If it were not for JoAnn and her one on one sessions, alongside Mindful Recovery, I do not know if I would be here today, still able to go to work, take care of myself, and handle my responsibilities. I’ve been in low places before in my life, but have never felt like I could fully be myself like in Mindful Recovery and her sessions. I feel safe in all spaces with JoAnn, like I can really be open and heal. More than a year and half later, I still feel as close to my Mindful Recovery family, who have helped encourage me to become the healthiest and happiest version of me I’ve ever been. To say I’m forever grateful is and understatement.

Several things have made important differences in my life. One of those has been learning meditation through JoAnn’s coaching. Her depth of knowledge and experience teaching and coaching has given me real understanding and the ability to use meditation as an important tool to improve my life. The practice has been so beneficial and helped me gain a deeper understanding of myself, giving me greater peace and the insight to respond in healthier ways. JoAnn’s care and guidance has helped me to work through significant issues and put me on a better path.

I met JoAnn when I was in my late 60s, new to Pensacola and just starting my recovery journey. I initially contacted her after treatment for recovery support. What I received was so much more. She taught me to have a deeply spiritual yoga practice, and she was part of my care team after I had a mini stroke. When I reflect back on our year and a half working together, I can say without hesitation that she has changed my life. She is smart, skilled, kind and funny. JoAnn is a blessing!

I've been able to dig deep and really reflect inwardly with JoAnn’s patience and guidance. I feel comfortable, safe and understood in her sessions, and I can already sense growth and healing within me! I'm eager to continue this path with this wonderful and wise human being!

I originally met JoAnn through Mindful Recovery. Her presence and wisdom while leading the meditations is a large reason why I continued going back, working on my recovery, and my spiritual practice. I was so drawn to her energy, I reached out to her for individual coaching. She has equipped me with so many tools, instilled me with confidence, and provided support throughout my recovery journey. I have seen countless counselors, therapists, psychiatrists, etc. throughout my life, and none of that has helped me heal like my time with JoAnn. There is no easy solution or quick fix to ending the suffering caused by addiction and codependency. JoAnn has taught me how to use this path to aid in my healing and I’m forever grateful!

JoAnn has been exactly what I needed in my recovery. She is a safe space for connection and healing. I’ve received private sessions at Empathic Practice and on Zoom and participated in Mindful Recovery. It has been such a gift to me on my journey.

I began working with JoAnn in 2020, and she continues to breathe new life into my recovery program of 19 years. She is so knowledgeable in Recovery Dharma, guided meditation, trauma processing and many other aspects of mindfulness and holistic recovery. She continues to amaze me. She listens attentively, and “holds the lantern” to guide me to the next spiritual signpost on my recovery journey. I’m blessed to have found her at a time when ! needed a different approach.

JoAnn has a beautiful way of guiding people through her private healing sessions as well as group workshops. She has come to my home and set up a blissful space in our backyard for movement and meditation. I also participated in her Kundalini Yoga workshop at Empathic Practice and the space was also very relaxing and comfortable. I truly enjoy all aspects of her work. I have experienced some major healing from just a few sessions and have been able to move stuck energy from past traumas that have been surfacing. I am super grateful for the work that she does for me and our community!

JoAnn is always fully present with her responses; she genuinely cares about not only her own healing work, but the well-being of her clients. She has a rare and genuine radiance of positivity. Her Kundalini Yoga workshop that I attended was welcoming to all, and mindfully created with intelligence, systematically working through the chakra system. I liked that she made everyone feel so comfortable, including those who were new to the practice. I appreciate her patience with others in their unique paths and healing processes. I’m excited to see how her offerings expand and grow!

Working with JoAnn has been amazing. She’s been able to help me recognize harmful mental patterns and how to change them, while learning to be more present in my life. For the first time in several years she’s been able to help me enjoy the company of myself. I highly recommend her. She has such a nurturing personality!

I received an energetic healing session from JoAnn and it was so helpful, enjoyable, and informative. She was very insightful about where I needed to focus and align and what areas might be stressing or straining my energy at the time of our session. Everything she shared was absolutely on point for the things I was working on and facing at the time. JoAnn also offered confirmation of where I was doing well and was very complimentary and open about the positive things she was seeing and feeling through working with me. Overall I left the session feeling really seen and affirmed that I am on the right track with my healing and growth and I felt very positive about the experience with JoAnn!

I am grateful to be able to incorporate Mindful Recovery into my 12 step program that I started 6 months ago. I would highly recommend anyone to attend this group. The environment is so peaceful and safe to share openly. 30 years of active addiction behind me now and all I want is to live a healthy lifestyle, emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually. I am so thankful and grateful to God, The Spirit of the Universe, and anything else that walked me into this group.

Meeting JoAnn has been a life changer for me. I truly cannot find words to express what a joy and a blessing she has been in my life. With her guidance, my healing gets deeper, stronger and more energetic, while exercising my mind, body and soul. JoAnn has such a beautiful heart and spirit, and I am so grateful for her to be included in my journey.

In my sessions, I appreciate how I really feel heard and that what I share matters. The genuine compassion and kindness JoAnn shows makes it easy for me to open up. I enjoy every session and I always look forward to the next one.

I have been on a healing path for some time now and I truly believe that I was led to JoAnn. I have suffered with multiple autoimmune disorders along with severe anxiety for years. Since she and I have been working together I feel so much better mentally and physically in such a short amount of time. She has taught me so much already and provides a safe space for me to heal and grow through this process. I call this space the “magic room.” It cannot really be explained. It has to be experienced. I am forever grateful.

They say that people are placed in our lives at just the right time and for the right reason. These words could not be more true than when I was given JoAnn’s name by my counselor. After many years of trauma, and an especially recent traumatic event that sent me into a tail spin of self-doubt, lack of self worth and codependency, I found a safe place with JoAnn. Her knowledge and intuition paved the way for a calm, non-judgmental introduction to meditation, mindfulness, reiki and somatic healing. My sessions with her have given me the ability to be more open, heart-centered and authentic. Using these tools, she has opened up a path for me to heal and love the person I am slowly becoming. I will be forever grateful for JoAnn and her expertise.

I made my first appointment and almost cancelled, but I made a promise to myself to just show up. Right away I felt a surge of energy and tranquility unlike anything I have ever experienced. I felt profoundly different each time I sat on the mat, ready for her to simply teach me how to breathe. I never knew the power of my own breath and body! I feel so much stronger and am amazed by how much has changed by just showing up each week. I told my spouse I can’t believe all this change is happening because I am “just breathing!” The power to change, to start over, to accept, and to heal has been there all along! JoAnn helped to ignite a spark that has grown into a fire of awareness and a healing energy full of love, forgiveness and compassion. I love her to pieces and can’t imagine being on this journey without her. I trust that I was guided to her, my mentor and teacher, at just the right time for a higher purpose. I will keep showing up, a little less afraid of the shadows, and trusting the light more and more!

JoAnn is a breath of fresh air. She has such bright and warm energy! I’ve been to many of her workshops, had private breathwork and sound healing sessions, and recommended her to friends. It’s always a pleasure to work with her!

I have been in recovery for many years and JoAnn helped me start my path of spiritual wellness. The care, attention and explanations in her one on one sessions and group workshops was so much more than I could have imagined!

JoAnn has such a way with words and energy work. I love our conversations and the guidance I receive in our one on one sessions. I’ve also participated in her groups and Kundalini workshops. I would recommend her to anyone who feels they need a boost in their spiritual practices.

I have been going to the Mindful Recovery meetings for over 2 years now. I have learned and grown so much and have had many spiritual awakenings on my path. When going through some transitions and big changes in my life, I also received some private sessions with movement, meditation and energy work. The sessions were beautiful and healing, the space was serene and peaceful, and I could feel how much I had shifted afterward. I highly recommend JoAnn’s healing sessions!