For years, I was trapped in a shame spiral, overshadowed by stigma and fear. But then I discovered Reiki—a practice that channels the universal source of energy—and realized that we hold the power to heal ourselves and create bridges from illness to wellness right in the palm of our hands.

As a person who silently navigated life with an undiagnosed mental illness, suicide attempts, generational shame & trauma.  Amy's passion is to PROMOTE mental illness and change how we think, treat, and TALK about mental health. 

Amy brings a lifetime of personal experience with mental illness to this organization. As a suicide attempt survivor, she understands the isolation of stigma and the struggle for access to care. 

Unable to afford medication or consistent therapies due to cost and systemic failures, she had to find her own light in the darkness. Energy medicine was that light.

After 40+ years, she is successfully navigating her mental illness.

Throughout her wellness journey, she witnessed firsthand the transformative power alternative healing modalities had on creating lasting change in her mental health, especially Reiki (energy medicine) and storytelling. 

Amy understands that shame and fear are huge barriers to asking for help and personal resilience. 

She has dedicated her life to eliminating shame from our personal stories by building energetic bridges from our labels to our superpowers.  

It's okay not to be OK. Being human is hard.  You are not alone.

With over 48,000 people dying by suicide just last year. These numbers are not going down, instead our loved ones continue to die by suicide. 

It's time to bring energy medicine and healing arts into the mental health system of care and save lives.