i love simple things. i feel complex things. welcome to my heartspace!

Hi fellow soul, I’m Kerry! I am passionate about environmentalism, social justice, yoga, fitness, food, wellness and traveling. I am most committed to curiously living a life in honor of the flow of the Universe breathing in my own veins. I am all for the self acceptance and love revolution that embraces the exploration of what it is to be human without shame. Creating a life that I am head over heels with and opening my heart over and over is not and will never be a one time thing. It is a practice, just like yoga. I believe the practice of being vulnerable and being open to rewiring is a journey that is enriched with story telling, humor and good company.

My intention in creating this website is to foster a corner that encourages us to recognize the birthright we have to be who we are at our core, to recognize the rich multiplicity of ways to living, and to give our souls complete freedom to do what makes our hearts sing. In doing so, we may see that our own self awareness and authenticity has the power to create a beautiful world that we crave to belong to and be nourished by.

What’s my why?

I founded The Awakened & Aligned Self Transformation because I know what it’s like to crave a deep internal shift and to search aimlessly in another podcast on intuition, a new therapist or the next yoga class to no avail. 7 years ago I experienced a major revelation that I was built for more. Built for a life closer to impact, connection and love. Prior to this, I was a college athlete attending a business school, living a linear and outwardly appearing successful life. I had all the things, was on my way to becoming society’s version of success, yet I had no true sense of self. Who really was I when no one was looking? Who was I without all the labels? Who was I beyond thoughts? I began this journey to seek answers but I had no support.  I had no emotional tools to self soothe, no wellbeing community, no cross support between Eastern and Western practices, and no idea how to pivot from my straight lined life. 

I was finding an abundance of tools but I quickly learned a hard lesson: you can have all the knowledge & good intentions in the world… but unless you know how to feel safe and lovable in your own skin, heal deep core wounds and expand into your spiritual essence…it’s easy to get stuck in over consuming self development information without making real change.  

So I set off on a mission to learn everything I could about Western Psychology and Eastern spiritual traditions in an effort to find how I could integrate into this modern world while feeling a deep content with my own self. I wanted to reclaim those BIG things like self compassion, trust, intuition, and creativity. I wanted to know my trauma beyond its buzzword and step forward from it in a more expanded way. And I wanted to step into a life that didn’t have so many boxes or labels for me to fit.  

In my search to master habits, inner beliefs, and a connection to oneness, I was able to take many small steps to create my own version of my dream life. A dream life that didn’t come from conditioning, society, or my ego’s identity. This is a practice, one that I still work on day after day. It is a practice more of remembering my essence before conditioning rather than a practice of adding more information. 

When thinking of any tangible ideas and wisdom I would want others to have from my 7 year search, Awakened & Aligned was born. The tools that gave permission for me to be the most present and authentic version of myself are woven into every aspect of the Awakened & Aligned Self Transformation. The more I learn about how I can best be of service, I have realized that unconditionally loving others in their own process of uncovering and walking back home seems to be my secret sauce.