I know what it feels like to endure and adjust through repeated adversity.

Long before I became a widow and lost my father just 10 months later, I had already spent more than two decades helping individuals and families navigate grief, loss,

trauma, anxiety, depression, caregiver burnout, chronic health challenges, and life’s most difficult transitions as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and former Hospice Social Worker.

Throughout my career, I noticed something important: many people weren’t only struggling because of their loss — they were struggling because they believed they needed to accept it in order to heal.

That belief never fully resonated with me.

After supporting thousands through grief — and walking through profound losses of my own — I developed The A.D.J.U.S.T. Method™, a practical framework that challenges the traditional idea that we must “accept” loss. Instead, I believe we can learn how to adjust to it while continuing to live with purpose, resilience, and hope.

My own life journey has shaped this work deeply. I was born with a rare life-threatening birth defect resulting in physical deformities and chronic pain. Years later, I survived a 45-minute cardiac arrest after the birth of my son. I also spent several years advocating for and caring for my husband through four separate cancer battles before becoming widowed. Just 10 months later, I lost my father from cancer as well.

These experiences didn’t just shape me personally — they strengthened my mission.

I believe healing begins when people feel seen, supported, and understood. Whether I am working with clients, speaking to audiences, or creating educational resources, my goal is to provide a compassionate space where people can process life’s hardest moments without judgment and reconnect with their own resilience.

Before opening my private practice in Temecula, California, I worked in hospice and home health-care settings supporting patients and families through end-of-life care and bereavement. Earlier in my career, I also worked with adults recovering from traumatic brain injuries and strokes, deepening my understanding of the emotional impact sudden life changes can have on both individuals and families.

Today, I am a grief and resilience specialist, grief and loss educator, motivational speaker, 3x international speaker, 2x Amazon Best Selling Author, founder of the Be Resilient Institute, and host of the podcast Broken. Adjust. Heal. I speak to health-care professionals, educators, organizations, and communities about grief awareness, emotional wellness, resilience, self-care, and how to better support others through adversity and loss.

Through my speaking, writing, programs, and The A.D.J.U.S.T. Method™, my mission is simple:

To help people understand that life can be both hard and beautiful—and that even after life breaks us, we can still be resilient and find peace, one moment at a time.