Meet Holly

I’m Holly, a certified medical intuitive and licensed acupuncturist with a master’s degree in Chinese medicine and 30 years of experience in the healing arts. I would love to get to know you, spend time with you, and help you along on your healing journey. Most people are drawn to having a session with me when they are feeling stuck or lost in health and in life. In a session with me, you’ll get lots of good information, clarity, insight, and direction allowing you to feel you can move forward toward health and wholeness.

On a personal note, I also have chronic disease. I am a Fire constitutional type. Anxiety, insomnia, adrenal fatigue, digestive issues, gallbladder issues, menstrual issues, and dizziness/vertigo have been with me most of my adult life. I have learned to work with and manage these diseases on each of the four levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. I have come to see these diseases as gifts in my life. Although there has been a lot of discomfort and challenges with these diseases, they have given me greater self-awareness and wisdom. For example, adrenal fatigue has shown me my habitual patterns of people pleasing and trying to make others happy. And gallbladder issues have shown me my habitual patterns of low self-assuredness and internalized anger.

I grew up with a mom who taught yoga and meditation. I learned to meditate at a young age and was inducted in the American Meditation Society at the age of 5. Reflexology, homeopathy, healthy food, and herbal supplements were a part of my everyday life as a child. My mom supported and encouraged my intuitive abilities at a young age because she has such a strong intuition herself. She has a journal entry from when I was four years old which says, “she seems to intuitively know what I’m thinking many times and says ‘she hears it in her mind’.”

Looking back on my career in the healing arts, which began in 1994, I can see that I always tended to draw in people whose physical issues were caused by mental, emotional, and spiritual imbalance. As a massage therapist, my clients tended to remember deep things from childhood or be able to release emotions stored in an area of physical tissue I worked on. Similarly, as a yoga teacher, I had a handful of yoga students who remembered repressed childhood trauma by opening and expanding their physical body in yoga poses.

I began practicing as a licensed acupuncturist in 2008 and this is really where I began to see how much our mind and emotions play a part in our physical health and disease. With the knowledge and understanding of the Five Elements of Chinese medicine, I was able to connect the dots between what happens in the mind and what happens in the body. I would often intuitively “see” the mental and emotional root of disease in my acupuncture patients, but I didn’t always feel that it was appropriate to share what I was picking up. My acupuncture patient wasn’t always prepared to hear deep and stirring insights into themselves. Many wanted to just relax on the table during their treatment, understandably so.

So in 2017, I left my beloved acupuncture practice to do intuitive readings where my clients were prepared for deeper insights and revelations. In my years as an intuitive consultant, I honed my understanding of each level of our being: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. And I have created a treatment plan for disease caused by mental and emotional imbalance which is what I offer in Five Element Sessions.

The common ground amongst those whose diseases are rooted in mental and emotional imbalance are these:

1. Your disease is difficult to diagnose, complex, and doesn’t seem to respond well to routine treatment.
2. You are doing everything right like eating the right foods, avoiding the wrong foods, taking medicine, herbs, supplements, exercising, yoga, meditation, etc and yet symptoms still persist.
3. You have an inner knowing or gut feeling that your physical symptoms are a manifestation of your mind and emotions.

In Chinese medicine, there is a saying about healing that goes ‘the best progress is slow steady progress’. I hope to give you the tools to navigate your healing journey in a stable and supportive way. My opinion is that our mind and emotions play a much bigger part in our physical body than our current medical culture recognizes. By examining health on each of the four levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual, we have a greater understanding of ourselves and a greater chance of true healing and returning to a feeling of wholeness or original nature, as the Taoists call it.

I live in the Denver, Colorado area with my cherished, dear, wonderful husband Joe and our doggies Ciro and Fergus.

I hope to get the chance to get to know you sometime. Below is a whole bunch of stuff so that you can get to know me!

• Certificate in Medical Intuition. The Aspen Program for Psychic Development. 2014
• Master of Science in Oriental Medicine. Southwest Acupuncture College. 2008
• 105-hour Internship at Heilongjiang University Hospital in Harbin, China. 2008
• Iyengar yoga teacher training. 2003-2005
• Certified Massage Therapist. Cypress Health Institute. 1999
• Bachelor of Science in Interpersonal Communication. Ohio University. 1994
• 50-hour course in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Academy of Modern Applied Psychology (online). 2021

• Intuitive Consultant. 2017-present. I began giving intuitive readings in 2010 and have done thousands of readings since. I love giving people a pathway forward in life and in health. A story about my medical intuitive skills is featured in Wendie Colter’s book The Essentials of Medical Intuition. I am a member of the National Organization for Medical Intuition and the International Association of Medical Intuitives.
• Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist. 2008-2017. I had a private practice with a full herbal pharmacy. I loved giving people a holistic approach to healing. I worked for Kaiser Permanente in their Center for Complementary Medicine from 2010-2012.
• Iyengar Yoga Teacher. 2003-2009. Taught yoga in the therapeutic style of Iyengar yoga. Helped people with knee, back, shoulder, and other injuries. Helped people rehabilitate from stroke and heart issues. Iyengar yoga was what helped my neck, shoulders, arms, and hands after overuse and overwork as a massage therapist.
• Certified Massage Therapist. 1999-2007. Loved helping people relax with massage. I have training in classic massage (Swedish), Reiki, polarity therapy, craniosacral therapy, and core synchronism.
• Physical Therapist’s Aide. 1994-1998. While living in the amazing ski town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, I had the great good fortune of working at the local physical therapist’s office. I learned so much about injury rehabilitation, strength training, and anatomy.
• Meditation and Mindfulness Practice. 1978-present. I grew up with a mom who taught yoga and meditation. I was 5 years old when I was inducted into the American Meditation Society. I feel so fortunate to have had the tenets of meditation given to me at such a young age. In my adult life, my meditation practice has been informed by Buddhism, Shambhala Buddhism, and Taoism.

• I love British murder mysteries. Shows like Vera, Endeavor, Midsomer Murders, and Dalgliesh are among my favorites.
• I love walking in nature with our doggies Ciro and Fergus.
• Joe and I both love hockey and are avid Colorado Avalanche fans.
• I love to do embroidery.
• Reading is another hobby of mine. Historical fiction with a strong female lead is my favorite genre. 
• My favorite food is tacos. Yum!
• My favorite color is pink. Yay!