Thank you so much for visiting my website, I am an optometrist and a practice owner, who has been on a transformation journey for the last decade. On the outside I appeared cheerful, happy, and smiling but on the inside I was struggling big time with anxiety, depression, insecurities and playing out patterns that were carried over from childhood. By happenstance (or divine guidance), I specialized in traumatic brain injuries, and learned about the many modalities needed to heal from trauma and found that I too had endured a lot of trauma that I had suppressed or minimized. So I dove in and did what felt like everything, reading books, participated in many therapy modalities (CBT, EMDR, Somatic Therapy, Cranial Sacral just to name a few), plant medicine journeys, yoga and breath work, meditation, journaling. It wasn’t a linear path and there were many moments where I almost gave up but a sliver of hope kept me going. And now I can sit here and type these words : I am feeling whole, embodied, grounded, rooted and confident. I experience real consistent joy, not joy from external circumstances, but joy from just being. I am still on my journey but I feel like I have reached a true breakthrough that makes me so dang grateful for all of the work that I had put in for the last decade, and I want to share it, all of it! I have been inspired and gifted so much great information from my therapists and mentors and I want to pay it forward. I read the posts on OD Divas and I see how many of my fellow female optometrists are struggling with the same things I have been struggling with and I want to offer hope and inspiration as well as concrete information and my personal experiences with modalities that have helped me. I also want to offer my philosophy on how to live a life with purpose and alignment. So if are like me and are struggling to feel good in your body, mind and spirit, please follow along as I share with you my personal transformation journey. With love and gratitude - Amy