Who I am
I began this work
because I had no other choice.
At thirty, I was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia - a condition so painful it is sometimes called the suicide disease. Conventional medicine offered no relief. And so I accepted, slowly and not without resistance, that this was a mystery only I could solve.
That acceptance became my apprenticeship. Over the years that followed, I trained in craniosacral therapy, shamanic healing, classical homeopathy, and the Present Child Method. I sat with teachers and with silence. I read neuroscience and the Tao te Ching. I learned, above all, to listen - to the body, to the soul, to the intelligence that moves through everything.
What I discovered - and what I have spent the last thirty-plus years helping others discover - is that nothing is beyond healing. Not the old grief. Not the inherited wound. Not the belief you have carried since childhood that something in you is fundamentally wrong.
At the heart of everything
"What would your life be like if you experienced every aspect of it as a way to elevate to love?"
This is not a rhetorical question. It is the one I have lived inside for decades - and the one I bring into every session, every course, every conversation.
The human experience is a wild ride. Our challenges have the potential to bring us to the doorway of ever-greater expansion - and then walk through it. My perspective holds the human within the Divine, recognizing that our difficulties are like birth canals, opening into transformation, elevation, and freedom.
What I know to be true
The beliefs that shape everything I do
Nothing is beyond healing.
This is not naive optimism. It is a conviction forged through decades of my own painful, messy, triumphant inner work - and through witnessing what becomes possible when someone truly commits to their own transformation.
Your body is a sacred messenger.
Symptoms are not enemies. Pain is information. Chronic conditions are persistent teachers. When we learn to listen with curiosity instead of fear, the body becomes one of our greatest allies on the healing path.
You are not broken.
You have never been broken. You are a magnificent being having a human experience, and every part of that experience - including the hardest parts - is shaping you, teaching you, and ultimately leading you home to yourself.
Healing the self heals the lineage.
In healing yourself, you are also healing patterns that may have existed for generations. Your ancestors who wanted to heal but didn't know how - they are supporting you now.
We are energy in matter.
Thoughts carry energy. Beliefs shape biology. What we think affects what we feel, physically and emotionally, which then affects what we experience. This is not metaphor - it is the foundation of how I work.
Love is the most intelligent force there is.
Not sentimental love - but the kind that sees clearly, holds firmly, and refuses to abandon. This is the love I try to bring into every session. It is the love I believe we are all, ultimately, made of.
The Elevated Body Cards
Our bodies are holographic messengers.
"Thank you for honoring your body as the physical manifestation of your greater Being. A healing journey asks for commitment and courage to shift the energy behind what manifests. May you walk the healing path in grace and wonder."
The Elevated Body card system is one of the most original things I have ever created - a holographic body-mind-spirit healing tool that speaks directly to the intelligence living inside your physical form. Each of the 21 cards maps a body system to its emotional and energetic meaning, offering a doorway into deeper self-understanding.
Click a card above to feel what they hold.
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A hero's journey -
honed through challenge.
Your life is a heroic exploration that includes challenges, obstacles, hurts, disappointments, and even trauma. And while within these challenges lie tremendous potential for expansion and transformation, there may be experiences you have been unable to digest or transform into new strength and empowerment.
As a shamanic midwife, I provide the field within which you can move beyond the doubts, fears, and constrictive influences you are stuck or struggling within. I don't fix you ... because you are not broken. I simply hold the space in which your own intelligence can do what it has always known how to do.
Our childhood experiences led us to make innumerable assumptions about life - and accept them as truth. To live a more aligned, free, and joyful life, many of these beliefs are ripe to be uncovered, questioned, and gently released. This is the heart of what I do.
Background & Training
Thirty-plus years of learning -
from the inside out.
These are the formal disciplines that have shaped my practice. They are the foundation - not the headline. What matters most is what emerges when all of it comes together in service of another person's healing.
The Book
Elevating Your Origins to Love
A Guided Journey of Transformation, Healing, and Power
Published in 2023 with Hybrid Global Publishing, this is the book I always knew I needed to write - a map for the inner journey, grounded in neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and the lived experience of someone who has walked every step of it. It is for anyone who has ever suspected that they are capable of more healing than they have yet discovered.
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In their own words
"Susan's calm and flexible presence opens a new field. Like Rumi's line 'beyond right and wrong.' She is adept at what she does and does it with a deep spiritual connection that brings forth peace."
- Ruchi
"After our session, I felt the freedom of my spirit being 'out of the bottle.' I had been carrying something for years that I didn't even have words for. Susan found it - and helped me release it."
- G. Castell
"Susan's classes have been a game changer for me. I love how she offers a safe space to share what is showing up for me in life that week. It leaves me feeling a greater sense of connection with myself and the other members of this little community she has created."
- Community Member
"I came to Susan feeling stuck in a pattern I couldn't name. Within one session, something shifted that I had been trying to shift for years. She has a rare gift - she sees you, all of you, and holds it with such love."
- Private Session Client
"Working with Susan has been one of the most powerful experiences of my life. She meets you exactly where you are, without judgment, and somehow helps you find your own way through. I am deeply grateful."
- Mentorship Client
Work with Susan
If something in you is ready to shift, I would be honored to sit with you.
Whether you are navigating a specific challenge or simply feel the pull toward something deeper ... a single session can open a door you didn't know was there.
Or perhaps you are ready for ongoing mentorship ... a sustained, sacred container for your healing and growth. There is a way for us to work together.
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Questions About Susan & Her Work
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