Debbie's Mission:
I guide women navigating perimenopause and menopause back to themselves — using Ayurvedic wisdom, nervous system tools, and the kind of inner work that makes real change actually stick. No quick fixes. No white-knuckling. Just ancient tools meeting modern life, with a guide who's walked the path herself.
My Story
Hi, I'm Debbie — Ayurvedic practitioner, psychology graduate, and someone who refused to accept that feeling lost, exhausted, and unlike herself was just "part of getting older."
For years I did everything right. I stayed busy, I cared for everyone around me, I pushed through. But somewhere in my mid-forties, my body started sending louder signals. The sleep disappeared. The energy tanked. The brain fog was real. And the wellness things I'd always relied on? They stopped working.
I didn't know it then, but I was in perimenopause —
and nobody had handed me a map.
What I found instead was Ayurveda. And it genuinely changed everything.
Not because it gave me a pill or a protocol, but because it gave me a framework — a way of understanding my body, my rhythms, and my life that actually made sense. I stopped fighting my body and started working with it. The fog lifted. The energy returned. I felt like myself again — honestly, a more grounded, powerful version of myself than I'd ever been.
That's when I understood: this transition isn't a breakdown. In Ayurveda, it's a doorway. The beginning of your most sovereign chapter.
I trained formally with Ayurvedic teacher Cate Stillman, deepened my psychology background, and began quietly guiding other women through what I'd navigated myself. The Second Fire Framework is the distillation of everything I learned — in the books, in practice, and in my own body.
One more thing I'll say, because it matters: I was raised to be self-sufficient. Strong. Stoic. Asking for help felt like weakness — it was practically written into my DNA. It took hitting my own wall to realize that seeking a guide isn't weakness. It's the most courageous thing you can do for yourself.
I'm now calm, clear, and confident in my ability to keep climbing — literally and figuratively. 🏔️ I respond to life instead of reacting to it. I have a body manual that works. And I want that for you too.
You don't have to figure this out alone.
I'd love to walk beside you.