hello! i’m Sol.

mother, writer, and A spiritual seeker.

Welcome! I’m deeply honored you’re here.

My mission is to share hope, simple energy medicine tools, and self-care tips to help moms feel steadier and stronger.

As a Reiki Master, Pranic Healer, and a student of esoteric teachings, this new mission still came to me as a surprise. But I believe Spirit has a plan here.

I’m dreaming of a sacred space where mothers can exhale, connect to their enormous power, and act. I sure hope you’ll join me.

But let’s back up. How did I come to this?

Well, I’ve been a writer my entire life. It all started with journaling when I was about 12 years old. But I’ve also been an investigative writer for responsible investors for more than two decades.

During this time, I researched how public companies’ actions impacted our earth, our health, and our communities. I wrote countless reports for fund managers, foundation staff, and university endowments as they navigated the real-world impacts of their investments.

I loved this job. It trained me not only in technical research and writing, but also in how the world works. It gave me a deeper understanding of industrial agriculture, supply chains, climate change, companies’ profit motives, and some of the scary shit that happens under the radar. Every day.

I should also mention that I’ve been a spiritual seeker all my life.

I started seriously journaling at a young age because it was the only tool for self-soothing I could find. I had a tumultuous childhood, with no one to ask me how I’m doing. So I started writing about what was happening and how it made me feel.

Little did I know that it was actually an incredible energetic process to release and renew.

My mother, a complicated and highly sensitive person, did not know how to self-regulate her emotions or actions. Whenever a challenge arose, and there were many, she fought hard and frequently tried to flee. From us. And told us so, over and over.

I believed her, as a child would, and did everything I could to make her happy. I mean, what would happen if our mother left when our father was barely around? Looking back, it was as if I were the parent and she was the child. But at least she was still there, right?

I left home for college as if I were running away. And you know what? I was so much happier there.

One of the first things I realized then, for the first time in my life, was that people actually liked me. It was an unexpected discovery.

But my healing journey really began in my mid-20s, after I realized I was seriously depressed.

You know, I ‘d been dating as an adult for a few years by then. I kept on falling for the wrong guys, or, more accurately, I was wrong in so many ways. But what I experienced was constant panic and confusion, self-hatred, and deep sadness. So, as many do, I self-medicated with alcohol and drugs.

Until one day, I actually found a new low and decided to get help. I started therapy.

I found a wonderful talk therapist who patiently listened to my youthful gibber-gabbers. She helped me realize that my childhood had directly shaped my behaviors. Really? I thought. Is it really that simple and clichéic?

Around this time, I started to meditate. One short sit at a time.

I had a friend at work who advocated for this kind of spiritual work. He made it seem cool to meditate and try wacky, crazy things like sweat lodges and the Landmark Forum.

I laugh now, but this was the first time I learned the concept of not knowing what I don’t know. As in, there are things that I know that I don’t know. Then, there are other things that I don’t know that I don’t know.

For example, I know that I don’t know anything about molecular biology or nuclear physics. But how many things exist that I have no awareness of? And if I’m not aware of something, would I even see it if it passed me by? Like love, opportunity, and beauty?

But to come back to my story, what matters is that I started to stop and observe myself. From a place of presence and non-judgment.

Through meditation, I found out that “I” was there. If I could just quiet the other, louder, and more panicky voices in my head. The “I am” floated up like a piece of cork in water.

It felt like freedom and release. It felt like home, my true home that no one could touch.

Meditation has been a constant presence in my life since then. It ebbs and flows, of course, and the practice has changed over the years. But it is my #1 self-care tool. It is my friend whenever I feel off and whenever I’m working toward something.

This path has opened many doors to healing and growth I’d never imagined.

People might call this personal growth. But for me, I just wanted to feel better than before, and better than before. So I continued to meditate, to look inward, and to constantly investigate what else there was to know.

This approach has allowed me to:

Become a mother.

I did not want to have children for a very long time. But the question didn’t go away.

I eventually found out, with the help of the fabulous energy coach Summer McStravick, that I did not want to recreate my childhood or relationship with my mom. Yet my subconscious continued to nudge me, so annoyingly, that I had to look at it for real.

It was through a guided meditation at a silent retreat that I began to heal my mother wound. In a vision that I’m sure came from Spirit, I knew that I would become a mother and that I could access, directly from Spirit, a mother’s love for myself and others.

It doesn’t mean that motherhood has been natural or easy for me. There are so many reasons for this, personal and societal.

But as you might already understand, motherhood has been the single biggest challenge and the path for my spiritual growth.

Become an energy healer.

Energy healing came completely as a surprise to me. I’d gone to a meditation retreat hosted by Dr. Joe Dispenza when my daughter was about a year old.

Unbeknownst to me, a part of their program is something called Coherence Healing. It’s when meditators form a circle around a person and focus their energy and love toward this person’s healing. (They still do this, and it is AMazing.)

At my first Coherence Healing as one of the healers, all I did was follow Dr. Joe’s instructions. And, when I extended my hands out toward this person, I felt energy–prana, ki, chi, etc.–flowing through my arms as real as if it were water or fire. I mean, it had density to it.

My arms felt as hard as the limbs of a tree from the crazy amount of energy flowing down it. (It came from above.) My face? Tears, snot, and smiles. So. Much. Love.

I mean, what was that, right? That was my takeaway, at least.

It wasn’t until three years later that I got my first Reiki attunement. And five years later, I went through a rigorous Reiki Mastership program with my teacher, Sierra North, at the Muktinath Holistic Center.

Become a healer mother.

Soon after we brought our second child home from the hospital, we found out that he may be allergic to certain foods.

After more than a year of being accused of being an ignorant and overzealous mother by some of his doctors, we got the diagnosis that his body was allergic to wheat, dairy, and sesame. He experienced his first anaphylaxis soon after.

It’s been a challenging journey figuring out what was going on. Western medicine doesn’t have many answers at the moment, or any treatments to help heal the source of the problem.

Then, he had a particularly bad reaction in May 2024 that required two injections of epinephrine. Seeing your little one–at just 5 years old–suffer like that does something to you.

The mama bear in me came out full-force.

I knew the power of energy. So many in Dr. Joe’s community had healed themselves through meditation. So many mamas had helped their kids heal.

And by then, I’d completed my Reiki Mastership and felt confident about that, too. So I vowed to do everything I could to help my baby heal.

I’ve been giving him energy healing since that time. Dr. Joe’s Coherence Healing, Reiki, and now, Pranic Healing. It started as every day and night, then every day, and now twice a week.

But there’s more. Because he was also showing signs of asthma, we worked hard to remove the sources of bad air–volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and carbon dioxide (CO2s)–from our home. We did a deep cleaning of our vents, installed an energy recovery ventilator to circulate fresh air, and replaced our gas stove with an induction one.

We also worked with a naturopathic doctor to test the toxic load in his little body. With intentional nutrition and supplements, we cleaned a lot of it up.

I’m happy to say that he has not had a major reaction since May 2024. His lung function also improved significantly, from 64 percent to 100 percent.

Of course, we are not done yet. But I am now able to exhale in relief and look around a bit. Which brings me to the next point.

Mother Light Sanctuary is for me and for you.

Last year, my boss at the research job decided to retire way earlier than anyone could have anticipated, and to close the business. I had a choice. I could either look for another job in the field or I could lean into the unknown and create a place for myself in energy work.

Through twists and turns that in no doubt were orchestrated by Spirit, I am here as the host of this website.

But why this? It’s because I know how difficult it is to be a mom these days, let alone a mom of a special needs kid.

Moms are charged with the job of protecting and nurturing our children at an unprecedented time of external threats.

Be that the influence of the internet and social media, microplastics, new viruses, and increasing dis-ease, it’s a really stressful time to be a mom!

I meet moms of special needs children all the time. Be it allergies, neurodivergence, thyroid issues, and more. It’s us, moms, who are at the first line of care. And yet, we don’t really have any more support.

So, as I looked around for my next big thing, the idea for this website–a place for information, connection, and support for moms–came. It came as visions during my meditations.

At first, I saw myself with other moms and thought, aw, that’s nice. But the vision repeated and continued until it became clear to me that this was a call.

It’s like, my supporting you, quiet mama bear, IS supporting myself. Spiritually. At least that’s what Spirit tells me. 🙂

So here is my mission, again: I share hope, simple energy medicine tools, and clean living tips to help moms heal themselves and their little ones. I want to create a community of mama bears who know their own power.

Now you know exactly where I came from and where I’d like to go. Thank you so much for being here. I am truly honored and hope that you’ll continue to join me.

In case this might be helpful…

Here are some of my technical qualifications:

• Reiki Master & Karuna Reiki Practitioner in the lineage of Sierra North at the Muktinath Holistic Center
• Pranic Healer in the lineage of Pranic Healing USA.
• BA in International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University
• MBA at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

I’ve also been a student of Dr. Joe Dispenza since 2017.

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THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS…

1. Living next to tall trees and hearing their leaves dance in the wind. Having a garden to weed.
2. Watching my children eat something delicious and healthy. A bonus if I made it.
3. Soup. A hot, savory bowl of soup on a chilly day.
4. Having a mystical experience, small and big.