our collective liberation.

More About Me

Multi-passionate creator, ardent feminist, and former gifted kid living life disguised as a middle-class white mom and wife. My holy trinity: coffee, dogs, and ABBA. These three things can get me through almost anything. Well, that and my people.

I have an insatiable curiosity and a voracious appetite to understand myself and the world around me. My busy mind expresses itself through writing, conversation (I love to talk), and a deep need to analyze the shit out of everything. I've been with my Indigenous partner for over thirty years, and our interracial relationship has been one of my greatest teachers about privilege, allyship, and the ongoing impacts of colonization. As a white woman, I'm actively working to understand and disrupt white supremacy rather than passively benefiting from it. I also believe that transparency about my lineage, land relationships, and the Indigenous teachers who've shaped my understanding is essential. [Read my complete lineage and accountability statement]

When the pandemic hit, I started The League of Unruly Ladies as a way for women to stay connected during isolation—because I knew we needed each other more than ever when the world felt like it was falling apart. That instinct for community-building in times of crisis has become central to how I work.

My current passions span anti-racism work, intersectional feminism, somatic therapies, nature photography, herbalism, and breaking down the false binaries that keep people stuck. Although I fancy myself a revolutionary, the truth is I'd love a piece of land far from civilization where I can grow a food forest, walk in the woods with my pack of dogs, forage medicinal herbs, and follow my creative impulses freely.

I'm an extroverted introvert (or introverted extrovert—still figuring that out) who both loves and struggles with people. I can see the good in everyone but am constantly frustrated with humanity. I have a deep calling to move the dial forward in our world, working on both the outside systems and our inner landscapes, because we need both personal and systemic change.

The bottom line: I'm learning to live authentically, trust my intuition, and integrate my mind, body, and spirit. I'm walking this path alongside you.

Background & Training

I've never taken a conventional path, and that includes my path to this work—and that's exactly why it works.

My journey began in classical music, where I earned my Master's in Opera Performance from UBC and spent over two decades as a professional soprano. I performed with Vancouver Opera, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and internationally, while teaching voice at UBC and MacEwan University, and serving as Secretary for the National Association of Teachers of Singing Edmonton chapter (2015-2017). My academic foundation in Women's Studies from the University of Alberta planted the seeds for understanding how personal expression intersects with systemic oppression.

But formal degrees were just the beginning. I've continued learning and growing through courses that bridge the personal and systemic: trauma-informed voice work to understand how our bodies hold our stories, Race and Labor Workshop (2023) for deeper anti-racism practice, Digital Facilitation (2021) for creating meaningful online connection, and Birthing the New feminist business course (2021) for building work that aligns with my values. Yes, I even took Marketing for Hippies (2022)—because even revolutionaries need to eat, and I wanted to learn how to share this work authentically.

Thirty-plus years of voice teaching showed me that technique alone never unlocks someone's authentic voice—you have to address what's keeping them silent or careful in the first place. The rigid expectations of classical music—the very system that sparked my "UnDiva" rebellion—taught me that true vocal power isn't about perfection or fitting prescribed molds.

This unique combination of classical training, feminist analysis, trauma-informed approaches, anti-racism work, and decades of witnessing transformation informs everything I do. Whether we're working through breath and sound, exploring creativity, or building community, I bring both the technical expertise to guide you safely and the systemic awareness to address what's really blocking your authentic expression.

The credentials matter, but the commitment to keep learning and growing matters more.

My Approach

Through my work, I weave together three transformative practices that honor our unique ways of being:

Voicework is an embodied practice, deepening our awareness of the relationship between body, mind, and spirit, and our relationship to our personal power
Writing helps us make sense of ourselves through the lens of the mind, shaping our thoughts and narratives
Nature photography situates us in place, connecting us to the land we inhabit and reminding us of our role and connection with the living world

These practices are woven through my six-pillar approach:

1. Grounding in Reality & Systems

Acknowledge both the personal and systemic layers of your challenges.
No "toxic positivity" or quick-fix mindset hacks.
We name what's real so you can stop blaming yourself.

2. Reconnection to Self

Use body awareness, breath, and voice as tools to come back to your own centre.
Gently shift from overthinking into embodied presence.
Cultivate trust in your intuition and natural rhythms.

3. Creativity & Expression

Use photography, writing, and voicework as practices of self-expression and liberation.
Unlock creativity as a doorway to healing and clarity.
Learn to use your voice (literal or metaphorical) with confidence and authenticity.

4. Connection as Medicine

Healing happens in connection, not isolation.
Our work together becomes practice for new ways of being.
You learn to trust yourself partly by experiencing being truly witnessed.

5. Partnership & Process

Work together in a non-hierarchical, collaborative way.
Sessions are spacious, responsive, and adapted to your needs.
Emphasis on curiosity, play, and compassion—this isn't about "fixing" you.

6. Integration & Everyday Living

Translate insights into grounded practices you can carry into daily life.
Build tools for resilience: navigating relationships, work, and creativity in systems not designed for sensitive, complex people.
Create small, doable shifts that add up to lasting change.

What You Can Expect

Real conversations about real challenges (no toxic positivity).
Tools that work with your wiring, not against it.
Space for your intensity, sensitivity, and complexity to be assets.
Integration of creativity, voice work, and systemic awareness.
Support for both personal healing and contributing to collective change.

Ready to work together?

Let's explore how voicework, creativity, and community can support your journey back to yourself.

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