About

I’m a Virgo.
I’m obsessed with balance and order but find it challenging to maintain. There is this inherent perfection within the just-right balance of form and function. For some reason I get a huge satisfaction in searching for this equilibrium. I’ve rediscovered this side of myself this year and am thrilled to have it back.

The Corp
I worked in a Cube Farm for the same large corporation (aka The Corp) for a decade. When I got my first tech job in the mid-90s my inner geek was soooo excited. I imagined my life turning into a scene from the movie Hackers where I’d magically turn into Angelina Jolie and my geek skills would end up saving the world. (Okay, perhaps I watched too many sci-fi movies as a kid. Thanks, Dad.) My enthusiasm lasted until I realized that my career would be spent literally tied to a phone explaining to people why their keyboards no longer worked after after being run through the dishwasher. But I did stumble upon quite a serious passion for information design, which eventually led to Web design where I spent my final years at The Corp. I liked the work, but it was still a Cube Farm. A grey, windowless, soul-less Cube Farm where I was a tiny cog inside a massive corporate machine. And, I had way too many bosses asking me about TPS reports. This couldn’t possibly be the thing.

It was as good a time as any to go back to school. The last few years at The Corp found me working and going to school full time. There was a lot of alt-tabbing between Web copy and term papers. I studied human communication and public relations at Marylhurst University. During this time, my introverted nature learned how to function better and more happily in an extroverted world and I left Marylurst with not just a degree but a tremendous enthusiasm for communication.

On Becoming a Chiropractor
During undergrad, I would get super excited for classes like Healing Communication and anything with a healthcare or holistic slant and dread my PR classes. I was burning out on marketing all together. I knew my discontent was really just a sign time for me to dust of that old dream of becoming a doctor. After at least a year of research and soul-searching, I settled on chiropractic and spent yet another year in undergrad doing pre-med.

And then I did it. I left my cushy corporate job to become a poor graduate student. And, yes. On more than one occasion during my grad school experience I have looked at myself in the mirror and thought, “What the ef were you thinking?!”

But, I adapted. I have since become completely and utterly enamored with natural medicine. My life in holistic health and medicine is just beginning and I’m excited to go forward with some of my ideas which will be coming to life very soon.

And Other Stuff
While knee deep in acedamia, I learned to knit, started a blog, became editor of the school newspaper and started a “virgo frenzy” of organizing my life and my home which led to a bit of an obsession with reducing my impact on the planet and going green. The more I learn, the more I want to learn. I find that it is all connected. Taking care of myself, my family, my patients, my readers, my friends, the environment. It’s all about integrity and responsibility. My husband says life is about maintenance. I like to look at more like tending or nurturing.

This blog is a diary of my journey toward discovering myself, becoming a healer and moving towards lifestyle of creation rather than consumption.

Welcome to my journey.

You can also find me on twitter @dmonique.