How Sound Therapy Healed My Body—And Became My Life’s Work
Have you ever had a moment in life when everything changed—when pain turned into purpose, and what once seemed like the end became a new beginning?
Most people come to the healing arts through curiosity. For me, it came through desperation. I was a college softball pitcher on scholarship, devoted to my sport, until one day, my body gave out in a way I couldn’t ignore. That breakdown, as painful as it was, would become the foundation for everything I do today—and lead me to the deeply transformative world of sound therapy.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough
The Injury That Shattered My Reality
Softball was my life. I had earned my spot as a pitcher at the college level and lived for the game. But when my knee started giving out, the pain became unbearable. I was taking ibuprofen like it was candy—just to get through practices. Eventually, I couldn’t walk normally, couldn’t run, and even the slight tug of a bedsheet caused me to scream out in pain. My body had reached its limit. And so had I.
I would collapse unexpectedly while standing, and no one could explain what was happening. I reluctantly had to quit playing, as traditional medicine wasn’t helping and I was desperate for answers.
Ohio: Where It All Began
At the time, my mom worked in the cancer department at a hospital. One of her coworkers introduced her to sound healing—a practice that was reportedly helping people in ways medicine couldn’t. We figured, if it was good enough for cancer, maybe it could help with a knee injury.
We flew to Ohio, where I was led through a sound therapy session of voice analysis that seemed foreign at first. I spoke into a microphone, and a machine charted frequencies of every organ, bone, and system in my body. It felt strange—too new-age for my skeptical mind. They handed me a 20-page report, and I wondered, Is this even real? Or do they just give this same chart to everyone?
And then... something wild happened.
When the Chart Knew More Than I Did
The night before we left for Ohio, I had gone to a party. A joint was passed around, and although I didn’t normally smoke, that night I did. Later, I found out it had been laced—but at the time, I had no idea besides the fact that I felt really high.
When I reached the final page of my sound frequency report, I saw a section labeled “Drugs.” Right there, it listed the exact substance that was in that joint: Angel Dust.
I was stunned. I immediately called my friend who had been at the party and asked if she’d heard anything. She had—someone else had just confirmed the joint was laced. She was floored when I told her the exact drug it had been laced with. “How did you know that?” she asked. I said, “It was in my sound frequency report.”
It was the wake-up call I needed to believe. I knew this was real.
The Laugh, The Run, and The Moment I Knew
They gave me a set of frequencies tailored to my imbalances. I sat through the session with headphones on, and partway through, I started laughing uncontrollably—which was shocking and a little embarrassing. But the practitioners smiled and said, “That’s a good sign. That’s your body saying, ‘Yes. This is what I need.’”
Afterward, I stood up and said, “I think I can run.” I stepped outside the LaQuinta Hotel and ran around the building with no pain and tears in my eyes.
Right then, I told myself:
“One day, I want to do this for a living.”
The Dream That Brought Me Back
Years passed, and life moved on. But about seven years ago, I had a dream. All I remembered was a gentle, simple nudge: explore sound healing again. That same morning, without me sharing the dream, a client excitedly invited me to a sound bath. I knew the universe was guiding me back.
That experience opened the next door—tuning fork training through Eileen McKusick’s method. As a seasoned massage therapist, I always sensed that I was only scratching the surface of what my clients truly needed. I began to understand that pain wasn’t always physical—it was energetic. And sound could reach it.
From Tuning Fork Therapy to Crystal Bowl Sound Healing
After that dream nudged me back toward sound work, I began training in Tuning Fork Therapy, specifically through Eileen McKusick’s Biofield Tuning method. It was eye-opening. As a massage therapist, I could only go so far with the body. But I started to realize something deeper: many of my clients weren’t just holding tension in their muscles—they were storing memories and emotional imprints in their biofield.
I’d bring the forks into my sessions, telling clients, “I’ll only use them for 2–5 minutes, just to see how you feel.” Almost everyone noticed a difference. They didn’t always understand the science, but they could feel that their pain was loosening up more than usual. That’s the magic of frequency healing—the body doesn’t need to consciously “get it” for it to work.
Eventually, I realized that working in the biofield—sometimes 6 feet off the body—was a stretch for many clients. So I shifted gears to something more accessible and widely accepted: Crystal Sound Bowls.
I chose to train specifically in crystal sound bowls because of their powerful resonance and their unique safety profile—they’re gentle, grounding, and safe for fertility and pregnancy. As someone who now supports women in all phases of their reproductive health, I needed a sound tool that wouldn’t overstimulate the system. Crystal bowl sound healing delivers exactly that—deep relaxation, subtle energetic alignment, and nervous system support without disruption.
The Pandemic, Google, and the Birth of a Sound Healing Program
Then 2020 hit. The world stopped. Massage therapy shut down. My clients were hurting—emotionally and physically. So I began offering free virtual sessions, using sound to help them cope.
To my surprise, many began reporting that they were getting better results virtually than in person. We realized it was because they felt safer at home. They could fully let go and process their emotions in their own sacred space.
What began as a few free sessions turned into months of service—and a growing buzz at Google. I knew I couldn’t keep up with all the one-on-ones. I needed a way to reach more people.
So I created a Sound Healing Program at Google.
I’ve now led dozens of events, both virtually and in person—spanning team offsites, global wellness weeks, and personal healing sessions. The feedback has been incredible. I even was starting training other practitioners to help scale the impact.
A Full Circle Moment
While I was on maternity leave—having just given birth during a sound bath, by the way!—my department was eliminated during layoffs. And just like that, after 15 years at Google, my corporate chapter came to an end.
But I wasn’t sad. I was ready.
Now, I get to do what I was always meant to do.
Today, I bring sound healing and women’s wellness to the world. I support fertility journeys, emotional release, trauma healing, and nervous system regulation—all through the vibrational medicine that first healed me.
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