From the time I was a child, I was deeply fascinated by the menstrual cycle, the female body, and the quiet power I sensed in the women around me. Most people thought I was a little crazy. I’ll never forget being ten years old and begging my mom to order me My Little Red Book - a collection of short stories from women around the world about their first periods. She laughed, placed the order, and in that moment, something ancient awakened in me. I became obsessed with this sacred rite of passage, this threshold into womanhood - a transformation the world around me seemed all too eager to ignore. 

 

But, as childhood wonder soon gave way to teenage distractions - boys, friendships, and high school drama - I became less and less in touch with the magic of the bleeding body that I was once so intrigued by. But, a new obsession soon took its place…

becoming influential enough to be able to change my small corner of the world and help as many people as possible. At what, exactly, I didn’t know - I just knew I needed to do it. 

 

So, propelled by this dream, there I was, graduating high school early, leaving my small town, and moving to Los Angeles by myself at 17 to carve out a name for myself in entertainment. And, this time, even more people thought I was crazy, and in hindsight, rightfully so. But, yet again, I didn’t care. I was going to make it, damn it, relentless in a pursuit for influence, as I was a bit comically convinced it was going to be the vehicle to the change I wanted to create.  After a few years, many laughable, failed pursuits including a near-executed stint on reality TV, countless run-ins with the underbelly of the industry, a year in Las Vegas that felt like a glitch in the simulation, and spending tons of time with characters so crazy that if I told you 

stories they would come across as fictional… I had grown up tenfold, but still wasn’t much closer to my goal than I was at 17. And boy, what a blow to the ego that was. So, I did what any floundering early 20-something in pursuit of greatness would do… move back into my parents’ house and reevaluate where the hell to go from there. The pure boredom of being back in a small town after years of Hollywood excitement led me to reach out to a Facebook friend of mine one night (a wildly handsome older, tattooed Military Veteran named James living in the mountains… just my type). We had exchanged playful banter in the past, but this time, it was different. We talked for eight hours straight on the telephone. 

 

This was the night that changed the trajectory of my life forever. 

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When James and I quickly fell in love and were moved in together, married, and pregnant all within 6 months, you guessed it… most folks in my world once again thought I was crazy. But, just as all the instances before, this time, I truly did not care, because for the first time in my life, I was truly, deeply, deliriously happy, fulfilled, and in love with my life and those in it. I had finally found a man (in every sense of the word) who loved me down to the marrow in my bones and wasn’t afraid to loudly show it. I was enjoying a divine pregnancy with my first daughter, deep in a sacred union with my husband, frolicking around the mountains of CO, and all was well in my world…

 

Except one thing - I still didn’t have a career path nor any way to help people. I dabbled in various random pursuits yet again - real estate, mortgages, blah, blah, blah… but nothing felt aligned with my purpose in this world. That was until, in another cheeky nudge from the universe, my darling husband said something to me that I’ll never forget-

“Avree, you’ve always been fascinated with wellness, the body, and well, you did have a weird obsession with the menstrual cycle… why don’t you do work in women’s health?”

 

That, my friends, is why I married that man, because that sentence - so small, so casual - was what was missing all along. It seemed so stupidly simple, and right in front of my eyes the whole time… and I wasn’t missing out on it anymore. From that moment on, I completely poured myself into as many beautifully transformative educational experiences as possible in women’s health, the cycle, fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, hormones, and everything in between. My quirky little love affair quickly became actual certifications on my wall, and before I knew it, I was attending births as a doula, studying naturopathy, and pregnant with my second sweet baby. Shortly after having my son, I decided to take my career and my business one step further, and I became a Certified Functional Hormone Specialist through the IAFHH and founded Wild Feminine Holistic Wellness- a place for people to discover their connection to themselves, their cycles, their hormones, their intuitive nature, and their inner power. Rooted in holistic healing, ancestral wisdom, and a deep reverence and admiration for the Divine Feminine, my work is dedicated to guiding women to wellness and back home to themselves in every phase of life, whether that’s teens learning their cycle, women trying to harmonize their hormones, prepare for conception, bring balance back after birth control, connect back to their sacred sexuality, avoid or achieve pregnancy naturally, or embrace holistic postpartum care. It is my hope that WFHW is a sacred container for anyone looking to thrive again- wild, free, and in harmony with their highest self. I truly believe that the body is innately designed to heal and wants to feel good, and all you have to do is give it the proper tools, love, and environment to do so. It is my honor to help people discover that too. 

 

I also believe that our journeys here on Earth School are sometimes backwards and pure chaos and not linear (I mean, look at the story of my life I just told you), however, we always end up where we are meant to be. My work now is a love letter to my inner child, a beautiful tribute to that little girl who knew the power within me and other women all along, a "thank you" to Spirit for reminding me of my purpose, a path to helping as many people as possible, and a way to change the world, one empowered womb at a time… just as I’ve always dreamed of. 

 

You, too, might think this makes me crazy. 

 

Fortunately, that’s never stopped me before. 

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