You’re probably on this page because you want to learn more about me. Before I share my research and the framework I created, I want you to know this: my message was born out of exhaustion, loss, and a search for something I couldn’t find anywhere else.

I spent many years teaching while drowning in burnout. My creativity faded. I felt disconnected from myself. Life became one of doing instead of being.

One seed shifted everything. Literally. When my family and I planted a monkey puzzle seed during a season of grief, its slow, stubborn growth became the mirror I needed. It showed me that healing and creativity don’t happen by force. They emerge when the right conditions are created.

That seed grew into academic research, where I introduced the idea of Interconnective Well-Being. It is the recognition that we do not just live in connection with nature and one another. We move and respond together, continually shaped by the conditions that surround us. Like ecosystems, our well-being has seasons. When the environment shifts, so do we.

From this foundation, I developed the Living Tree Framework™, a nature-based model that helps people restore creativity, rebuild self-worth, and grow sustainable habits for both personal and collective well-being.

I have shared this work with schools, teachers, and communities ready to plant new possibilities. Through Flourish the Forest™ and the Living Tree Membership, teachers receive weekly practices that support their own energy while guiding their students. Through speaking, writing, and retreats, I share these ideas with leaders and organizations that are seeking a new way forward.

I hope what you find here reminds you that you are part of something bigger. You are nature too. And when you create the conditions for your own flourishing, you help the whole ecosystem thrive.

With love,