About me
I met Bert Hellinger and Hunter Beaumont in 1998 and was immediately taken with the systemic, somatic-based approach to resolving human suffering that constellation work offered. Something powerful was happening in these “constellations”, and quickly!
I wanted to understand the magic of the process, and to share this powerful work effectively with others. Out of that impulse, the Human Systems Institute, Inc. was formed in 1999 with the mission of introducing constellation work in the world. Twenty years later, due to the efforts of Bert Hellinger, Gunthard Weber, Albrecht Mahr, Hunter Beaumont, Sneh Schnabel, and many others who love this work, constellations seem to have taken root, with many wonderful teachers and facilitators in over 30 countries world wide.
My personal journey has taken many twists and turns, from being the first woman engineer hired in my department at an international high tech company, to owning my own sculpture and pottery studio, then taking a turn into deep waters. Sometimes, I was just in the right place at the right time. I met Arny Mindell when he first brought his teachings to the US. I met Bert Hellinger on one of his first trips to the US. Wanting a deeper grounding in phenomenology and other aspects of this mysterious work, I went back to graduate school. My dissertation chair was a leader in the field of human communication, and was retiring just as I finished my degree. I have braided all the gifts of teachings I received into my work, always searching for the clarity and inspiration that will bring the many aha! moments I've experienced to others.
There is still much to do, of course. Constellation work needs to find a home within the larger field of human healing and evolutionary work, and to be developed in ways that make it more accessible to more people. Our institute is engaged in that effort through trainings, workshops, individual consulting sessions and research projects.
