About the Owner
I grew up for eighteen years on a farm in SE Iowa. In 1991, I moved to Ankeny, IA to study commercial art and in 1993 received a degree in my field of study. In 1993, I moved to Des Moines, IA where I worked a variety of jobs: sales, customer service, and childcare. In 2008, my son and I moved to West Des Moines, IA where I then started my in-home childcare business after having a house built in a new development.
It was in 2010 when I was diagnosed with anxiety and depressing while going through some issues in life that I had little to no control over. I had worked so hard to get where I wanted to be and had everything planned out to then find my life being shattered like glass thrown to the ground. I felt the need to quit my in-home business for I didn't even know what was going to take place day to day... week to week. I was put on medicine for both anxiety and depression and was hospitalized for a certain amount of days. This was very hard for me for it was close to my son's birthday. I have always been here for him and not to be at home was very tough. I was told before I willing accepted to go be checked at a hospital, that I needed to think about taking time out for myself. That was very tough for me to hear for I have always been so giving and take my responsibilities in life seriously. I was devastated to find out that all my planning to become a homeowner was turned upside down with the escrow not being figured out right and having to deal with so many representatives with the mortgage company was tough. My home was in foreclosure and I had no idea of if my son and I were going to be homeless or not. The lies told and not being able to have one person to work with and some other people in this world in whom I could not trust in my personal and business life, had me wanting to be free from all. In 2012, despite having been involved in a Celebrate Recovery group through church, I had OD on medicine (prescription and over-the-counter) when my son was not in my care. Again, I was hospitalized. My point in sharing all of this (as short as I could make the story), is that even though I am not a counselor, therapist, doctor or other trained person, I have a great deal of understanding having experienced what I have. No, it does not make me any smarter than those I have listed, however, I am here to offer what I can to help others who have anxiety, depression, and are going through any other life struggle/transition; to help, to give guidance, offer support, give hope! |
What works for one person may not work for another. In my case, being on depression medicine made things worse. The anxiety medicine as needed worked well. I did not have health insurance from 2008 to late 2012 and so that made it even harder to get the help that I needed. I will never forget when I finally was able to get a primary physician she told me that she would not give me any refills for the anxiety medicine and that what I needed was to have the things that were uplifting to me back or to find things in my life which would help me. I have learned to slow down some and to give what I have little or no control over, to God. To take time and be still/quiet and meditate.. be in prayer is a huge blessing. To be able to create art and writings is very therapeutic as well as listening to music and exercising. These are the gifts in life that I want to help people with and more importantly to be a great listener to those who want.. need my service. I believe that many of the problems in life stem from lack of and/or poor communication. Sometimes all a person may need is someone to listen. It might not matter if a person: may not know another well, have a similar experience or not, understand, but what is important is to not only listening: trust, feel safe, to be loved for who one is without cruel judgment. It is important for a person to know who they are within and to trust their instincts. To acknowledge and to get the help a person needs, is so crucial. There are many options out there and my service is one that is available. I work in a Christian way as to provide a top quality service in which each individual's need/s are of high importance to not only who they are as a person, who they are, and what they mean to the world. Each of us holds a great purpose in this life and all lives should be treated with the up most care and love.
Resume and references available when meeting in person for those interested in my service.
You may also find me on LinkedIn.
Resume and references available when meeting in person for those interested in my service.
You may also find me on LinkedIn.