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             For the past 20 years I spent my life as a hairstylist in a busy salon in Marin County                               California.  I had the rare opportunity to work for years alongside my mom and sister                           being creative and developing amazing bonds and friendships with some of the best                           families in my town.  It brought me so much joy helping others feel their best and                                 being a part of their lives!  The relationships and friendships that formed will never                               change.  I was lucky to have had so many amazing people to share stories with.  I                                 miss them dearly!!   

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             OK, but how does this have anything to do with where I am today? First, let me                                     rewind a bit...... 

 

Lucky for me, I met my future hubby while we were just pups! In 2001 we got married and became parents to two kids a few years later, 3 years apart.  Kayla was born in 2004 and Anthony in 2007.   

Years flew by and before we knew it, it was the fall of 2011.  Kayla was in 2nd grade and  Anthony was beginning his final year of preschool. Our world was about to be set on fire and life as we knew it would never be the same. 

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11/11/11. BOOM. My perfectly healthy 7 1/2 year old daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer.

 

Which one? Medulloblastoma (for those of you who are wondering)

 

We would spend close to a year by kayla's side during the battle of her life at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.  To say this changed my perspective on EVERYTHING is an understatement.  Want to know more? You can read my blog I kept daily during treatment here:  

 

 

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During treatment, Denny discovered his passion for nursing.  He was a natural!  After treatment, we had a burning desire to be more present in both kids lives. They would need us now more than ever.  As a nurse, Denny would have many more days off along with the medical benefits we would now need even more. So, we returned to California and Denny began nursing school full time.  It would also be a full time job, forever, trying to undo some of the trauma that occured over those 8 months.  As the months following treatment came and went,  the horrific side effects from treatment began to pop up .  With Denny in school full time, the negative effects from this added stress dropped like a bomb on me creating life long health struggles. I felt trapped in the cycle. How could we ever come back from something like this and be ok? I needed to find something.... It was scary and frustrating. Before I knew it, choices were no longer mine to make and I would learn again what it's like to have the rug pulled out from beneath my feet.

 

As a result from all of the stress, my own health declined rapidly. I was in and out of the ER over and over causing me to miss noticeable amounts of work.  The salon work was very fulfilling emotionally and creatively, but I was constantly struggling not to let my clients down.  But again, God had other plans for me.  The pain that kept me from work was actually severe aortic stenosis.  (I had a severe narrowing in the main Vessel that carries blood from your heart).  So again, I was forced to leave my clients high and dry as I went without pay to deal with my own life and death health issues. I endured a 10 hour surgery    ( 5 years almost to the day from Kayla's ) that would then lead to a few long term irreversible health issues.   How in the world would I be able to keep up this pace? Depression became a real thing to me. I never understood it until then

 

One night as I was scrolling through FB, I saw a post that would change the course of my future (but I didn't know it then).  On top of the serious things going on, I also was blessed to have horrific cystic acne and nothing was working to make it go away. I tried everything we had in the salon for years. I researched and tried things recommended online. I spent hundreds at Sephora.  Nothing ever worked.  It hurt so bad. It was like adding insult to injury. 

 

Back to the scrolling on FB. That night, there it was. A side by side picture that would change my world. This woman who's face looked like mine in the before pics, had an after picture with her skin CLEAR.  OMG what in the world was that??? I needed it. So I sent my friend Sarah a message. She was also a St Jude momma.  She and I had become friends while her adorable two year old son was being treated for a different type of brain tumor.  Sadly, Connor didn't survive.  However, Connor is now spreading massive pixie dust from heaven and here is how.  My friend had just become a Rodan + Fields Consultant and was donating 100% of the commissions she earned to perpetuate the legacy programs she started in her deceased son's honor.  Selling bracelets and t-shirts was a waste of money and time.  So, to know I was helping her do that was all I needed to know.  I ordered it and for the first time ever.. it WORKED. Within 3 days I knew this was different. My skin had never reacted in such a positive way before! I knew I needed it and I wanted it at the lowest cost b/c this was my new addiction.  Something was making me feel better about myself during a time nothing was going right. So that was that. I got a business kit so I could get the consultant discount.  I never had any intention of giving my store link to anyone except my mom and sister. But my clients noticed and they asked. I shared... as I always do when I find something legit! 

I never had a chance to be skeptical at all because:  A. It was working.  B. I was making enough commission off of my family to get my own skin care for free.  They could cancel at any time but I knew they wouldn't. Their skin was changing too!!   From there, my business grew.  I continued to work it from doctors offices, couches, cars... anywhere I had a minute.  During the days and weeks I spent home recovering from my own surgeries, I would connect with my team and it really did offer a great distraction!  At this time I began to discover the financial and emotional benefits from a job worked in the nooks and crannies. My little tiny side gig was slowly replacing my full time salon income!!! 3 years later, I am now one of the top producers in my team.  I fuel my passion for helping others by imparting the knowledge and skills necessary for success!

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If you know me or follow me, I hope you see the inspiration and reasons behind my passion because of what we have been through. 

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