05/02/2026
Something extraordinary has happened. It has been happening but I wanted to make sure everything was signed, sealed and delivered before I shared. You know at 49, I still don’t want to jinx anything.
I have officially signed my lease to run my Somatic Wellness and Intuitive Design Studio at Savage Mill, MD in the beautiful tower.
I can officially accept HSA/FSA payments.
PICTURE OF MY NEW SIGN GOING UP at Savage Mill!
(Fair warning - I am absolutely cross-posting this :) )
Did you think I ran a boutique? Sort of – but that is just a tiny piece of Once Upon A Connection – Somatic Wellness – this is the oxygen that gives life to the walls that I can now call home.
Let me fill you in on what this means for me, my family and for those who walk through the studio door.
In Summer 2025, life went places I simply could not understand and did not think I was prepared to handle. In every nook and cranny of my life, the extinction of what I knew was creeping in.
I had always known I would come to a point in my career where I would transition to providing solace and pathways ahead for those whose lives had been swallowed by trauma at once point or another – but not to sit in the dark waters, rather to find joy, reconnect with themselves, put that thing called shame back into its proper place.
I had no idea what that would look like but I did know that would happen. I could hear the narrative in my head. I just needed to find my modality to bring it to life.
After years of parenting children from traumatic backgrounds, I began to know where I was headed – the big story trauma is what we tend to think about when we think about healing and moving from fight or flight – but the truth is that we ALL experience trauma, if even microtraumas throughout our life – hairline fractures that send our nervous system into a constant pattern of protect.
I built my community in the book club I created 3 years ago. It opened doors for me to experience the beautiful women from all walks of life that I get to call neighbor.
I saw the struggle for women to simply carve out a couple of hours once a month to make time for themselves, to believe in themselves, to rest, to settle – to pause, to breathe.
And I knew…
So last summer, I dug my heels in. I started to design and create tools for women to use on their journeys back to themselves. I enrolled in Somatic Healing certification courses and while I completed those courses, I brought empowering retail into my business. Not because retail is a money maker (trust me – big old opposite there 😊 ) but because I also saw that women often became overwhelmed and allowed the shame demons to take over and tell them that they were “too old”, “too big”, “too small”, “too mom”, “too tired”, “too busy” to wear what they wanted.
Every piece of what I have done has been to help the woman who is all the things simply become something for herself – a friend to herself.
In 2026, I received my Somatic Healing Certification and God, the Universe, my world – it all opened up and my path was set in motion.
In January, the Universe sent me to Savage Mill, to a small, magical space I call the Tower. I met the most incredible women who ran their business out of that tower. They became mentors, they became friends. I ran events in that space until my business needed a space of it’s own. My heart hurt at the thought of finding my permanent business home somewhere else but again – the diamond was forming and so change needed to come.
PLOT TWIST.
When I let my friends and mentors know I needed to move on and find a space that could be mine, something magical happened.
They called me. We talked. We did something that worked for us all. The space became mine. This week, I signed my lease and the studio was turned over to me.
My signage has been ordered. My studio has it’s home. The energy is restful and alive at the same time. The studio is welcoming women through it’s door who seek peace and joy and to discover life beyond fight or flight. Their bodies are relaxing, their nervous systems are signaling that it is ok to discover and love themselves again.
Sometimes closed eyes and meditation happens, sometimes art pours from fingertips, sometimes cards are drawn and introspection takes center-stage, sometimes laughter fills the air and sometimes the tower catches a tear or two.
I will re-welcome my community now that the space is singing out its mission – to be that safe container if even for an hour or two for women to come and become again.
May 21 – I will be an official business participating at the Savage Mill Girl’s Night Out – I will share my studio with all who come through and I will have a wonderful Summer boutique set up. Please come see me and my team.
For those looking to embark on Somatic Wellness, I can now officially accept HAS/FSA payments and my payment processor code is set to do so.
You can learn more about what Somatic Wellness is and how I am bringing it to life for our community. 1:1 work, small-group gentle movement classes, meditation, PEMF and Far IR and Red Light Therapy, Shatterwork, Art as Healing and other Creative Expression including Creative Speakeasies, Reiki and Other Energy Work, and Connection-focused retreats (Stay tuned for a big announcement for my Couple’s Intimacy Retreat).
Thank you for being part of this journey and if you feel called to come back to yourself, please reach out. The tower may be the place for you to take that step.
www.onceuponaconnection.com
