About

My greatest passion in life is educating the general public about mental health, mental illness, the nature of trauma, and how our brains work. I’m a certifiable nerd for all things related to the mind. I find the human experience to be endlessly captivating.

I’m the host of a podcast called The Nature of Nurture where I talk about these themes, as well as current events, pop culture, and social phenomena. For more about the podcast, please click here.

On a personal level, I’ve been increasingly vocal lately about the work that I’ve done to heal a deep-seated fear of public speaking, which was necessary in order to host the podcast.

That work included psychotherapy, energy work, breathwork, Toastmasters, exposure therapy, nervous regulation work, neurolinguistic programming, and a few radical acts of karaoke 😉

I’m also a spiritual person, so I weave that into my work from time to time.

Here are a few other random life details you may want to know about me:

• I took AP Psychology as an independent in high-school (nerd alert), and I went off to college knowing exactly what I was going to major in.
• At nineteen I got my first job as a mental health worker at a local psychiatric hospital.
• At twenty-one I had a job in Paris (this was after my junior year abroad) working as a translator for a French government agency that educated international law enforcement officers about the psychology of serial killers. My French is rusty these days, but I’m still a big fan of the language and culture.
• I took some time off in my twenties to work in the music industry in New York and to gain some overall life experience, but by the time that decade was over I was ready to go back to school. I moved to San Francisco in 2006 to get my master’s and doctorate from The California School of Professional Psychology.
• I moved to Los Angeles in 2021, where I still live now.
• I’m a clinical expert in addiction, as well as in what technology is doing to our brains and society, so the interplay of tech and culture is frequently explored on my podcast.

In addition to my work in media, I maintain a small private practice (I lovingly joke that it’s a VERY private practice; I’m not currently taking referrals), and I speak to audiences about how they can thrive in an increasingly complicated world.

If you would like for me to speak to your organization on this subject matter please click here for more information.

I also frequently host or participate in workshops and live events. If you’d like to stay in the loop about that I recommend signing up for my newsletter list. I don’t send emails very often so I promise no spam, ever.

If you would like to have me on your podcast, I would be happy to speak about any of the subject matter I explore on my show, or my own personal journey. Please don’t hesitate to email me directly if you’d like to schedule an interview.

Thank you!