I was born in Romania before the iron curtain fell. Fortunately, my parents had the courage to find their way West when I was young. I came to Canada at 6, and through the amazing experience of my parents and my own journey, I learned that risk is a tolerable by-product when you are striving for your deepest truth. This lesson has informed my life ever since.

I started off in the typical fashion, looking towards school and marriage. Life unfolded as I had hoped and I entered my twenties with a degree in microbiology and immunology from McGill University, and a wonderful husband.

Things were good except for the fact that I kept having the nagging feeling that although all the right things seemed to be happening, my life was really going to start some day in the future. That feeling of deep satisfaction, of purpose, of bliss, was going to come “someday.” This couldn’t be it!

Unbeknownst to me at the time, there were things I needed to learn, things about life and living: what really made me tick? What turned me on? What was this thing called “purpose?” My quest lead me to OneTaste, where I slowly began to emerge from the appropriate model I had packaged myself into. I realized that the answers to the questions I hadn’t even known I was asking were going to come from somewhere other than a good job and a good husband. I had to know myself and my core desires; I couldn’t get this stuff from an outward source or pre-fabricated marker of success.

So with the lesson my parents taught me, I did the unthinkable and separated from my husband. I was starting all over to find the genuine version of me, which was thrilling and terrifying and bizarre.

I spent the next several years finding my voice. I studied psychology and learned about sexuality and turn-on and desire and, yes, purpose. And after spending a year as OneTaste’s New York branch director, leading workshops and coaching, specializing in relationships, communication, sexuality, spirituality and life purpose, I realized my natural proclivity was to work with women. And after five years of training and working for and with OneTaste, it was my turn to strike out on my own and pass on what I had learned.

A Beautiful Place for Beautiful Women was born.

My Coaching & Teaching Philosophy

As a teacher, my strong vulnerability and sensitivity create space for others to explore their own paths more deeply. I am committed to bringing the principles of vulnerability and truth to my clients and students. Teaching is now one of my greatest joys. Opening people’s eyes to the possibilities in their lives is a sublime experience. I love seeing women as they recognize their beauty, turn on to their awesome creative powers and watching their faces light up as they realize that the time to start feeling alive is right now. My passion lies in knowing the whole of one’s self; as such, I guide my students to learn from the direct experiences that stem from their explorations of their own selves – all parts of them.

Other things you might like to know about me:

• You know the “1 in 4 women is sexually abused before the age of 18″ statistic?  I’m one of those women.
• I had spinal surgery when I was 12 and thought it was the coolest thing ever  – doctors rock my world.  And I have yet to meet someone who can beat me at a “longest scar” contest.
• I’ve secretly been keeping a list of amazing women that inspire me and who I want to have as part of a community that I would build one day.
• I used to work at a suicide hotline.
• I’m blind in one eye so I can’t see 3D. Tackling stairs is comical.
• I used to do research on stress hormones and part of my job was stressing women out.  That’s where I learned to put away my “nice girl” act.
• I’m a total science geek and an optimist, so I’m excited about the Singularity.
• My ex-husband and I had such an easy time splitting up we often joke about writing the “How to Have a Happy Divorce” book.
• I used to be a lifeguard. I’m afraid of deep water.
• I studied women’s sexuality for six years.  Some of my most important lessons about a woman’s power came from those studies.
• I truly believe women are incredible and I am constantly amazed by their courage, strength and beauty. I feel truly blessed to get to devote my days to empowering them and watching them shine.  I am a lucky woman.