VoyagePhoenix sat down with me for their Local Stories series. We talked about the decades it took to build Feral Attuned, why I've never made a decision from "is this safe" instead of "is this alive," and what actually happens inside Purpose Alchemy.

Reiki gets explained in two ways: overly mystical, or overly dismissive. Here's the plain version, what it actually is, what happens in a session, what it feels like, and whether it's worth trying if you're skeptical.

“Somatic" gets used everywhere now, but most explanations either over-explain or assume you already know. Here's the plain answer: somatic healing works with the body as the primary doorway into change. If you've done the inner work and still feel stuck, this is likely why.

There's a specific kind of exhaustion that high-achieving women carry. It doesn't look like collapse. It looks like capability — until it doesn't. This isn't a motivation problem or a mindset problem. What's happening is something more specific, and understanding it changes everything about how you move through it.

There is a space that exists between what was and what is about to begin. It doesn't get talked about much because it's not productive. There's nothing to show for it. But it's real.

Community is not something you build. It's something you hold. And if you're lucky, it holds you back.

I didn't go back because my certification had expired. That's not a thing. I went back because I needed integration.

I found Reiki long before I ever knew what it was, before I could pronounce it, before I understood energy, before I had language for intuition.

Seeds don't grow in constant light and bodies don't restore in constant output.

We didn't actually get freer. Or better. We just learned how to override ourselves with better language.

Feral Attuned is what happens when you stop running and start listening because the answer was never out there. It was always in you.

Feral Attuned wasn't something I set out to create — it was something I lived into.

The more you move, the more you get to know yourself — your whole self. Mind, body, and spirit. But it demands a level of courage we seemed to have in abundance at three years old.

Shifting my focus from exercise to movement yielded results faster and results that stick around because they complement my body instead of battling against it.

Manifestation, in its truest form, is not about dreaming but about aligning your actions with those dreams. The current trend emphasizes the former at the expense of the latter.

I launched Feral Attuned six months ago, relying on Instagram for all my marketing. These platforms are fragile and can vanish at any time. Turns out creativity is my true superpower, not social media posting.

Trying to meet the expectations of these routines took me further from myself. I wasn't listening to what I needed — I was following CEOs of companies I don't want to work for.