🙃 A Little Life Update (and What's Coming Next)

If you've noticed it's been a little quiet around here, you're right. Life has been moving at warp speed these past six weeks. Instead of forcing myself to write a blog just to stay consistent, I decided to give myself permission to have a little space first.

In that time, a lot has happened.

I traveled to Las Vegas for a work trip with my telenursing company. I flew to Kentucky for orientation at Frontier Nursing University. I became a founding member of a startup company. I packed up my life and moved into a new home. And just last week, I started graduate school.

It's been a season of building, and while it's been busy, it's also brought a lot of clarity about where I'm headed and how I can better serve my patients and clients.

Why I'm Going Back to School

Yes, I'm officially back in school to become a Nurse Practitioner.

Whenever I tell people that, they assume it's because I want to diagnose and prescribe medications.

Ironically, one of my biggest motivations is almost the opposite.

Over the years, I've worked with countless people who have found real relief from medications, and I'm deeply grateful those tools exist. I've also met many people who feel stuck. They wonder if they still need the medication they're taking, they've tried to come off before and struggled, or they simply want someone who understands both the benefits and the limitations of medication without judgment.

I want to be that person.

I want to understand diagnoses and medications inside and out so I can help people make informed decisions. Sometimes medication is absolutely the right choice. Sometimes it isn't. Sometimes the goal is staying on it, and sometimes the goal is safely coming off. My hope is to combine conventional medical and psychiatric training with nutrition, lifestyle medicine, nervous system regulation, and psychedelic-assisted therapy to help people find the approach that fits them best.

Because real healing isn't about being "pro-medication" or "anti-medication." It's about being pro-person.

Another Exciting Chapter

Another exciting update is that I accepted the role of Chief Experience Officer for a startup called Psio.

We're developing personalized integration programs that use EEG brain mapping and at-home neurofeedback to reinforce the changes people make after psychedelic experiences. One of the biggest challenges in psychedelic therapy isn't having “the breakthrough.” It's helping those changes stick once everyday life resumes.

The science of neuroplasticity has fascinated me for years, so getting to help build something at the intersection of neuroscience, psychedelics, and mental health feels like a natural extension of everything I've been working toward.

A Common Thread

When I zoom out, I realize that all of these updates are pointing in the same direction.

They all come back to the same question:

How do we help people heal in a way that is evidence-based, deeply personalized, and treats the whole person instead of just the diagnosis?

That question has guided my career for years. It's also becoming clearer than ever that the future of healthcare won't belong to any one discipline. It will belong to practitioners who are willing to bridge worlds. People who understand physiology and psychology, medications and lifestyle, neuroscience and human connection, modern medicine and ancient wisdom.

That's the kind of clinician I'm working to become.

A Small Reminder I Needed

On a more personal note, moving reminded me how disruptive change can be, even when it's positive. There were boxes everywhere, routines disappeared overnight, and for a little while life felt more chaotic than productive.

It was a good reminder that growth rarely feels organized while you're living it. We often think progress should feel smooth and obvious, but more often it feels messy, uncertain, and a little uncomfortable.

I've learned to trust that the periods where life feels the craziest are often the same periods where we're growing the most.

What's Ahead

As always, thank you for being here. I appreciate that you chose to spend a few minutes of your day with me.

Over the coming months, I'll be sharing more about what I'm learning in graduate school, what I'm seeing in psychedelic facilitation, and what continues to fascinate me about the incredible connection between the brain, the body, the spirit, and our capacity to heal.

I'm excited for what's ahead, and I'm glad you're coming along for the ride.