Hi, I'm Amelia - 

and this is my story.

As a Soul Work coach, spiritual counselor, astrologer and educator, I focus on helping women shed the self-doubt rooted in internalized patriarchal dominator culture, embrace heart centered leadership and step into authentic self-expression.

Far too often, our vibrancy, brilliance, and genius of women, queer folks and people of the global majority is constricted by a lifetime of conditioning that tries to shape us into an illusory ideal. Systemic oppression and opportunity barriers are real, but so are the internal constructs that prevent us from showing up fully to pursue what we want - and what we're capable of creating, building or achieving.

My role is to help us shed old skins, and step into our favorite - and most powerful selves.

Yoga Education Innovator

Since 2013, I’ve had the honor of training thousands of practitioners in yoga and coaching hundreds of visionary entrepreneurs to hone their soul work and create greater impact and income.

As the founder of Stoked Yogi, I made a splash in the yoga world fusing my loves of surfing, stand up paddle boarding and yoga into one of the first world-class paddle board (SUP) yoga organizations and certifying bodies. For ten years, I lived "sandy, salty, sun-kissed and stoked" as I built a global community of water-loving yogis and trained over eight hundred teachers how to safely adapt their practice and teaching to the water. 

Leading the way in a new field opened opportunities to write for Yoga Journal, be featured in Huffington Post, and teach for festivals and conferences across North America. The key wisdom I learned from growing a multi-six figure yoga education business in a previously non-existent field is this: 

It is possible to make good money *and* change the world doing what you love.

Soul-Centered Business Coach

In 2016, alumni from teacher trainings began asking how to build business, grow social media community, generate global visibility through strategic public relations, care for themselves and actually get paid along the way.

My coaching practice was born, supporting entrepreneurs in yoga, fitness, spirituality, wellness and the creative arts. Guiding my work was the core principle that our dreams exist for a reason, and success is a matter of making one small, clear decision after another.

This "idea worth spreading" got me invited to speak on stage at TEDx (watch it here), well-known conferences and podcasts like Lori Harder's Earn Your Happy (listen here), and featured in media Ladies Get Paid (read it here).

I've helped start-up founders heal childhood trauma and seed $2M+ in funding, coached struggling brick and mortar owners to shift online to $250k+ annually, supported a single mama entrepreneur to generate consistent 6 figures a year through online courses, and served 100+ entrepreneurs to launch, scale and create vision and values-aligned success - on their own terms.

Philosophy & Approach

Lasting change happens at the soul level, often originating with ‘deep experiences:’ transformative, initiatory processes that shift worldview, rewrite old narratives, expand awareness and help folks embody their truest expression.

My professional approach to expanding awareness is rooted in twenty years of spiritual study, Integral Yoga philosophy, transpersonal psychology and eco-feminist values. I am finishing a master’s program in East-West/Engaged World Psychology at California Institute for Integral Studies, and continuing into PhD research in psilocybin-supported rites of passage.

Identity position and unearned privilege play a key role in my work; as a white, cis-gendered, able-bodied, U.S. citizen (the descendent of settlers from England, Scotland and Ireland), I acknowledge my unpaid ancestral debts. I'm working to restore fragmentation, reduce harm and disrupt my role in racism, colonialism, American imperialism, patriarchy and capitalism.

With curiosity, warmth and non-judgment, I invite us to journey together in exploration of the expanded self; integrating ego, soul, relationships, community and Earth. Walking with others on the spiral path of remembrance and reclamation is my greatest joy and purpose.

Life Beyond Work

When I'm not wearing the hats of writer - speaker - astrologer - coach, you might find me wearing one of my other hats. 

I'm married to a wonderful, creative, caring, surf-obsessed, ocean-loving man. We live in Portugal and are raising two awesome boys, 9 and 4. 

In my free time, you'll find me devouring books, wandering on the beach, catching some waves in the ocean, exploring secret wildflower fields in nearby woodlands, tending my altar, drinking matcha or coffee (no matter how many times I give up caffeine, I keep coming back), painting, journaling, or when I'm lucky (and intentional about it), doing absolutely nothing and relishing it. 

If I'm living my legacy the way I intend to, my work blends into my personal life and my life flows into my daily work. By making the beauty of what I love be what I do, approaching relationships as a path of service, creating a life that is also art, and tending the sacred together, all parts of these lives of ours are soul work.