There was a time in Amy's life when she felt it was difficult to see the forest through the trees.

Experiencing frustration and uncertainty was viewed as a normal part of everyday life.  Yet, it didn't feel good and she knew there must be another way to live.

At first she began to try and control things around her.  After a while that became pointless and she started to work on herself.  Learning to love herself after many years of self-loathing to one degree or another was an experience in and of itself that was worthy of the undertaking.  Attention to her thoughts and feelings brought about a change and a pleasant one at that.  However, she wanted more. 

"I no longer wanted to live from the perspective that life is not easy or fair.  I was ready for a change, a real shift from where I felt stuck in unrest to a place where life would peacefully unfold in alignment with my source of Life... from love itself."

The idea that spirituality factored into the equation was tangled with lingering questions Amy had since she was a little girl.  She recalls standing at the dishwasher with her Grandmother around the age of 4, pondering the love of her Creator.

Amy asked, "Grandma, how do you know Jesus loves you?  How do you know Jesus was?"

Her Grandmother's faithful reply was, "Because the Bible tells me so."

Although Amy appreciated her Grandmother's answer, it did not satisfy her.  She wanted to know her source of Life in a way that felt for sure.  She wanted to know it, to feel it, through and through.

As soon as she was able, Amy began reading the Bible.  Her teen years approached and a vast period of nothingness around spirituality followed the death of a loved one, who at the end of her years had shown Amy the most unconditional love she had ever felt.  God had not answered her prayers to keep her loved one alive.

"I was sick with grief and anger.  It took me years to consider any relationship with spirituality other than the occasional 'God, please help me!' when I was upset.  I had a deep sense during these times of despair that I wanted to go 'home', yet it wasn't the physical home that I was talking about.  The frustration eventually led me to kindling a new relationship with my source of Life.  I read more literature and philosophy on the nature of God and the nature of humans.  The path began to light up."

An early audio Amy listened to with Jack Canfield stayed with her and reminded her time and time again of her ultimate mission.  Jack  commented on the study of people who had near death experiences (NDE).  Across all lines of faith and no faith, color of skin, gender, socioeconomic status, you name it - they all had one thing in common: at some point during the experience they looked at the ways they had withheld love throughout their lifetime.  Amy knew she was already feeling the sadness she would inevitably feel upon her departure, for her anger and frustration had erupted in ways that definitely yielded a very conditional love at times. 

"The pain I felt at continuing to live my life in this manner was not something I could bear.  I continued on my search and read Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch.  The reading evoked a major epiphany.  My purpose in life was to 'live love'.  Not just say 'I love you' or act loving from time to time, but to live it, in every moment.  It became very clear that to completely live love in the manner I desired, I would have to dissolve the fear I held through dissecting the ideas that created it.  I continued to read, discuss, and study.  I practiced... and read some more."

Eckhart Tolle's book, A New Earth, was a completing piece for the self-constructed puzzle Amy had created.  The realizations within were affirming and even chapters into it she felt an expansion of awareness and a renewed sense of life purpose.  She truly understood the totality of our human existence and the value of staying in the present.  She knew that presence, living in and from the present moment, was what she was looking for all along.  Putting it into consistent practice was now the challenge, and the responsibility.

While reading A New Earth, Amy faced the reality of her own death in a way she never before imagined.  What came after the terrifying event is beyond explanation with words.  Amy had a profound awakening experience which brought about an inner peace and knowing that she had not previously felt with such clarity or depth. 

"Layers of fear were washed through and from me on all levels while the source of peace within was clearly illuminated.  In the days and months that followed, I experienced glimpses of myself and our Earth from a very broad perspective that highlighted the peace and oneness of our True nature."

Amy could no longer deny any aspect of the truth that pervades all humanity.  This truth is waiting to be discovered within each one of us.  To start the journey, one must be willing to gradually accept and release resistance and judgment in order to experience and harness complete acceptance and love. 
 

Through the realizations, Amy has committed to the practice of living her life in and from presence.  For through all of the hurt of the past, worry about the future, and human created separation... what we truly have is now.   Amy offers private sessions, discussions, and workshops as part of her contribution to the ever unfolding and deepening process of awakening to one's true nature, for the benefit of the individual and the whole.

Although much of Amy's knowledge has come through research, application, volunteer and life experience, she also spent several years in formal education focused on the areas of Child Development, Social Work, Humanities, Philosophy, and Communications.  The compilation of experience has allowed Amy to embody a very broad understanding of life and what gets in the way of really making the most of one's life, along with concrete ways to dissolve what stands in the way so the Truth can be realized. 

In addition to Amy's work with individuals and groups through Innate Wholeness, she offers assistance to parents who desire a peaceful parenting experience through Transformational Parenting and provides support to teachers who want to teach in peace through Enjoy Teaching Now.  To capture the simple essence of Amy's work, she created Stop. Think of Love., a resource to begin bringing awareness to one's thoughts.


As a mother, Amy knows the deep feelings that parents carry to the task of caring for their children, from pregnancy to empty nest and beyond.  In addition to the work Amy does through private sessions, a great part of her life purpose at this point is assisting parents in realizing their true nature and role.  The 'normal' expected overwhelm of parenting is a myth.  A myth that is playing out in families across the planet.  The true purpose of parenting itself becomes clear once the way is paved for peace. 

“The experiences we define as problematic or difficult with children are actually opportunities in disguise. The act of parenting itself is a grand series of these opportunities encompassing one huge possibility: to realize our true nature, which is one of peace, love, and joy.”

Feel free to read more about Amy and her parenting journey at www.transformationalparenting.com.