I cannot remember a time, in my whole life, when I wasn’t into living my dream. I would lay awake at night, when I was just five years old, dreaming of the possibilities. I learned very early on, from a very eccentric uncle, who owned Vit-A-Mix, watched Jack Lalanne, and ate raw peanut butter, that if you didn’t advocate for yourself… who would?  When I walked into my first health food store in 1977, I learned to advocate for my own health. I was 16 years old.

It was not always so cut and dried however, I made the conscious choice to indulge in a life that included drinking and experimental drug use. That life led to several out of body experiences that brought my focus back to the garden, as I love to say. I have learned to truly love my body, this life I had been blessed with, and the people that have influenced me along the way.

At 23 years sober, I am the woman I dreamed of being at five. My commitment is to inspire others who have had similar life experiences and to show them how easy it is to eat well, learn about self-care, take their health into their own hands, heal their mind, body and soul and to start living their dream.

Today, I own and operate the Fur Peace Ranch, which includes a music school, a concert hall, with a live NPR radio show, a restaurant, specializing in authentic Pho, maimg_6563de with local ingredients from local farms, our 120-acre retreat center, and an art gallery, which celebrates the rich and unique story of a community of musical artists and activists whose work in the 1960’s influenced the sounds, looks, tastes, and attitudes of a generation.

I am a certified Health Coach, an aroma-therapist, an ordained minister, a Reiki Practitioner, and last, but certainly not least, the best job of all… I am a mother.

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