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To build mental and physical well-being, I believe it’s essential to start with mindfulness and habit change strategies. These foundational skills support every other area of wellness. Studies show that being aware of our thoughts and behaviors is key to making lasting change, but awareness doesn’t come naturally to most of us.

Here’s why: Our brains are wired for "auto-pilot" to conserve energy. Ever arrived home from your usual route and realized you don’t remember the last few blocks? That’s your brain on autopilot, handling a task so habitual that you barely notice it. Many of the habits we want to change are rooted in this automatic mode, so we need to train our brains to work differently. That training is called mindfulness.

Mindfulness is about paying attention to what’s happening in the present moment. It puts you back in the driver’s seat during a habit, but it takes effort to override your brain’s default settings of autopilot. For example, try consciously noticing every detail of your route home. You’ll quickly realize how often your brain takes over and tunes out. Tuning in to something habitual—even a complex activity like driving, walking, or riding a bike—can feel surprisingly difficult once it has become a habit.

If we want to change our habitual behaviors or thought patterns, we need strategies to help. Research shows that small, consistent steps are the most effective way to create new habits. Using these approaches, we can turn mindfulness—this ability to stay aware—into a habit itself, a new kind of autopilot. Once that’s in place, habit change strategies combined with mindfulness can help you create a strong foundation for improving other areas of well-being; sleep, mental health, nutrition, our physical body (including managing pain and chronic illness), and even our relationships with other people.

Why learn from me?
For over 15 years, I’ve used mindfulness and habit change strategies to improve my own life—managing struggles with depression and anxiety, building healthier connections, and even navigating a two-year recovery from a concussion. These personal experiences have taught me a lot, but my professional background adds even more.

I spent over a decade managing international public relations in the high-stress video game industry, so I know what it’s like to juggle demanding careers and fast-paced environments. Later, I worked for 10 years as a health educator and massage therapist, helping people manage stress and recover from injuries. Since 2021, I’ve managed training programs at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, where research teams study how mindfulness improves health outcomes. I’m also a certified teacher of the Introducing Mindfulness program, created by the founders of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy—one of the most researched and widely used mindfulness programs in healthcare settings.

What’s next?
Whether you join my Introducing Mindfulness course or become a member for in-depth wellness content and community support, you’ll be taking a step toward a healthier, more fulfilling life. I’ll help you cut through the noise of endless health advice with practical strategies and tips for making them part of your daily routine. If you are new to mindfulness, I highly recommend taking the course before becoming a member. However, I am a person who likes to direct my own learning, so you can certainly jump right into the membership content and see how it lands for you without direct instruction. We all learn differently.

Why am I so passionate about this? At 34, being laid off for a year turned my life upside down. It felt like a disaster, but it ultimately changed me for the better. Now, as I approach age 50, I’ve realized you don’t need a major upheaval to make meaningful change. I wish I’d known much earlier what I learned during that tough year. While it's great that there are now so many more ways to get this information through podcasts, apps, books, and more, it also feels confusing to know where to start. I have been consuming this information now for 15 years and I'm excited to present it in an organized way for others.

I believe that the way to start any aspect of our well-being is through simple mindfulness techniques—paired with smart habit change strategies—which can help us manage everything else from sleep and mental health to nutrition, physical health, and relationships.

We’ll tackle it all, starting with mindfulness and habit change as the foundation.

Ready to begin? Choose from the two options below and let’s take this step forward together.