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I Help Wellness Venues Stop Compromising on What Matters Most

Founder, trauma-informed practitioner, and the person who'll tell you the truth about what's actually in those beautiful bottles.

I didn't set out to become a beverage consultant. Honestly, that wasn't even on my radar.

My path here started in the Air Force, continued through becoming a Taekwondo black belt and raising three kids, and took a sharp turn when I discovered yoga and shadow work as part of my own healing. I became obsessed with understanding why we reach for what we reach for—not just the surface habits, but the nervous system patterns and unprocessed emotions underneath.

When I became a founding member of Sechey, Charleston's first alcohol-free bottle shop, I thought I'd found my people. And I had. But I also found something else: a massive gap between marketing claims and actual ingredient integrity. I'd read labels that looked like chemistry experiments on brands being sold as "wellness drinks." I watched beautiful bottles with adaptogens listed at 5mg per serving—amounts so small they'd do absolutely nothing. I saw the same preservative combinations I'd learned to avoid showing up in products at $8 a bottle.

The cognitive dissonance was everywhere, but it was loudest in luxury wellness spaces. Venues charging tens of thousands of dollars for longevity protocols were serving beverages that contradicted everything they taught. Not because they didn't care—because nobody was helping them see the disconnect.

So I became that person. I built relationships with clean-label founders, studied formulations obsessively, and started applying my trauma-informed lens to something most consultants miss: the why behind what we consume. Now I help wellness venues create beverage programs that actually align with their mission—and I only work with brands that meet standards I'd stake my reputation on.

Founding Member

Sechey, Charleston's alcohol-free bottle shop

Featured Expert

Longevity Fest 2025, Las Vegas (3,000+ attendees)

Trauma-Informed Training

700+ hours yoga & somatic healing certifications

Featured Expert

Eudemonia Summit, West Palm Beach

Shadow Work Coach

Holistic wellness practitioner specializing in conscious consumption patterns

Creator & Host

The Caim Circle: Shadow work coaching, memoir healing, and The Caim Circle Podcast

A woman preparing drinks behind a bar with various bottles of alcohol on shelves in the background, and a plate of sliced fruit on the bar counter.

A hand pouring champagne into a martini glass with an orange slice, with a bottle labeled "All the Bitter Aromatic Bitters" and a silver cocktail spoon on a white table.

Why a Trauma-Informed Lens Changes Everything

Most beverage consultants focus on flavor profiles, presentation, and profit margins. That's fine, but it misses the deeper picture.

I approach this work through the lens of nervous system regulation, the gut-brain axis, and shadow work. I understand that what we consume—and why we consume it—is never just about the product itself. It's about what we're seeking, avoiding, or trying to regulate in our bodies and our lives.

This means I see patterns other consultants miss. I understand why certain adaptogens work better at certain times. I know how gut irritants affect mood and stress response. I recognize when a beverage program is working against the very outcomes a venue promises.

I don't just hand you a product list—I help you understand which functional ingredients support parasympathetic activation, which ones energize without cortisol spikes, and which combinations actually work synergistically.

I train your staff to communicate about beverages in ways that honor your guests' nervous systems and intentions, not just upsell premium options.

I evaluate brands through a lens most consultants don't have: does this formulation support or undermine the body's natural healing capacity? Because if your guest just did two hours of breathwork and you serve them a drink with gut-disrupting preservatives, you've just contradicted your own protocols.

Two Brands,
One Philosophy

You might notice I also run The Caim Circle—a platform for shadow work coaching, memoir as healing, and conscious consumption education.

Here's how they connect: Untoxicated addresses what we consume (the beverages, the ingredients, the choices). The Caim Circle addresses why we consume (the patterns, the stories, the unprocessed emotions).

They're two sides of the same work. One focuses outward on ingredient integrity. The other focuses inward on personal transformation. Together, they offer a complete framework for conscious living.

Learn more about The Caim Circle →