I was born February 22, 1978 a Pisces heart with Aquarian brain.

I was the second born daughter of an economics professor father and retired highschool French teacher mother.

I mean come on….me at three. 🙂

My mom called me her Sarah Bernhardt for my diverse temperaments and emotional vicissitudes.

Already overly self aware, I remember I felt silly and juvenile for taking this photo- hence the look. Oh man.

Grew up part time in Australia throughout my childhood, first on sabbatical for Dads teaching then for permanent resident status.

I ended up being the second born of 4 girls.

I started school in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. I had a hard time learning to read because of my ADHD but also they don’t use phonics. Aussie is pronounced “Auzzie”

My dad regularly corrected people's wrong assumption that he wished he had boys.

I got glasses which changed my social status for a few years

Got rid of them just in time for Junior HIgh. I was the last class to go through junior high.

First year as a 9th grader in High School. I felt cool but obviously was not.

One awkward year in Gold Coast Australia where my eating disorder really took hold and my Mom moved back home to get me treatment.

Ever ambitious I graduated 1 year early so I could go pursue my dream of being a dancer.

Spent one year being a nanny to three adorable girls living and dancing in SF.

I started my Pilates Certification and studied with all Master Teachers my nearest and dearest Ron Fletcher after being ostracized from his organization told me “ Don’t worry darlin’ you are destined to do your own thing one day- i know it”

Yes, pursuing your passions requires accepting all types of opportunities. This is a one with feathers and loads of glitter.

In 2003 I opened my first studio with my sister Emily, Grace Pilates downtown San Francisco 6th and Market. This is when GST really started to take a recognizable form.

A photo that captures some of the crazy stuff happening in my back. Bumps where there are no muscles, bands and roping in my tissues. To the novice this looks like a strong muscled back to a tissue person this looks like wicked dysfunction.

I got my masters degree in acting and decided to move to LA to pursue my passion for film and dance. But the future had a different plan for me.

My day gig was teaching “pilates” in West Hollywood. I decided to take over a space and build out GST equipment for classes. This was my first GST studio.

The pilates studio owner wanted in on my growing business. I declined so she kicked me out. I spent a month renovating a dispensary and opened GST Body LA on Sunset Blvd in September.

GST NYC closed as fast as it opened after I was swindled by a girl who had screwed me over a few years earlier in SF.

Another photo captured showing further tissue dysfunction caught in my studio where I would work on my body between sessions.

I met my Daniel, a groomsman at my youngest sister Julia’s wedding in 2011. We got engaged in 2013.

October 4, 2014 a destination wedding, we tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Kalispell Montana.

A round the world honeymoon took 2 months. I got knocked up 2 weeks into the trip in Venice Italy, and came home expecting a baby to arrive in August 2015.

August 1st my little Vera Louise arrived in my arms.

August 17th my little Cleo Grace fell from heaven.

GST Body LA Closes after 10 years of business from losing its lease to redevelopment. A hidden blessing for the impending pandemic.

Pandemic polarizes life forcing big decisions. Daniel, the girls and I relocate our lives (and GST Body) back to our home town of Boulder Colorado where 10 cousins + Grandparents wait in our neighborhood to play.

After a long emotionally and exhaustive journey with IVF and a traumatic birth, I received my greatest heart's desire, my third and final baby- Lewis Edward on July 29, 2022 I was 44.

My family is complete and I am waiting for the next great adventure….