my great awakening
My awakening began in 2010. I was a junior in college was getting bullied. For the record, my sympathy goes out to anyone that has ever been bullied. When the bullying began I could not help but wonder if something wrong with me. Was I doing something that put me in the wrong? Was I doing that made them not want to accept me? Mentally I was on edge and emotionally I was exhausted from it. Suddenly, one day, I had an aha moment. I realized that all the bullying had absolutely nothing to do with me. Rather, it was their own insecurities being projected outwards towards me. This realization launched on my spiritual journey. I became fascinated by the influences of energy and understanding how interactions work on deeper levels. I started learning everything I could about self-realization tools, mindfulness, and energy work. Out of the darkness and into the light, my path towards awakening had begun.
Shortly after my aha moment, I created a set of personal rules:
I began living by these rules all day everyday. I felt so amazing. And the weirdest part was that as I felt more and more amazing, grounded, and centered in my vessel, the worse the bullying got. I continued to remember that the bullying had nothing to do with me. As it got worse, I started to see karma working in the way that it does. I knew realized that there were greater forces at play. I knew that if I filled my cup with first, engaged in selfing love, and followed the personal rules above, that I would create and bring that love into my surroundings. And so I did.
The next school year was the best year of all. I continued to follow my rules and I started manifesting things left and right. I wanted to manifest money and I found $10 on the way to class. I wanted sunglasses and someone handed me free sunglasses. I wanted water and someone handed me free water. I manifested who I'd run into on the way to class (and who I would't). I manifested what types of vibes my class would be, etc.
During my sophomore year, I learned how to lucid dream. Then, my senior year, my lucid dreaming stepped up a notch. At night, I had multiple dreams about spirit guides, connecting to mother earth, mystical creatures, magical powers, healing modalities, crystals, and connecting to those that have crossed over. In one vivid dream, I met a spiritual teacher. Less than a week later, I met that teacher in person. I was at a concert and I backed into woman while looking at my phone. We both simultaneously said "11:11" and instantly became friends. She introduced me to the spiritual and conscious tools including: meditation, the chakras, tarot, astrology, astral projection, and crystals. Her knowledge and wisdom helped launch me even deeper down my spiritual and healing path.
Through the next few years later, I continued to expand my knowledge. It was also during this time that I pondered about what my life purpose was. One night, I had a dream that my friends and I were each divided into groups and given our jobs for the world, the community (sort of like in the book “The Giver”). While multiple people were sorted together, I was brought into a room by myself and the last one to receive my job. I was told that my job was to become an energy healer and Reiki Master Teacher. I was to provide healing to those in need and to attune those that wished to bring more light and love into the world. I woke from this enlightened dream and instantly scheduled my Reiki 1 attunement for the following day.
My awakening began in 2010. I was a junior in college was getting bullied. For the record, my sympathy goes out to anyone that has ever been bullied. When the bullying began I could not help but wonder if something wrong with me. Was I doing something that put me in the wrong? Was I doing that made them not want to accept me? Mentally I was on edge and emotionally I was exhausted from it. Suddenly, one day, I had an aha moment. I realized that all the bullying had absolutely nothing to do with me. Rather, it was their own insecurities being projected outwards towards me. This realization launched on my spiritual journey. I became fascinated by the influences of energy and understanding how interactions work on deeper levels. I started learning everything I could about self-realization tools, mindfulness, and energy work. Out of the darkness and into the light, my path towards awakening had begun.
Shortly after my aha moment, I created a set of personal rules:
- Speak kindly to yourself and others - This way I knew that no matter what, I was being kind.
- Never be afraid to ask - If I had something on my mind, I'd ask about it (with kindness) and I always felt better once I did
- Keep your promises - this is referring to if someone asks you not to tell anyone something
- Speak your truth - and speak it from the heart with integrity and confidence
- Be open to receiving feedback - know that feedback is an opportunity for you to grow
- Only give advice to those who want it - sometimes we force advice on people who don't want it, allow people to ask if they want help or advice, or ask "would you be open to some advice"
- Put emotional intention into your words - when we place intention behind our worlds it is projected more clearly out into the world
I began living by these rules all day everyday. I felt so amazing. And the weirdest part was that as I felt more and more amazing, grounded, and centered in my vessel, the worse the bullying got. I continued to remember that the bullying had nothing to do with me. As it got worse, I started to see karma working in the way that it does. I knew realized that there were greater forces at play. I knew that if I filled my cup with first, engaged in selfing love, and followed the personal rules above, that I would create and bring that love into my surroundings. And so I did.
The next school year was the best year of all. I continued to follow my rules and I started manifesting things left and right. I wanted to manifest money and I found $10 on the way to class. I wanted sunglasses and someone handed me free sunglasses. I wanted water and someone handed me free water. I manifested who I'd run into on the way to class (and who I would't). I manifested what types of vibes my class would be, etc.
During my sophomore year, I learned how to lucid dream. Then, my senior year, my lucid dreaming stepped up a notch. At night, I had multiple dreams about spirit guides, connecting to mother earth, mystical creatures, magical powers, healing modalities, crystals, and connecting to those that have crossed over. In one vivid dream, I met a spiritual teacher. Less than a week later, I met that teacher in person. I was at a concert and I backed into woman while looking at my phone. We both simultaneously said "11:11" and instantly became friends. She introduced me to the spiritual and conscious tools including: meditation, the chakras, tarot, astrology, astral projection, and crystals. Her knowledge and wisdom helped launch me even deeper down my spiritual and healing path.
Through the next few years later, I continued to expand my knowledge. It was also during this time that I pondered about what my life purpose was. One night, I had a dream that my friends and I were each divided into groups and given our jobs for the world, the community (sort of like in the book “The Giver”). While multiple people were sorted together, I was brought into a room by myself and the last one to receive my job. I was told that my job was to become an energy healer and Reiki Master Teacher. I was to provide healing to those in need and to attune those that wished to bring more light and love into the world. I woke from this enlightened dream and instantly scheduled my Reiki 1 attunement for the following day.
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After becoming a practitioner of Reiki (Level 2), my psychic abilities started surfacing and flourishing. I will always remember the first time this happened. I was giving Reiki to this man when all of a sudden his face changed into a Celtic woman. Through vivid images and words, spirit revealed to me a very detailed past life story of him as a Druid. As I wrapped up the session, I expressed my insights to him. It just so happened that he had recently received a past life reading where he was told that he was a Druid! The more I gave Reiki sessions, the more I kept receiving these insights. I would hear "lavender" and the client had just bought a lavender essential oil. I would see a dog and the client was thinking about getting a dog the morning prior. Often spirit revealed spiritual guides, power animals, health tips, affirmations, visual metaphors, foods to eat, self-care tools, crystals to use, etc.
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Prior to getting my Reiki Master Teacher Certification (because you have to wait a year or so after Reiki Level 2 to prepare for it), I became vastly interested in animal communication. My desire to purse the unique healing modality of animal communication stemmed from suddenly loosing a kitten, Penny, and when my new cat, Dinah, developed epilepsy. With Penny, I wanted to overcome guilt, trauma, and sadness. With Dinah, I felt an ache in my heart because I wanted to help her in anyway that I could. Becoming a certified animal communicator allowed me to help her and now expands further into helping others. With over five years of experience, I work with hundreds of people and animals. An animal communication session (or pet reading), helps you connect to your pet on a deeper level and helps you move towards more understanding, clarity and joy.
When it was time to get my Reiki Master Teacher Certification, I got it in Usui and Shamanic Reiki. Shamanic Reiki combines the gentle and nurturing energies of Reiki with Shamanic techniques such as: aura cleansing, intuitive messages (psychic readings), power animal retrieval, past life healings, soul retrievals, spirit guides, shamanic journeying and mediumship. This was too fitting, as I had already been receiving Shamanic insights. Everything came full circle and I am a now certified Usui and Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher. Then, just a few weeks later, I was offered psychic abilities training that allowed me to refine my intuitive gifts even more.
My healing modalities didn't stop there. My thirst for spiritual learning continued and still does today. I expanded my spiritual knowledge and I took classes on and received additional certificates in astrology, crystals, mindfulness, psychic abilities, and I also received my Health Coaching license in Holistic Integrative Nutrition. My spiritual journey has vastly shaped who I am today. I am so happy to have gone through my experiences that led me to where I am now. And, I am SO excited to share my insights and knowledge with you and with the world.
Today, I offer spiritual readings focusing on different facets of healing with the intention of helping people expand and grow into the power and access their self-realization with sparkly results!
When it was time to get my Reiki Master Teacher Certification, I got it in Usui and Shamanic Reiki. Shamanic Reiki combines the gentle and nurturing energies of Reiki with Shamanic techniques such as: aura cleansing, intuitive messages (psychic readings), power animal retrieval, past life healings, soul retrievals, spirit guides, shamanic journeying and mediumship. This was too fitting, as I had already been receiving Shamanic insights. Everything came full circle and I am a now certified Usui and Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher. Then, just a few weeks later, I was offered psychic abilities training that allowed me to refine my intuitive gifts even more.
My healing modalities didn't stop there. My thirst for spiritual learning continued and still does today. I expanded my spiritual knowledge and I took classes on and received additional certificates in astrology, crystals, mindfulness, psychic abilities, and I also received my Health Coaching license in Holistic Integrative Nutrition. My spiritual journey has vastly shaped who I am today. I am so happy to have gone through my experiences that led me to where I am now. And, I am SO excited to share my insights and knowledge with you and with the world.
Today, I offer spiritual readings focusing on different facets of healing with the intention of helping people expand and grow into the power and access their self-realization with sparkly results!
My Health Journey
I always was fascinated by nutrition. During the same year as my "great awakening" I also finally won the battle over an eating disorder. I realized that if I eat real and healthy food, than I never had to worry about what I ate (plus, to me healthy food and home cooking tasted much better than processed stuff). I had previously been obsessed with working out and going to the gym. I would go everyday, sometimes twice a day for two hours or more. During this transformation, I decided to take a new approach to fitness. I joined the hula-hoop group, a club at my school. The group was all about lifting each other up, no matter what skill level we were at. My hula-hoop group was presented with the opportunity to perform and multiple concerts per month. It was so uplifting and so much fun, that still to this day, I haven't gone back to the gym.
Post college, I joined a hula-hoop and dance team and performed all over the nation. I also became really into juicing, superfoods, vegan recipes, and learning about food benefits. Suddenly I noticed that I started having these random bouts of anger. My gut told me that I should keep a food diary to see if there was any correlation to my anger and the food I ate. The findings..the ONLY times I ate meat were the times I got angry! I became vegetarian almost instantly, and I was astonished at how much it helped me. I went from anger outbursts 3-5 times a week to ZERO. This boggled my mind. But, I wasn't done there. After the anger, came the panic attacks. I started having around 4-6 panic attacks a week. I also started getting extreme mood swings and couldn't explain where they were coming from. I sought professional help from my psychologist and I also started practicing yoga. I had a very strong intuitive hit that if I do yoga everyday, my panic attacks would go away. Starting with 40 days of yoga in a row, my panic attacks dropped to ZERO (plus I felt amazing)!!! Now, I have completed a 365 day challenge and am onto 1000 days.
Seeing how much nutrition, fitness, and health changed my life, my health interest kept expanding. Every time I learned something new about health, I got so excited (and still do). A few years later, I received my my Health Coaching license in Holistic Integrative Nutrition from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. My goal now, is to help people accomplish their health goals and transform their life through health, just as it helped me transform mine.
Becoming a designerWhen people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always said that I wanted to be a designer. I received my BA in communication with a focus in psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Post college I entered the field of social media and marketing. Because of my love of health and spirituality, I worked for companies that aligned with my passions. I did social media and marketing for a solar power generator company, an LED Hula Hoop tech company, an integrative holistic fertility company, an organic juice bar and crystal shop, an eco-friendly conscious travel company, and for a clairvoyant woman. |
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While I absolutely loved spreading the word and designing campaigns, social media posts, and branding material for these places, I craved expanding my skills even further. I knew that I always wanted to explore website, app, and graphic design. Design school was the perfect way for me to keep growing. I went back to school and received my master’s certification in website and app design with a focus in user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design.
What is UX design?
UX design the process of enhancing user satisfaction by designing websites to specifically fulfill the primary users needs. This involves utilizing market research skills, the competing companies, and conducing user interviews and surveys to get a clear idea of who the user is and how to best design for that user.
What is UI design?
UI design is designing the look and feel of a website to fulfill the users needs. This includes determining which colors, fonts, images, button styles through research and testing.
During school, I also learned basic development (html5) and logo design. Simultaneously, I also attended webinars and informational meetings on SEO marketing tips, skills, and best practices. Reflecting back to school, this was the best choice I ever made. At first I started applying to jobs for design agencies and big brands. The more I applied, the more freelance opportunities seemed to come my way. This whole process led me to where I am now. I run my own business as a freelance designer. From building websites and apps based on the UX and UI to fulfill user values, to designing logos, books, e-books, fliers and more, every time I design, I am filled with happiness and passion. I LOVE using my creativity to help people and I LOVE designing.
Then I had an epiphany...
I decided to make my Sparkly Results design services extra sparkly. What if I combined my intuitive, psychic abilities, with my design service offerings??!!! And here we are now. My design services come with an optional psychic reading during the design process. So far, my clients have loved them. The readings provide clients with a deeper connection and an enhanced intention to their brand and to the design.
My goal moving forward is to get you pumped to show off your brand. Whether you wish to have a psychic reading or not, I am determined to help you feel confident, inspired, and proud of how you are presenting your brand to the world!
Let's do this!
What is UX design?
UX design the process of enhancing user satisfaction by designing websites to specifically fulfill the primary users needs. This involves utilizing market research skills, the competing companies, and conducing user interviews and surveys to get a clear idea of who the user is and how to best design for that user.
What is UI design?
UI design is designing the look and feel of a website to fulfill the users needs. This includes determining which colors, fonts, images, button styles through research and testing.
During school, I also learned basic development (html5) and logo design. Simultaneously, I also attended webinars and informational meetings on SEO marketing tips, skills, and best practices. Reflecting back to school, this was the best choice I ever made. At first I started applying to jobs for design agencies and big brands. The more I applied, the more freelance opportunities seemed to come my way. This whole process led me to where I am now. I run my own business as a freelance designer. From building websites and apps based on the UX and UI to fulfill user values, to designing logos, books, e-books, fliers and more, every time I design, I am filled with happiness and passion. I LOVE using my creativity to help people and I LOVE designing.
Then I had an epiphany...
I decided to make my Sparkly Results design services extra sparkly. What if I combined my intuitive, psychic abilities, with my design service offerings??!!! And here we are now. My design services come with an optional psychic reading during the design process. So far, my clients have loved them. The readings provide clients with a deeper connection and an enhanced intention to their brand and to the design.
My goal moving forward is to get you pumped to show off your brand. Whether you wish to have a psychic reading or not, I am determined to help you feel confident, inspired, and proud of how you are presenting your brand to the world!
Let's do this!
Fun facts about me
MY favorite color is purple (and rainbow)
I love to travel,
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I AM AN Animal Lover & have 2 cats & 1 dog (pitbull love)
I am a huge nature lover & am passionate about eco friendly practices & education |
I AM a ravenclaw with a white horse patronus
I HAVE PERFORMED ALL OVER THE WORLd with irish DANCing & HULA HOOPing |