It's a Spiritual Calling

Working with a private tapping coach, Karen Ai I experienced rapid and profound healing from my trauma. I knew I wanted to share it with others, especially dog parents.

My journey to becoming both a holistic dog trainer and tapping practitioner emerged from my own experiences with training, trauma and healing.

Before I became a professional trainer, I experienced the emotional fallout after we hired a trainer who advised us to use shock and prong collars on our own dogs. It wasn't effective, it increased their anxiety and we lost their trust. It always felt wrong in my gut.

At the time I was walking a doberman named Draco, who is now in Spirit and one of my greatest teachers. Draco connected me to my Holistic Dog Training mentor Roman Gottlieb (HDT) who taught me that working with dogs starts with respect, safety, trust and compassion. 

I continued my studies with L.E.G.S. Family Dog Mediation (FDM) and became a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) after working for a short time at Wonder Dogs in Corvallis, OR.

After working with many families, it became clear to me that I needed a tool to help people with the emotional side of dog training, especially for difficult behaviors like fear, aggression and reactivity.

Tapping (AKA EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique) is an energy modality that changed my life.

Twenty years after experiencing the 9/11 attacks, I was still struggling with PTSD, depression, anxiety, insomnia and bipolar disorder. Traditional therapy helped with symptoms, but something was missing. The negative emotions remained stored in my body, affecting every aspect of my life.

Working with a private tapping coach, Karen Aquinas, I experienced rapid and profound healing from my trauma. I knew I wanted to share it with others, especially dog parents.

Stress is an epidemic in our culture and modern life is making our dogs stressed out, too. Having a stressed out dog is stressful. 

I became certified in Modern Energy Tapping and Professional Dog Training to empower humans and dogs to discover a peaceful life together.