I am a second-generation daughter of English and Italian immigrants, raised in Southern California during the 1970s and 1980s. From a young age, dance and music were my primary anchors - offering me a visceral understanding of the connection between embodiment and consciousness. I was born an empath, highly intuitive, yet without a framework for understanding these innate sensitivities. Like many, I navigated the complexities of developmental trauma and coped by creatively - and at times painfully - disconnecting from my body.

At the age of 13, when I stopped dancing, I entered a prolonged period of disembodiment, addiction, and disordered eating that lasted nearly a decade. It wasn’t until I moved to Hawai’i in my early adulthood that I began a profound journey of reconnection. Immersed in both Eastern and Western traditions, I explored consciousness through body-based therapies, 5Rhythms movement, women’s circles, Siddha Yoga, and traditional Sufi practices.

Over the years, I began to heal my inner wounds and deepen my connection to our universal intelligence. I came to understand that we all carry suffering - and that healing is often about remembering who we truly are and reclaiming our purpose in this world.

After earning a Master’s in Social Work, I spent the next two decades studying how life experiences shape our ability to connect - with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us. I devoted a decade to trauma-informed, body-based approaches in order to better understand how adversity and stress affect our biology, physiology, emotional patterns, relational dynamics, and even our creative and spiritual capacities. I have listed the programs I am trained in below although I am no longer serving in the role as therapist.

In 2019, I experienced an initiation into the next version of myself as a activator and midwife of our new paradigms of living that are centered in the heart and grounded through the body. As a living bridge, our programs are here to build community, foster embodied education, and support individuals who are on the path of embodied awakening and conscious evolution.

Today, I write, speak, and teach about the concept of channeling our embodied wisdom and the path of healing through our intimate relationships. Visit my Substack, Embody Your Signature Frequency, if you are interested in writing, videos, or practical tools to support your journey.

Paula has an Masters in Social Work although she is no longer serving in the role of a therapist at this time.

She has trained and integrated many of the following approaches and served as a leader in various forms throughout her 30 year career.

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Safe and Sound Protocol Certified
Co-creator Embodied Recovery Institute
BASE™ (Relational Bodywork and Somatic Education)
Transformative Touch (TEB)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Biofield Tuning® Practitioner
Holy Fire® III Reiki I,II, and Master Teacher
Medicine Wheel, 4 Winds
Certified Leven Institute, SYS Movement Teacher
Clinical Treatment Team Coordinator, Duke University
Adjunct Faculty SW School, UNC & Smith School of Social Work