About Me

My journey with sex, gender, and pleasure began in my youth, informed partly by growing up on my family’s farm. I was young when I began helping my mother with births, breeding, and end-of-life care for animals in the barn—experiences that impacted me deeply. Alongside this, I faced both the curiosities of exploring my own gender and orientation and the challenges of early experiences with sexual abuse.

As I grew, I was naturally drawn to books on the biology, spirituality, and social impact of gender and sexuality. In university, I dove into courses like Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Difference and Feminist Psychologies, which helped me better understand my experiences while igniting a passion for supporting others in exploring their own journeys. I co-founded a peer wellness collective, wrote articles on sexuality for the student newspaper, and even started a business sewing gender-expansive lingerie.

After graduation, I joined Come As You Are Co-operative, a worker-owned anti-capitalist sex shop that became my professional home for a decade. During my time as a worker/owner, I trained with some of the field's most respected sex educators, including Emily Nagoski, Luna Matatas, Ducky DooLittle, Courtney Trouble, Cory Silverberg, Andrea Zanin, and Midori. I read countless books, watched hours (and hours!) of porn, learned about thousands of sex toys, and engaged in endless conversations supporting customers in their pleasure goals.

During this time, I also co-founded GenderGear.ca—a website offering gender affirming products for trans and non-binary folks— and organized the annual Erotic Arts and Crafts Fair, a celebration of DIY indie sex culture in Toronto. Later, I worked with Fuze Toys, Canada's largest maker of medical-grade silicone sex toys and dilators.

In 2017, my life took a turn when I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. This diagnosis led me to The Wahls Protocol, a diet and lifestyle approach that transformed my health. My healing journey also brought me to somatic therapy, which naturally aligned with my passion for embodiment and sexuality. I began deepening my knowledge by studying with Jane Clapp, a Jungian analyst and embodiment-focused trauma specialist based in Toronto.

Today, I am a certified Sexologic Bodyworker and Somatic Sex Educator through the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education, where I also serve as Adjunct Faculty. My training includes trauma-informed approaches to embodiment and cultivating pleasure, plus includes important awareness of navigating systemic oppressions and the gender galaxy. I’ve also completed a De-armouring Practitioner Training via Dearmourng Arts in the Netherlands, a training which blends modern trauma recovery tools with traditional medicine-work practices.

Further, over the last few years, I’ve pursued a number of additional trainings, including:

  • Fascial Feel: Trauma Informed Myofascial Release for Touch Professionals - Ailsa Keppie

  • Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the 21st Century - Barbara Carrellas

  • Traumatic Stress & the Breath - Jane Clapp & Jennifer Snowdon

  • Trauma Informed Buteyko Breath Retraining Program - Jennifer Snowdon

  • Fighting Monkey Movement & Traumatic Stress Recovery - Jane Clapp & Elke Schroeder

  • Embodied Dignity & Boundaries - Jane Clapp

  • Trauma Informed Strength Training - Jane Clapp

  • Movement For Trauma L1 Certification Training - Jane Clapp

  • Awaken The Body, Connect to the Heart De-armouring Training - Nathan Marcuzzi

  • Reiki Energy Healing L1 - Reiki Energy School

Beyond my work, I love swinging kettlebells, eating veggies, reading, gardening, fermenting, and basking in the sun. I live and work on Lekwungen-speaking territory, colonially known as Victoria, BC.