The Lotus Project

Introduction: Presentation Topics Include: Suicide Prevention & Awareness │ Resiliency & Positivity│ Spiritual Healing │ Changing the Way we Speak & Think about Depression & Suicide │Forgiveness │ Healing After Losing a Loved One to Suicide│ The Stigma of Mental Health My hours are flexible to meet the needs of each request. We all have a story and we’ve all experienced hardship at one time or another. I authentically share my journey to demonstrate how we can grow through our grief to discover a place of wellness and hope. My journey began in 1999 after I lost my father to suicide. Determined to understand his death, I focused the remainder of my undergraduate studies on depression and how to heal after experiencing such a loss. After graduating from San Francisco State University, I took a job as a crisis counselor and public educator on suicide prevention and awareness. Roughly five years after losing my dad, I had my first daughter. And although I had been trained in suicide prevention, I nearly lost my life as a result of not recognizing my own depression. It’s evident in every presentation that my passion for helping others comes from a place of love. I have a natural talent for connecting with my listeners while addressing them at an age appropriate level. My ability to be candid and vulnerable while sharing my journey of overcoming adversity helps convey that a key element to living a life of wellness is through open and honest communication. I shine a light on the fact that individual struggles may look and feel different for each of us, but it’s through sharing these struggles that we can have more meaningful and purposeful relationships. Through my personal and professional experiences, I've realized that the most effective measure to reducing the rate of depression and suicide is through demonstrating the importance of intentional living. I provide information rarely discussed in conjunction with physical and mental health with the intention of helping my audience discover ways to pursue healthy, effective, and hope-filled lives. My goal is to inspire authentic wellness by offering interactive presentations based on real life experiences and the most up to date research. I love connecting with people in authentic and meaningful ways. I'm also incredibly grateful for every opportunity that allows me to use my person experiences to better support those in need.