I’m Jamie. I’m a coach, a mind shifter, an energy mover, a crystal lover, a meditator, an author, a yogi, a speaker, and a teacher.

For my entire life, I’ve been seeking to understand my truest self...my deepest calling...and how to become the best version of myself possible.

If you’re here, I’m guessing that you feel a similar way.

And before what I just mentioned happened, I was a 19 year-old college sophomore who had just changed her major from Business to Philosophy.

Not a decision my father was happy with at the time.

But I wanted to find out more about myself. I wanted to find out who I really was. And most importantly I wanted to find out what was going on inside of me.

As we studied the inner workings of the human mind in class, I started to come face to face with my own inner darkness, fear, and insecurities.

This darkness manifested in my relationship with my body, and soon, I was locked in the tight grip of Anorexia and Exercise Bulimia.

Fear consumed me. I was terrified of food. I spent hours in the gym chasing acceptance and control, and I fell deeper into my spiraling thoughts with every passing day.

I couldn’t leave my dorm room. I couldn’t sleep. And trying to socialize and act like a “normal” outgoing college student was like pulling teeth.

My mind turned every little issue into a major crisis. I was consumed by all the possibilities of every little thing going wrong.

I was trapped in the echo chamber of my own thoughts and I felt uncomfortable in my own body - it felt painful to even exist.

I’d always struggled with anxiety during my childhood...but it was never this bad.

Maybe being off by myself triggered these symptoms. Maybe I’d just been a ticking time-bomb and college had set off the fuse. But now it was worse than ever.

I suffered all throughout college - pretending to have it all together while feeling like I was tearing apart at the seams.

But my demons followed me even after college, and I couldn’t escape the toxic story I was trapped in - a story of how I wasn’t worth it. Of how I just wasn’t enough.

The people around me in New York were constant triggers for my anxiety, insecurities, and identity issues. I felt like a total stranger no matter where I went.

And then I heard what my Dad had said.

And I had it. I knew I couldn’t go on like this. Not just for my sake, but for my family. For the people I was indirectly hurting with my suffering.

I realized that an academic understanding of the human mind wasn’t all that mattered. It was time for me to forge my own path to healing and wholeness.

I started seeing a Cognitive Behavior Therapist, a Trainer, and a Nutritionist in New York.

The healing began and I started to slowly undo the damage and rewire my fear-based, anxiety-ridden brain.

But I still felt like it wasn’t enough. I felt like my entire environment was suffocating me. I realized I couldn’t keep living in New York.

So in 2000, I left New York, and moved to Santa Monica—the place that made my soul feel at home.

For the next 8 years, I made my home on the West Coast, exploring kundalini yoga, reiki, crystals, and all things mystical. For the first time in my adult life, I was able to reconnect with my childhood spirit of trust and curiosity.

In searching for a place to understand myself, I completed my first Yoga Teacher Training with Saul David Raye in 2004, and then went on to finish another 200 and 300 hour course with Annie Carpenter at Yoga Works in 2005 and 2006.

It was in that work that I was able to dive deeper into my body and connect with my breath and my energy.

I also discovered the world of plant-based food, and began working in raw food restaurants. I eventually adopted the lifestyle as a way to bring peace and healing to my relationship with food.

I started eating healthier and loving myself more. I didn’t feel the need to spend hours at the gym and I no longer felt the relentless urge to expel what I ate from my body. I could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I began to understand the power of choice, acceptance, and perspective. And through those years of work, I learned to settle into my body and connect with my breath, my spirit, my choices and my energy.

Fast forward to 2009 where I moved back to New York.

I felt confident that I was ready to face my demons and create a new life in my hometown.

I had fully come out the other side of that dark tunnel after a painstaking 9-year struggle.

...or so I thought.

Soon after, I met my husband - a meat and gluten-loving and chef who instantly connected with me. My life changed at in what seemed like lightning speed.

I found myself owning and running an incredible plant-based and cleansing cafe in Manhattan called Gingersnap’s Organics...

...that I never wanted to run in the first place.

I originally started coaching there because I kept having clients come to me and ask to see me privately.

I’ve always found the one-on-one format to be the most effective so I was more than happy to say “Yes” and help people individually. I also enjoyed that it was a place for people to gather around healthy food.

But one thing led to another and I ended up being in charge of the entire shop.

My days were filled with managing staff, sourcing ingredients, working in the kitchen, and keeping up with the hectic pace of running the cafe. It was the busiest I’d ever been. And it was slowly making me crazy.

On the high side of things, I met some of my best friends and clients at Gingersnap’s. I got to work with customers one-on-one, creating customized nutrition plans, teaching them how to love and trust themselves and how to get quiet - and those moments lit me up.

They made me realize my growing passion for coaching and helping others.

I even watched the entire city celebrate my vision of holistic nutrition that I believed in so deeply, and it was an honor to see my work featured in [ New York Times, Well and Good, The Numinous, Fashion Week Daily, Living the Process, Refinery 29, New York Magazine, The Balanced Blonde ].