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My story

Monique Caroline Carlson Newell

My passion has always been helping people cultivate greater health, self-awareness, and a deeper relationship with their authentic selves.

I was born in Burlington, Canada, in 1970. When I was one year old, my family moved to Hollywood Beach, California, and by age three we settled in Sonoma County, where I was raised.

My healing journey began in childhood. Some of my earliest memories are of receiving massages from my mother, who later taught me cranial sacral therapy and deep tissue massage. At sixteen, I began studying chakra healing and psychic development with a teacher trained at the Berkeley Psychic Institute.

In 1989, I completed my first cleanse, sparking a lifelong fascination with natural healing. I spent years exploring different cleansing methods and studying their effects on the body.

In 1992, I was invited to learn Indigenous healing traditions, including Lakota sweat lodge ceremonies and my first vision quest. These experiences profoundly shaped my understanding of wellness, spirituality, and our connection to nature.

The following year, I became certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and studied raw food nutrition with David and Anne Judd. This inspired a lifelong study of nutrition, medicinal plants, and the healing power of food. During this time, I also assisted with rebirthing breathwork groups.

Beginning in 1995, I was blessed to study North and South American Indigenous healing traditions through a cultural exchange between Hawaiian elders and an Ecuadorian curandero. Over the past three decades, I have learned about medicinal plants, ceremonial practices, daily prayers, and rituals that support physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. These teachers became family, and I remain deeply grateful for the wisdom they generously shared.

In 1996, I graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelor’s degree in English, a concentration in Philosophy, and a minor in Music. My senior work explored two lifelong interests: sound healing and the ways cultural conditioning shapes our beliefs and behaviors.

Life continued to expand my path. In 2010, I married my husband during an expedition in the Peruvian Amazon. In 2011, I trained with Julia Freire de Medeiros in Amazonian Flower Essences. Our daughter was born in 2012 and remains one of life’s greatest blessings.

In 2017, I became a certified yoga instructor through Bhavani Maki, founder of Yoga Kauai.

Most recently, I have continued deepening my studies in mediumship, chakra healing, and intuitive development through intensive training with respected Mediums including Anamarie and Judea Lynch.

Today, my work brings together decades of experience in energy healing, emotional awareness, meditation, nutrition, Indigenous wisdom, yoga, and intuitive development. My goal is not to “fix” people, but to provide practical tools that empower them to reconnect with themselves, improve their well-being, and live with greater clarity, balance, and self-love.

I believe learning never ends. Growth is life. Just as nature must continue growing to thrive, so must we.

One of my favorite prayers is simple:

“Pray for health. In health, everything else is taken care of. In health, we are abundant in every way.”