About Emily

Waking Up to Life As It Is

In 2013, a series of life altering spiritual experiences catapulted me into a full time existential quest. Like many, I realized I had always felt, heard and seen the mystical invisible worlds but never had the confidence or language to share my reality with others. After years of soul searching and personal inquiry I have come to better understanding of who I am at the level of my soul.

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As a professional meditation instructor, spiritual guide and Soul Purpose Guide™ I offer others the wisdom I have learned through my 7 years of full time spiritual journeywork and the personal guidance I have received from some of the world's foremost teachers on Soul, Spirit and consciousness. I have worked directly with Adyashanti, Parker Palmer PhD, Joanna Macy PhD, Bill Plotkin PhD, Amma Sri Karunamayi and others. I have spent months in complete silence and continue to learn directly from my meditation and non-duality teacher Adyashanti. I have taught over 5,000 students in meditation practice and contemplative meditative inquiry using scientifically validated techniques. I have led more than 20 spiritual retreats in Bali, Indonesia for hundreds of international students. In the last 5 years I have guided various corporate groups through meditation including Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, CIBC Wood Gundy and Conestoga College. I hold training in Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as well as training in Vedic and Shamanic forms of meditation. In aspects of my work that include ceremony, my shamanic perspective is influenced by my shaman Dr. Joe Tafur and shamanic teacher Sandra Ingerman. I am also inspired by my Irish inheritance of seership and magic from my family lineage in Roscommon, Ireland.

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I am certified in Purpose Guiding™ through the Purpose Guide Institute led by Jonathan Gustin, MA, LMFT. I am currently leading clients through the process if Purpose Discovery and will be taking a new cohort of clients beginning July 2020 (please email me to apply). I am supervised by a Senior Soul Purpose Guide Brody Hartman through PGI and continue to receive peer guidance from my fellow certified Purpose Guides.

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I hold a BA in Psychology from McMaster University (2006) as well as an Advanced Applied Diploma in Behavioural Science Technology (2009). I have completed internships in clinical settings with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and adults with acquired brain injuries. 

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As a Soul Purpose Guide™, spiritual guide and meditation teacher, I combine my education in western psychology with my spiritual study in multiple disciplines. I am a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (RYT 200), a continuing student of Sri Vidya, Advaita Vedanta (Yoga), non-duality, meditation & mindfulness (MBSR trained), Ayahuasca plant medicine (TAPM - Shipibo Tradition), Vogel-cut crystal healing and Core Shamanism.

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