A
Lifelong
Calling
For as long as I can remember, people have come to me with the tender parts of their stories. I never understood why, only that it felt natural to listen. Even as a child, I knew how to hold what others found too heavy to name.
Over the years, this quiet calling became a way of life, an offering of presence, compassion, and care for what is most human in us. That same listening now lives at the heart of my practice, where healing begins with being witnessed.
A Voice to the Unspeakable
I am not a stranger to trauma. Growing up as a closeted queer in a conservative community brought foundational complications in self-acceptance and a sense of belonging. In early adulthood, sexual violence unraveled my sense of safety, self-worth, and trust, drawing me into relationships tarnished by instability and domestic abuse.
For years I had no words for what I carried. Singing, dancing, and creative expression became my first pathways back home to myself. Through them, I began to reinhabit my body, reclaim what I once believed was lost, and express the pain for the things I could not yet speak.
From Stage to Sanctuary
That journey shaped both my art and my calling, inspiring me to create an interdisciplinary degree uniting dance, voice, Laban Movement Analysis, creative arts, and music therapy, before stepping into the world of classical opera and performing professionally internationally.
I found a sense of freedom in the performing arts, but I began craving a life of less performance and more presence. Wanting to explore my other passions, I left the stage for animal rehabilitation sanctuaries and began a path dedicated to the healing and rehabilitation of traumatized great apes around the world.
In this work, I came to understand, in the most visceral way, how trauma lives in the body. Working with beings who could not speak the language of words taught me to listen differently; to attune, to witness, and to use music as a bridge for connection and trust.
A Light
in the Dark
I used to keep my shadows in the shadows, trying to heal in secret and on my own. From the outside, I appeared hyper-functional, throwing myself headfirst into projects, relationships, and travel. Always moving, always on.
What I didn’t realize was that I was living in a constant state of fight or flight. When life finally slowed and I found safety, the symptoms began to surface. Blackouts, pain, and relentless anxiety rose to meet me, and my mental health hit a wall.
Facing the hardest parts of my history was no longer optional. With the support of skilled therapists and safe healing spaces, I began the slow and necessary work of bringing light to the dark. To my surprise, in that very darkness I found the most beautiful nesting ground, a place where new life could take root and grow.
East meets West
My path led me to Traditional Chinese Medicine, a world where body, mind, and spirit are seen as one living landscape. I immersed myself in study at the Dutch Acupuncture Academy, apprenticing firsthand with some of Europe’s leading TCM doctors and completing my thesis on “The Neurobiological Mechanisms and Synergistic Potential of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.”
Western medicine helped me process and accept my story. Eastern medicine helped me feel the way it was manifesting within my ecosystem. Apricity was born in the field between, where East meets West and healing unfolds as a living conversation between science, creative arts, and spirit.
My Work Today
Apricity is my unique offering, born from the synergy of my past passions and studies, becoming a fertile soil for the healing of others. Through Traditional Chinese Medicine, the creative arts, mindfulness, and somatic practices, I offer a safe space to be seen, felt, and supported in self-reclamation. Each session honors the rhythm and wisdom of your nervous system.
This is a space where art and medicine meet and healing unfolds as a practice of presence, an invitation to return to yourself and the quiet knowing that you already hold the capacity to heal.
It is my deepest honor to walk this path with you.
A Note to You