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It took 60 years
My journey began in a small farm town in the midwest. As a young girl I was scared of everything, had a dysfunctional family and was bullied as a Japanese-American - yet somewhere deep inside I was aware of intuition and strength, a butterfly in a cocoon. When I was voted Homecoming Queen in high school, I knew the tides were turning, but asked, 'why don't I feel that I deserve it?' - At that moment, it became my life quest to break out of the cocoon.
Twenty years later, after chipping away the outer shell with self study and intuitive life-changing decisions, half of my butterfly was free - I felt confident, in-tune with myself, knowing I had a place in this world. That was when I started spirituality study - another twenty years later in 2021, spirits started giving me messages for loved ones, and my butterfly finally flew free. By January 2023, it was crystal clear that this almost 60-year life journey was to help others release their butterfly.
THE REST OF THE STORY
* FASHION COLLEGE . After high school moved to Arlington, Texas to attend a fashion college. Attended for one year.
* SECRETARY . Wasn't sure what I wanted to do, and ended up working for an Aerospace & Defense Company as a secretary on the B2 Bomber program
* UNIVERSITY . After seven years of living in Texas, moved back to Illinois near family and attended Northern Illinois University to study Accounting (B.S.) and Management Information Systems (M.S.) - I knew I was a creative (my two passions have always been acting and design, colors), but this decision was for money (as a secretary, I'd go to the grocery store and couldn't buy the food I wanted, couldn't travel home, couldn't buy furniture. Back then if you couldn't afford it, you didn't buy it.)
* MONEY CAREER . The IT career spanned twenty-plus years in corporate in many industries, mostly big pharmaceuticals.
* FIRST MARRIAGE . Married in 1995, and started getting the itch to study acting - studied in Chicago, then in San Diego when we moved there in 2000.
* ACTING, NYC, SABBATICAL . Three year sabbatical from corporate. In September 2001 at 37 years, three days before 9-11, moved to New York City to attend The Neighborhood Playhouse. Two months later, was separated from my husband. Graduated from The Playhouse in 2003, and auditioned/acted for another year and a half in NYC.
* BACK TO CHICAGO . After two violent incidents where I was knocked to the ground in NYC, decided it was time to move and went back to my 'money' corporate career in Illinois, this was 2004.
* SECOND MARRIAGE . Met my second husband in December 2007 and we started traveling around the world to see where to move/semi-retire.
* PUERTO VALLARTA . Fell in love with Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in May 2016, moved there in December of the same year. We manifested a life change from working in the rat race 24/7 to living in a beautiful sunny place and working a fraction of the time. We make homemade artisan ice cream (Lix), I teach Meisner acting, have healing sessions, write and act.
* TRAVEL . In addition to our life in PV, it's time to focus on travel - internationally in 2023 and 2024. In 2025 purchased a truck and trailer to travel in the U.S. and Canada part of the year... compelled to see the beauty everywhere - in nature, in the people we meet.
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how I help you
find your inner butterfly
* Healing Sessions
* Life-Changing Stories
* Sharing/Teaching
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Featured on The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show, Expat Entrepreneurs in Mexico, Incanto Vallarta, and House Hunters International "living the sweet life in Puerto Vallarta"
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