I had a thirteen year career in the legal field before retiring and finding my true calling in holistics. To that effect, I respect every person’s journey towards or away from natural healing. It doesn’t work for everyone – but neither does exclusive modern medicine. We’re all animals, let’s have some patience for one another’s processes.

But since you’re visiting and reading my blog, I’ll tell you of my journey here as a little break from *lecturing.* For thirteen years, I worked in personal injury law battling shitty employers trying to deny their workers adequate compensation for workplace injuries.  I loved this career, I felt fulfilled helping wrongfully terminated or inadequately compensated employees get their dues.  I was the epitome of a big city rat race participant. I dressed in black every day, drank black coffee each morning, avoided eye contact with strangers at the gym and on the train every morning, and then sat in a windowless office on a computer for ten hours before avoiding eye contact the whole train ride back home. This life made me happy.

I started seeing an integrative healthcare provider who was happy to provide prescriptions for modern medicinal healthcare but only after exhausting some alternative suggestions.  Whether this was vitamins, oils, meditation, yoga or simple breathing exercises that she had printed on the back of her business cards, I almost always found a way to make this first suggestion work. Besides an IUD as placed by a holistic midwife she referred, I took no prescription drugs or treatments for four healthy years.

Alternative medicines and treatments became a bigger and bigger part of my life while modern medicine became smaller and smaller. Of course, when my appendix became infected on Christmas, I went straight to the emergency room and modern medicine my appendix right the fuck out of here. But my post-surgical care was 90% holistic.

I spent my last three years as a personal injury lawyer completing night and weekend in holistic medicine and massage classes. I retired from my lucrative law career at the age of 39 with full intentions of becoming a holistic healer.

I’ve been running my massage studio and personal wellness center ever since and while the money is less, it’s of less importance. And I was always a good saver!