MY STORY
I came into the world fast, wide open, and wired to feel things most people didn’t even notice.
I was tuned into a different station entirely. I could feel the light in a room, the shift in a tone, the stories no one was saying. In many childhood photos, I look like I’m not totally there. No one seemed to understand. Teachers called me distracted. Friends called me weird. Family told me I was overreacting.
The world had no space for someone like me—someone tender, so alive, so affected.
I was forced to adapt to get my needs met.
I learned to repress and perform. I shrank myself. I masked. I disappeared into the background. I pushed things down just to keep up — but the harder I tried to fit, the further I drifted from myself. The more I stayed inside the lines, the more anxious, overwhelmed, and disconnected I became — until my body couldn’t hold the weight of it anymore.
I stopped bothering trying to explain and I turned it all inward.
I swallowed it down and smiled when I wanted to scream, coping however I could. First with sugar, bingeing on ice cream on the weekend mornings. Then with treats—sneaking coins from my dad’s pockets to buy candy, and eventually substances—anything to numb the ache of not being understood. And in the process, my light, my gifts, all the beautiful things I came into the world to offer got drowned out and I began focusing on just trying to survive.
When you spend that long shoving down your sensitivity, you lose touch with your life compass.
I ended up in relationships with people who didn’t see me, didn’t value me, and sometimes even harmed me. I took jobs that drained me, environments that had me shrink. I contorted myself to survive in spaces that were never built for someone like me. What I wanted more than anything was to belong— to be included; to be chosen. So I said yes to things that weren’t really mine—friendships, roles, beliefs that looked good from the outside but left me feeling hollow. I chased validation in places that never held my values. I betrayed myself just to feel like I had a place in the circle.
The more I ignored the truth of who I was, the further I drifted from myself — until I was almost lost for good.
It wasn’t until I got sober that I realized how split I’d become — one foot in the dark, one foot in the light. Still aching for something more, but too afraid to let go of the world I knew. Sobriety was the portal. The slow return. One day at a time, one moment at a time, I started choosing to feed the light instead of the pain. To stop abandoning myself. To let my sensitivity guide me instead of shame me.
After years of training, healing sessions, and deep spiritual inquiry, I found my light again.
From Kundalini Yoga to Sat Nam Rasayan to working with world-class energy healers—I immersed myself in everything I could to heal and as soon I felt whole again, I immediately wanted to help others do the same and prevent kids like me from the pain I experienced.
I started working with City Kids, spending my Friday nights facilitating groups for teens, creating spaces where they could be seen, heard, loved — where they could begin finding their way home to themselves. I became a child and youth worker and then a nanny for Courtney Love. I worked at Passages Malibu, building programs that helped people not just stay sober, but meet the tender, sensitive parts of themselves they’d learned to bury.
In 2009, my beautiful non-verbal nephew Rhys was born in Toronto, having seizures every day for forty days. I was in L.A., but I connected with him across the distance — sending love, silently and energetically. I became his surrogate in spirit, calling in every healer I knew, holding him in prayer, and doing everything I could to support his healing. When we finally met, I knew he had felt it all. That moment marked the beginning of my deeper commitment to my healing path.
Now, I guide highly sensitive, neurodivergent, and autistic children and adults to reconnect to their true essence. I work with families navigating the mystery, beauty, and challenge of raising sensitive souls, and I support the ones who are done contorting themselves to fit into a world that wasn’t built for their brilliance. Even the pain, the detours, the moments you felt lost — it’s all part of the path bringing you back to the truth.
Everything is for you. Nothing is against you. Only your mind tells you otherwise.
Beneath it all, you have always been, and will always be, deeply loved.
This is the field where healing begins.
Whether you’re here for your child, or for yourself… Welcome to the Sanctuary for Sensitive Souls.
Modalities, Certifications, Trainings & Practice
Workshops & Certificates
- 1998 – Advanced Diploma in Child and Youth Work, George Brown College
- 1999 – Kundalini Yoga Training, with Gurmukh Khalsa at Golden Bridge Yoga
- 2001 – Sat Nam Rasayan Healing
- 2002 – Raven Drum Foundation – Intro to Energy Medicine, with Lauren Monroe & Rick Allen
- 2003 – 10-Day Vipassana Silent Retreat
- 2004 – Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
- 2006 – Quantum-Touch Training, with Richard Gordon
- 2006–2015 – Passages Malibu – Coached clients in metaphysical addiction recovery
- 2008 – Co-Active Leadership Program
- 2011 – Radiance Technique Reiki
- 2015 – Sat Nam Rasayan Healing (continued deepen study), with Mahan Kirn
- 2016 – EpiEnergetics Study, with Donny Epstein, Founder of Network Spinal & EpiEnergetics
- 2017 – Hoffman Institute
- 2020 – Reiki Master Teacher, Usui Reiki
- Past Roles: Family Support Worker, Group Home Counselor, School-Based Youth Worker, Early Childhood Co-Teacher, and Creative Arts Facilitator
Protective Behaviours
Crisis Prevention & Intervention
Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth
Trauma-Informed Practices (through Agape and experiential work), including:
- Unconditional Acceptance — Welcome exactly as you are, even when it’s messy
- Compassionate Connection — A loving bond that gently repairs the roots of relational trauma
- Supportive Presence — Here without pressure, so your system can finally exhale
“My urge was always to know. I needed to be able to check off every item on my list or I felt anxious until it was done. It was an uncomfortable way to live, but I didn't understand how to articulate it as a problem and therefore couldn’t find a solution. One of the many gifts I received working with Karynne was to trust her healing, without controlling the specific details. The change started during our first 60-minute intro session, where I had a profound breakthrough. I’m now able to step back and look at my entire week as expansion and tune into how I feel in order to see the shifts that come from her magic medicine.
Throughout this on going process, now over a year, I have also become more gentle with myself. I’ve built the trust to know that energy is always flowing to and for me, even when it isn’t scheduled in my calendar. When I feel the urge to ask when the healing is coming, I softly encourage myself to practice the art of receiving. It's so hard to put into words what Karynne has given me and how she's helped me, but to distill it down: I feel more like I want to feel. I didn't know it was possible to be this aligned!”
Bex Bassin
Leadership & Executive Coach
"I didn't know it was possible to be this aligned!"
"I had an intuitive energetic intro session with Karynne and it made me believe in the power of energy, specifically her unique pure love blend. I could physically feel the energy vibrating and moving through my sacral chakra, all the way to my throat chakra. I have needed the most support within those centers in my body. I did not communicate this to Karynne in advance. She intuitively sensed where the stagnant energy in my body remained and successfully moved that energy.
I experienced the purging of that stagnancy. My energy felt incredibly different after my session with Karynne. The only way I can explain it was there was a buzz around my aura. The week prior, I was a nervous wreck. After my session with Karynne, I felt grounded and in tune with my body. Karynne is a miracle worker. Her energy is so powerful and healing. She is simultaneously bubbly and grounding. It was a privilege to be able to work with her."
Hila Dayan
Creator of Wildest Expressions
"Karynne is a miracle worker. Her energy is so powerful and healing."
“Energetic healings have been such a gift in my life! Karynne makes it so easy and accessible to tap into this gorgeous field of love and nourishment. Being a creator of a growing business and a busy mom of 4, I cherish her generous miraculous weekly healings!”
Keri Khalighi
Creator of Wisdom Elementals
"Energetic healings have been such a gift in my life!"
"Karynne was definitely a game changer for me. I began seeing her at a time I was growing my business and I knew I needed to shift. She guided me to get clarity on what it was I was desiring and then helped me expand and uplevel. I worked with Karynne on a weekly basis for a few months which helped tremendously since each session built upon the last until I was in full flow. Things changed as I changed, it was amazing. I’m so grateful for her multi-dimensional support and her authentic desire to help me achieve my goals. I recommend her to anyone who’s ready to attract more in their life."
Angelica Sepulveda
Founder of Indigo Body Balance & Prana Body Botanicals
"Karynne was definitely a game changer for me."
“In my first session with Karynne, I walked away with the sensation of being reorganized physically, mentally and emotionally. It was as though order was restored inside of me. As my work with her progresses, it’s as if my vision has cleared and I’m able to see opportunities and resolve issues in ways I couldn’t before. This work is powerful.”
Kristen Stills
Executive Producer, Grammy Winner of Autism: The Musical
"This work is powerful.”
“You are effervescent medicine! With your cartoon knife that slices through delusions in the most delightful incisive way - you are a being of light and I adore you! Thank you for your guidance to work on expressing all of my RAGE!! And allowing my little girl tender heart more full expression. Energetic healing connects me to the Love that is always there waiting for me to remember and receive. I emerge energized, grounded, and ready to flow with whatever comes my way!”
Ali Kegley Kole
Founder of Sensually Embodied
“You are effervescent medicine!"
"The best part of doing energy work with Karynne was feeling rejuvenated by an outside source. We are always having to energize ourselves through the new hottest energy drink- and dopamine hits from shopping sprees, or social media. Karynne reminded me that I’m able to receive energy without needed a physical item. Energy is all around us. When I didn’t have access to Karynne I resorted back to my old ways. But those were temporary band aids. Karynne was the overall healer.
During my time working with Karynne, I was put under new management, I signed a record deal, and underwent some massive lifestyle changes to better my health. Mentally I was the strongest I’d been in 4 years after 4 weeks with Karynne. She helped me regain my strength and see the many possibilities!"
Sophie Powers
Musician & Clothing Designer
"Through every wave of my wild journey Karynne is there for me!"
"I can’t imagine not having the energy work in my life – it reminds me of who I truly am.
The growth and expansion is beyond words. I feel blessed to have worked with Karynne for many years. As a VIP client I expanded & became the woman I truly am. I then get to share that with my family (& my community) which is very important to me. She has been there through some intense life challenges. I feel like her energy work & guidance for me as a parent has helped me to break patterns for the benefit of the evolution of my kids.
”Having her do energy work with my three of kids weekly plus my 4 year old grandchild has been an important part of our family expansion. As it ripples out to our whole community. Especially with my 12 year old daughter who is Autistic - she will sing after receiving energy sessions which this not a usual occurrence with her. She has found a new peace in her life, as we all have.”
Lisa Totenhagen
Single Mama of Five Amazing Beings
"Working with Karynne has been the best investment I've ever made!"
"Working with Karynne through the Energetic Immersion sessions allowed me to stay sane and focused on receiving my dreams during a very full, chaotic period – my husband’s new retirement, putting our house on the market, finding and buying our dream home, and being there for my son who was going through a major life crisis. Life was beyond full!
Each week, I sent Karynne a specific intention to receive. The process served to ground me in the fact that I was never alone, and I didn’t have to succumb to any stories of hopelessness around receiving my heart’s deepest desires. I managed to enjoy my life because I stayed present for the delicious things that were unfolding. A big one: manifesting our dream home, and in just the right timing! Normally, under such “upper limit” circumstances, I would have crashed and burned, unable to be with all the chaos, but I stayed well throughout, which feels miraculous. I am so grateful for the support of Karynne and her loving, energetic magic!"
