I received my recovery coach training from the Connecticut Community for Addictions and Recovery in the fall of 2021. I also hold an M.Ed in Adult Education. But I know what makes me most qualified to do what I do is my own lived experience.

Like many highly sensitive, under-supported and high-functioning women, I turned to alcohol to cope with the stress of life, with grief, anxiety, and a deteriorating relationship with my mother.

Alcohol helped me cope with issues I didn’t want to address. And it worked really well - until it didn’t. Deep shame, brutal hangovers and an existential crisis of “is this it? is this my life??” caused me to realize that I was the creator of (and answer to) my problems. When I started taking radical responsibility for my life and started digging deep into the roots of my need to escape…my whole life shifted. It’s now my privilege to share my lived experience and help others do the same.

II believe education and shame-reduction are paramount when it comes to making recovery possible for people who often feel like they’re not in a great place, but not “bad enough” to get help.

I created Sober Soulmate because it was the space I was looking for five years ago. I needed a soft place to land as I navigated sobriety without AA, grieved profound loss, and started to accept the reality of dysfunctional maternal dynamics. From my own experience and those of the brave folks I works with, I witness daily the close and often inevitable ties between alcohol use disorder (AUD) and mother wounding.

I am a deep feeler, a loud laugher, and am ever in search of the truth.

I work with people who understand that their wounding isn't their fault...but also know it IS their responsibility to heal. The people who are willing to do their work and be accountable are the ones that are going to turn this world around. Thank you for being one of those people.