About M.

Hey, I’m M.! Welcome to my (virtual) office, where I take really good care of you.

I am a Liberatory Priestexx, Deeply Concerned Human, Community Auntie, Resource Witch, Written Word Extraordinaire, Ethical Psychic, and iteration of God who already loves you, believes in you, and cares for you more than you can imagine.

As a modern-day spiritual teacher and healer, I live by the guidance of my soul. But this wasn’t always the case. I spent years trying to carve out space for myself in rock-solid institutions (academia, non-profits, the mental health industry, the nuclear family, heteronormativity, just to name a few) that were already crumbling. Despite my best efforts — I could never fit. Life got a lot easier when I stopped forcing and started flowing — when I accepted who I am and what I am here to do. I trust the same will prove true for you.

I’ve got 10+ years of wild, unrelenting experience that I will probably write a few memoirs about someday — but for now, let’s just say I’ve lived many lives as an activist, non-profit employee, artist, mental health professional, esoteric consultant, nanny, bartender, case manager, anti-carceral social worker, and even a graduate assistant (who was also a full blown alcoholic) before I found my final form as a (now sober) spiritual teacher, healer, and leader.

I accidentally went to school for feminism and social change. I thought I was gonna be a psychologist until I failed a mandatory stats class, which was the only class (to my knowledge) that I’ve ever failed in my life. Thank God that happened, because if it didn’t, I’d be miserable. And I would have never learned about Black Feminism, Queer Liberation, Transformative Justice, and all the other really cool things I got to study in college that have such a huge influence on my work and life.

Some other fun facts about me: I read like twelve books a month. I legit don’t know how I do it. I sometimes feel like a living breathing library.

And — I make lots of a mistakes! I stand by my self-proclaimed identity as an Earth Angel, but I’ve hurt people. A lot of trauma and conflict from my past remains unresolved. I’ve spent many of my years depressed, too anxious or co-dependent to function, and wanting to die. Spirituality alone didn’t save me, but it did give me a really foundational and liberating framework for understanding why exactly I’m on this Earth — which helps me stay alive everyday. My point is: I’m imperfect. I’ve learned really hard lessons. I am wise and intuitive and mostly composed in our sessions, but I share humanity with you.

I’ve been protected by privilege. I have also experienced the impact of systems that are cruel, unfair, vile, not just. I’m beyond ready for our conditions to shift. That’s why I do this work.

I’m unruly, expansive, and queer in most regards. I’m soft, but the fierce, raspy, biting kind. If I had to be a pie, I’d be a homemade cherry with no artificial sweetener. Not that you asked.

Most people who come within a ten foot radius of me (on a good day) describe feeling touched by warmth and love. I’ve lived all over the place. Right now I’m in the Midwest, on occupied Indigenous land.

I’m white. I think a lot about whiteness but I don’t talk about it on the internet because I am still figuring out how to say what I have to say. But I want you to know I have a racial consciousness and am aware of my positionality. I am committed to multi-racial solidarity. I cherish and value Black, Brown and Indigenous life.

And yes- my name is really just M., like the letter. It’s a shortened version of my birth name, which doesn’t resonate with me anymore and if you ask me about it, I’ll either swerve the question or handle it with grace.

(Oh, and I do smile with my teeth — just not in any of these pictures!

I won’t be able to STOP smiling when I hear you talk about your visions, hopes, and dreams in our deep dive intro session!)

Talk soon —