Elaine M.

In 2004, I started as a Peer Parent with NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness. As a mum of seven, those days were a challenge as my children ranged from early elementary to college. We were experiencing the typical teen and a lot more. Neurodiversity and mental health struggles stretched us to our limits and started me on the parent support journey, where I eventually found my tribe and wasn’t so alone.

My life was impacted in every way by those complicated years which in time drew me into my own emotional and physical healing journey due to having lived in a state of intense nervous system overwhelm for over two decades and then breast cancer.

I was always comforted by the idea of a silver lining. And, so, I went on a quest to find my way and to see what good could come out of all that was happening. Questing led me into a career as an educational consultant. In time, I settled into a mindfulness practice, engaged self-compassion in all its iterations and eventually landed in heart centeredness- living real and true to who I am and doing what I love.