For over 20 years, I built a career in international development — meaningful, purposeful work that took me all over the world. And then, slowly, quietly, something began to shift. Not a crisis. Not a collapse. More like a gentle, persistent knowing that I was being invited somewhere new.
A few years ago, I began making space for stillness. Not grand gestures — just small pockets of quiet and meditation that, over time, changed everything. In that silence I heard guidance I never expected. Be here now. Stop focusing on what you are doing and focus instead on who you are being. It was the beginning of a profound spiritual journey that ultimately called me to step out of my career and into something I couldn't yet name.
For my 50th birthday, I gave myself the most sacred gift: 48 hours of complete silence at our cabin on Lake Cushman in the heart of the Olympic Mountains. I turned off my phone. I stepped away from the demands of daily life. I sat beside the wood-burning stove and journaled, meditated on the deck in the deep quiet, and felt wild, sacred energy flow around and through me. I walked mindfully. I wrote. I wept. I rested. I listened.
And in that extraordinary stillness, Sound of Silence Retreats was born — not as a business idea, but as a calling. An invitation to offer other women the same sacred space I had found.
I am a certified meditation teacher and someone who lives the transformation that silence makes possible. I am not a guru, but I am a guide—someone to walk beside you as you navigate the entry and exit of your retreat. My role is to offer the 1-1 support and structure that allows you to settle into the quiet and hear what your own inner voice has to say.
I would be honored to hold this space for you.
"Let it all go. This is your life. You get to choose."