Hi, I’m Annie. I walk with people through the threshold moments—the transitions, reckonings, not-so-convenient initiations, and identity shake-ups that so often don’t get the attention and witness they deserve.

Before this chapter, I spent nearly twenty years as an artist and jewelry designer. In 2014, my mom’s ALS diagnosis cracked life wide open, soul-shake down style. I was being called to the mat, and into the deeper work: how we meet change, how we stay human inside unrelenting uncertainty, and how we find our way back to ourselves when the old maps stop working. Today, I offer 1:1 spiritual companionship sessions and host Full Moon Femme Night, spaces where folks can experience witness and soul-tending.

Journeying with my mom was an initiation I didn’t ask for, definitely didn’t feel prepared for - but it reshaped me none-the-less. It showed me where I had my own work to do: how to sit with what won’t resolve, how to stay present at the edge of endings, and how necessary it is to befriend ourselves. Especially when life goes sideways.

In 2017 I dove into the heart of this healing work at the New York Zen Center. I began a 7 year journey as a formal student there, and began training as a hospital chaplain at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Since then, I’ve trained on the spiritual care team at the Seattle VA, and led Death Cafés in Seattle, Portland, SF and Washington DC. I’ve sat in conversation with people in hospital rooms, on couches, at kitchen tables - discussing the things that matter most. And from all of that, I’ve come to understand a few things…

How we show up matters. When we reclaim our aliveness, our bodies, our belonging, that shift doesn’t stop with us. It disrupts the systems that rely on our numbness and compliance.

Play and pleasure matter. Yes, even here. Especially here. Play is medicine. Pleasure is a compass. We were never meant to white-knuckle our way through life.

We are not separate from the Earth. Our bones, breath, and blood are shaped by the same forces that carve rivers and coax seedlings into forests. When we honor ourselves, we’re honoring the Earth; when we forget ourselves, we forget Her too.

I offer gratitude to my teachers, especially Meg Vellejos McCoy and Koshin Pailey Ellison, whose wisdom, mischief, and devotion to the path continue to shape my own—particularly my commitment to re-education, service, and justice.

I do this work because I believe we deserve to come home to ourselves. To be met, witnessed, held, and occasionally lovingly provoked. To wake up—fully, fiercely, and yes… together.

Experience and Education
Alchemy: Advanced Mentorship (May 2024 – Present) with Meg Vellejos McCoy
A two-year advanced training in ritual, energetic and hands-on tending, somatic practice, ancestral wisdom, and spiritual re-education. Emphasis on holding complexity and cultivating "power with" rather than "power over" in the practitioner-client dynamic, fostering ethical, attuned, and liberatory healing spaces.

Soul Friend: Spiritual Companionship Training (March 2022 – March 2024) with Meg Vellejos McCoy
A two-year training in spiritual companionship and relational tending. Focus on group dynamics and holding space for transformation while exploring themes of social justice, spiritual calling, conflict navigation, and the interplay between personal and community values.

Chaplaincy training (September 2017-September 2019)
800 hrs The Brooklyn Hospital Center: Main hospital wards, ER, ICU
400 hrs The New York Zen Center: Zen education and practice
400 hrs Seattle Veteran’s Affairs: Bone Marrow Transplant Unit / Oncology

Bachelor of Arts: Middle Eastern Studies (2003) University of Washington
A multidisciplinary study of history, religion, and language with a focus on Jewish studies.