Hi! I’m Tina.
The spaces and tools I create are shaped by my very own journey of recovery and healing with practices that continue to support me.
I grew up in an alcoholic home, where unpredictability lived just beneath the surface. From the outside, my life looked picture-perfect. Inside, I learned early how to survive.
I learned how to stay composed… how to manage emotions, read the room, and keep the peace. I learned how to hold everything together, even when I felt disconnected from myself. Those patterns followed me into adulthood, shaping how I coped, how I related, and how I moved through the world.
Like many people, my relationship with alcohol began innocently. Socially. Casually. As a way to unwind. Over time, it became something else entirely… a way to cope, to numb, to get through what I didn’t yet have the tools to face.
What started as relief slowly tightened its grip.
After nearly two decades, I reached a breaking point that brought brutal clarity. I didn’t recognize myself anymore. I felt hollow, exhausted, and deeply disconnected from the life I was living. For the first time, I was truly afraid… not just of where I was, but of where I was headed if nothing changed.
That moment wasn’t the end of my story.
It was the beginning of my return.
What followed wasn’t a quick fix or a dramatic transformation. It was a slow, sacred unraveling. A rebuilding rooted in presence, breath, and honesty. I didn’t heal through force or hustle. I healed through quiet rituals, nervous system awareness, and learning how to listen to myself again.
Sobriety was the doorway… not the destination.
Healing became the practice.
Over time, I began to live differently. With intention. With discernment. With deep respect for my own rhythm and energy. Not striving to be more… but remembering that I already was enough.
That way of living is what shapes everything I create now.
I design spaces, tools, and offerings rooted in lived experience… grounded, accessible, and supportive of real life. Not to fix or change anyone, but to offer a place to pause, reconnect, and come back to yourself… in your own time, in your own way.
My Life Today and What Guides My Work
Today, I move through life with intention and awareness. Not perfectly… but consciously.
I pay attention to my inner rhythms, my energy, and the signals my body offers. I no longer push past myself or override what I feel in the name of productivity, performance, or proving anything. My life isn’t built around doing more… it’s built around being present with what’s here.
That shift changed everything.
I don’t believe healing comes from force, fixing, or constant self-improvement. I believe it comes from learning how to stay with yourself… especially in moments of discomfort, uncertainty, and transition. From slowing down enough to listen. From rebuilding trust… not just in your mind, but in your body and your truth.
Presence is not passive.
It’s an active relationship with your life.
The practices I return to… breath, awareness, gentle structure, and nervous system support, help me stay grounded and responsive instead of reactive. They support steadiness, clarity, and self-leadership in a way that feels sustainable and real.
This is the lens through which I create everything I offer.
Not as answers to follow or steps to master… but as invitations. Spaces to soften. Tools to support reconnection. Resources that meet you where you are… without pressure to be different than you already are.
You don’t need to become someone new.
You need space to remember yourself.
Speaking from the Heart
Available for Keynotes, Workshops, and Guest Talks
I speak from lived experience… recovery, healing, presence, and the slow return to self that follows survival.
At the heart of my work is a simple belief:
we are our own experts.
And with the right conditions… safety, presence, and truth… we are capable of healing ourselves.
My talks are grounded, honest, and deeply human.
They weave together recovery, nervous system awareness, and the practices that help us reconnect with our inner knowing and resilience.
This isn’t about being fixed or told who to become.
It’s about remembering what’s already here… and creating space for people to trust themselves again.
Whether the setting is a recovery-centered gathering, wellness space, educational series, or professional environment, these talks meet people where they are… and gently invite them inward.
Healing is possible.
Not through force or performance… but through presence, self-trust, and compassion.
Popular Speaking Topics Include:
• Redefining recovery and healing beyond sobriety
• Moving out of survival mode through presence and nervous system awareness
• Rebuilding self-trust after burnout, addiction, or life transition
• Letting go of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and over-functioning
• Embodied self-leadership and living with intention
Training & Foundations
My work is grounded in both lived experience and formal training.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and have a background as a former Substance Abuse Counselor, where I worked closely with individuals navigating addiction, recovery, and emotional healing.
I am a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), where I studied a holistic, mind–body–spirit approach to well-being. That training deepened my understanding that healing extends far beyond food or behavior… it includes emotional health, nervous system regulation, purpose, rest, creativity, and self-connection.
I have also trained in mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, and energy-based practices, all of which inform the way I create spaces that support presence, self-trust, and steady healing.
I am currently enrolled in an in-depth Somatic Practitioner Training, expanding my work with the body, nervous system, and embodied awareness. In addition, I am actively completing Yoga Teacher Training, further integrating movement, breath, and mindful presence into my personal practice and professional work.
More than any credential, my work is shaped by integration… the lived application of what I’ve learned through recovery, ongoing practice, and continued education. I remain deeply committed to learning, growth, and offering spaces rooted in integrity, care, and embodied truth.