When I received my first dog, Socrates, an English springer spaniel, in February 1998, I didn’t know then what I know now about the dangers of vaccinations (see my blog post about this subject). Socrates was over-vaccinated and became ill with a number of autoimmune issues, as well as with something called the rabies miasm. His health and my deep love for him led me on a path of learning ways to help animals heal and feel better on many levels. I have attended many seminars on canine health and behavior over the years. I have also attended seminars about vaccinations with Dr. W. Jean Dodds and Dr. Ronald Schultz. I also learned so much about helping dogs heal and feel better in my many Tellington TTouch® trainings.

I took an animal communication class in the late 90s and felt as though I just didn’t understand how this was possible. I just didn’t get it. However, my interest and my intuition became stronger with each passing year, so I read many books on the subject. I took a second class and got some good hits that day. And then in 2006, I took a two-day class with a gifted animal communicator and psychic. All my readings those two days were very accurate. So I continued practicing with friends and others interested in having their animals read. I received validation after validation and was encouraged by my teacher to become a professional animal communicator.

My journey into the world of energy healing began in 2001 when I attended a grief group led by a Roman Catholic chaplain in a local hospital. She told me to register for a Reiki class being taught by a nurse at the hospital. I went from Reiki I to becoming a Reiki Master in two years. Then throughout the years, I was guided to different classes and teachers. I kept on learning more and more and received a variety of activations that have led me to become an advanced energy healer, working with energy and healing on the quantum level, working with angels, ascended masters, and with a variety of light beings in different dimensions.

Some of you may be searching for work that makes your heart sing. For many years, I was searching for work that would make me deeply happy. Joseph Campbell called it “finding your bliss.” I took many classes on this subject while I was a writer and editor and as a corporate communications and public relations professional. It wasn’t until I began doing my healing work and later began working with animals and with the spiritual realm that I found my true calling. It all came together step by step as one class and teacher led to the other. I am so deeply grateful to be doing the work I love. It is a beautiful gift from God and the angels.

I was ordained by Rev. Dr. Kimberly Marooney, President of Gateway University, on April 25, 2012, at a sacred retreat center amidst the beauty of the majestic sequoias in Ben Lomond, CA. I went through a very rigorous nine-month academic course of study that included online classes, readings and writing assignments. The program involved three segments. In the first I was certified as an angel reader, in the second, an angel counselor, and in the third, an interfaith angel minister.

The choice for me to become a minister was something that just happened very naturally. I loved doing angel readings for myself and others and saw Kimberly’s email about becoming a certified angel reader. I shared this with my then fiancé, and soon after, there was an email confirming my enrollment into the class. It was a gracious gift from my fiancé.

I loved the curriculum, learned so much and decided to continue on. It was just a natural progression. All was divinely orchestrated. I would never have thought of myself as a minister, or of becoming one, but it has over time become so much of who I am and what I do: ministering to so many beautiful hearts and souls.