As a former master’s prepared nurse turned mindfulness life coach, meditation teacher, Enneagram guide, and author, I love working with awakening women!

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For over 25 years, I worked as a master’s prepared nurse in various roles with seniors and end-of-care. I loved being a nurse and was deeply honored to journey with people during the final phase of their lives.

After leaving nursing, I was led to meditation, mindfulness, the Enneagram and many other tools and teachings to connect with myself, improve my health, feel more peaceful, and live more meaningfully.

In 2014, I founded  The Compassionate Mind in Calgary, Alberta, as a passion project to offer research-based holistic approaches to meditation and mindfulness grounded in spiritual wisdom and adapted for modern lives.

I am professionally trained as a certified Integral Associate Coach™, meditation and mindfulness teacher, Enneagram practitioner, and Master’s prepared nurse. I’m the author of Awakening a Woman’s Soul: The Power of Meditation and Mindfulness to Transform Your Life. 

In 2012, I was standing on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the highest peaks in the world, and I had never been lower.

Like many women, I was so busy on life’s treadmill and fulfilling all my roles (wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, and nurse) that I slowly lost touch with my SELF.

On the outside, I looked successful, happily married, and cheerful, but on the inside, I felt stressed and had no idea who I was anymore.

Despite being grateful, I felt lost, confused and stuck. 

I found myself asking big questions: Who am I? How can I feel more peaceful? What’s missing in my life? Why can’t I just be happy?

I had no idea what was wrong. All I knew was that my physical and emotional health was suffering, my marriage felt disconnected, and my life lacked meaning and purpose.

This dark night of the soul became a choice point. I could either continue to struggle with the soul hunger and disconnection I was feeling or gain some tools to get to know the real Bev beyond all the roles, conditioning and limiting beliefs running my life and holding me back from becoming the best version of myself.

I spent over a decade researching and practicing meditation, mindfulness, positive psychology, Jungian psychology, life coaching, energy healing, esoteric wisdom teachings, mind-body medicine, the Enneagram, human design and many spiritual traditions. I’m grateful for all the teachers I’ve had along the way!

I’m deeply passionate about working with women as both a companion and guide for their awakening journey.

I created the Ignite Your SPARKLE signature coaching approach, which integrates practices like meditation and mindfulness enriched with Enneagram wisdom to help us discover and become our true selves. It’s an embodied approach that incorporates our bodies, minds, and souls, empowering women to transcend their conditioned selves and usher in a new way of being to live with greater inner peace, well-being, and joy.

I’m grateful for the opportunity to guide other women in becoming the best version of themselves with vibrant, connected and meaningful lives.