As a Mexican American kid who grew up shuttled between London, Mexico City, and suburban Cincinnati, it was always clear to me that we all adapt to our environments in endlessly creative ways. Despite my many attempts to fit myself into a tidy narrative, it couldn’t be done. I held a lot of identities and people would always try and pin one down — the dreaded “where are you from?” question eliciting more and more questions that never gave people the neat and tidy story of me they wanted. I became fascinated with understanding how people make sense of who they are, and how people manage the parts that color outside the lines. 

All of us are made up of conflicting parts — safety and adventure, longing and fear, ambivalence and certainty — and many of us manage these conflicting feelings by shutting down. We overeat, we drink too much, we develop addictions, we throw things, or we wall ourselves off. I help my clients reconnect to their emotions so they can listen to and learn from them rather than react to them. Rather than being guided by supposed to or should, you can develop a sense of self-trust and intuition to guide you in work and relationships.