The Practice of Human BEING

Practicing Human Being instead of Human Doing

My dad likes to remind me that I have always been the gal who wants to do everything. 

In my professional life, this quality was most expressed. I not only wanted to be a clinician and help people one-on-one with their health and wellness, I wanted to help other practitioners too. And since the environment I wanted to work in didn't exist, I wanted to create that as well. 

Over the last 15 years of my life I have been a massage therapist, a health coach, a nutritionist, a teacher, a receptionist, a bookkeeper, a marketing manager, a social marketing strategist, a janitor, an office manager, a facilitator, an events planner, a business mentor, a supervisor...to name a few.

It's fun for me to wear all these hats - I really do want to do everything! But a few years ago the weight of these responsibilities and never ending to-do lists started to wear me down. 

And then the pandemic hit... 

And then George Floyd was murdered... 

And then the bottom fell out of my personal life...

Since then, I've been standing at a crossroads with my business partner deciding what to let go of. Continuing with "business as usual" was so clearly not an option for either of us. It has been a harrowing process of soul searching, number crunching, anxiety dreams, grief, fear, optimism; and more recently: trust and hope. 

So here's the news (if you haven't already gotten it from another source):

Sara Jean and I are taking off the 80,000 hats we wear and handpicking the ones we put back on. We are leaving our beautiful, dreamy, "never in my wildest dreams" clinic so that we can take better care of ourselves, our loved ones, and nurture the reason we do this work in the first place: you. 

Wellness Minneapolis is shrinking in around the two of us and we're giving ourselves a year to rest, ideate and create before deciding what's next. In the meantime, I will continue working virtually with my nutrition clients so - aside from the background you see on the screen when we meet - nothing will functionally change for you.

To my massage and constitutional hydrotherapy clients:
Scheduling sessions with me will be the same, though I will see you for your treatment at Vessel Healing Arts in the Longfellow neighborhood. I'll be setting up my hot towel caddy and essential oil hoard there come September. 

What's going to happen with this clinic space? I am beyond thrilled to report that our best case scenario is playing out! Wellness Paradigm, a family wellness business with a lot of heart and ambition, is moving into our space on September 1st. They have invited every one of our practitioners to continue practicing at 4450 Nicollet. Details are still settling out, so please make sure to sign up for our or follow us at @wellnessmpls on Facebook or Instagram to keep up to speed.


Isn't it just so true that "change is the only constant"?! 

I'm leaning into Hope right now. There's a lot of work still ahead of us to make this transition flow smoothly, but I'm finding that every time I lift my head from the grindstone, there's a clearer vision of the future in my sight. So I just keep moving in that direction, trusting that change is a healer, too.