I’m Angel — first, mama to Sebastian. Nothing matters more to me than walking him through this life, and nothing humbles me faster.

Out in the world, I co-founded Death Over Dinner and Drugs Over Dinner, global movements that have catalyzed more than 100,000 dinners in 30 countries, and counting. Through these initiatives, we partnered with the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Dr. Oz, the Cleveland Clinic, and other leading institutions to convene honest dialogue on death, addiction, and connection.

I’ve written and hosted gatherings for Roundglass, co-founded two yoga studios on the Carolina coast, and, since 2010, trained teachers and facilitators in meditation, emotional intelligence, somatic awareness, yoga, nervous-system literacy, and the mechanics of rewiring generational patterns.

I’m grateful to have worked closely with my dear friend and mentor, Dr. Gabor Maté, in trauma-healing retreats grounded in plant medicine + Compassionate Inquiry. Our work aligns through the lens that our pain can be transmuted, not just managed. This thread weaves into everything I create and offer. 

Way back in 2011, I helped build a little RV, hit the road with my two dogs, and The Yoga Bus was born. My mission, before trauma had become a trending hashtag, was to share practices for trauma healing in some of the most overlooked communities. That mission took me from the freeways and back roads of the US, all the way to South Africa, where I partnered with TRIAD Trust on sharing practices with HIV educators, in communities with infection rates believed to top 40%. In the US, I designed and led programs + practices for at-risk youth in wilderness therapy, a school serving an under-resourced community, and an industry-leading adolescent treatment center.

I didn’t take the traditional route in this life, by design. I wanted to experience and understand existence at the marrow. To walk straight into the avoided places, like grief, addiction, survival, repressed emotions, and belonging, and come out the other side carrying something true enough to offer back or pay forward.

The through line in all of my work is simply to collapse the illusions of separation and fear that drive disconnection and limit human potential.

Featured Stages + Events

• Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s Facing Addiction in America Summit
• The Dalai Lama’s 80th Birthday Gathering with Peak Mind Foundation
• Science and Nonduality’s Dying and Living Conference
• New York Academy of Medicine with Lab/Shul
• Kripalu
• Summit Series
• The Shift Network’s Psychedelic Healing Summit
• Newport Academy Adolescent Treatment Centers
• Sex, God & Yoga Conference
• Puget Sound Zen Center
• Institute of OM Women’s Summit
• Women Teach Men
• ReImagine at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
• Conscious Dying Summit at Harbin Hot Springs