About Amy

Multi-passionate advocate. Creative, compassionate coach. Courageous mom to many.

Amy at Papago Park, Arizona.

Born extremely sensitive and intuitive, my life is filled with keen awareness of how people experience their world. With all of our ups, downs and intricacies, each human being is truly a unique piece of work and a valuable piece of the whole.

One of my deepest passions is supporting people in exploring their innate awareness, value, potential, power and purpose, while recovering from past trauma. Early on much of my growth in service was focused around supporting my elders and volunteering with hospice to provide compassionate end of life care. After becoming a mom in 2000, my journey shifted to include supporting new moms with breastfeeding, attunement to their children’s needs and the philosophy of loving guidance; supporting parents with mindfulness and collaboration based coaching and sharing awareness practices with people from all walks of life to support whole person health.

Along with mothering, my heart has continued to grow through engaging with several local organizations. Our Community Listens to share communication skills, YWCA Great Lakes Bay Region to direct and facilitate Women’s Economic Empowerment programming, Midland Public Schools and Bay Arenac ISD to integrate mindfulness in education, Tri County Adjudication Program to support women with various skills for recovery, The Rock to encourage youth with vital social emotional skills and The Visibility Project Podcast to create connected, empathetic and inclusive community by listening to and learning from individuals whose stories are too often unheard.

Summer of 2021 brought about surprise, albeit welcome changes which opened space for me to reassess my priorities and create more flexibility for my family by formalizing Arising Phoenix Solutions LLC as a foundation for entrepreneurship.

Based on availability, current offerings include mindfulness based trauma sensitive support for parents, families, individuals and organizations who are working to integrate mindfulness into everyday life, recover from trauma, transform reactivity into intentional response, learn and implement healthy strategies to address stress, cultivate healthy relationships, resolve conflict collaboratively, grow spiritually and wholeheartedly embrace quality of life through awareness, intention and conscious choice, one moment at a time.

Background and Experience

Since 2007, my life has been significantly pointed towards what will relieve, and eliminate, suffering in the human experience. Due to personal experiences with childhood sexual abuse and relational trauma throughout my life, much of my study, work and approach is focused on how to prevent and recover from the destructive impacts of violation through sensitive, compassionate and integrative somatic awareness practices. Additionally, insights through training are applied to how we relate with ourselves and others in the context of awareness to restore innate power, safety, care, courage, connection and purposeful engagement with life. Some of the training programs that inform my practice are listed below.

  • Consciously Parenting Educator and Consultant Certification
  • 200 Hour Alignment 8 Registered Yoga Teacher Training; in process
  • IAOTRC Trauma Recovery Coach Certification; in process
  • Embodied Processing Practitioner Certification; in process
  • Complex Trauma Professional Certification; in process
  • Positive Psychology Emotional Intelligence; in process
  • Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Training; in process
  • Root Cause Therapy Certification; in process
  • Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies
  • Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate Levels I, II & III
  • Kiloby Inquiries Facilitator Certification
  • Compassion Key® Facilitator Certification
  • Universal Life Church Ordination
  • Discover You™ Coach Certification
  • Blue Ray Energy Healing & Awakening System
  • MBA Mindfulness with At-Risk Youth Training
  • UPLVL Communication™ Coaching Certification
  • Domestic Relations Mediation Facilitator Training
  • Bachelor of General Studies: Human Services and Psychology
  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
  • Yoga to Transform Trauma Teacher & Leader Training & Intensive
  • Planting Seeds of Wellness in Youth Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training
  • Getting Ahead While Getting Out Facilitator Training
  • Getting Ahead in a Getting By World Facilitator Training
  • Positive Discipline Parent Educator Certification
  • Mindful Schools Mindful Educator Essentials
  • Mindful Schools Mindfulness Fundamentals
  • Sarah Wood Meditation for Children Teacher Training
  • Kundalini & Usui Reiki Healing Systems
  • La Leche League Leader Training

Ready to Get Started?

Explore Mindfulness – Experience supportive practices to increase self awareness, self understanding and emotional regulation. Learn practical ways to slow down, embrace and understand your thoughts emotions, as well as how you react to them so you can learn to respond intentionally instead. Learn how mindfulness can enhance your parenting, relationships, work and life in general. Customized mindfulness programs are available for all ages, to include couples, families, schools, organizations, etc. Get in touch to explore mindfulness through one of my online offerings, private sessions or community programs.

Creative Coaching – Create space for you. Sessions in person or via distance phone or video are space for you to share, be heard, experience the powerful processes of reflective listening, meditative inquiry and strength based solutions. Each session is unique, focusing on what you need at that particular time. (Coming soon)

Sacred Henna – Experience the soothing nature of this ancient art while honoring and decorating the body. Available for private sessions and parties in mid Michigan, please email to discuss your needs.

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