Meet Angela
Initiated by life, now rooted in purpose
Hey, I'm Angela! Kick your shoes off and stay a bit.
I became The Sacred Transitionist because life kept initiating me. Not gently. Not on my schedule. And definitely not when I had the energy or emotional bandwidth to deal, because apparently the universe is on its own timing.
I've lived through divorce, career pivots, business success and failures (BOTH had me wanting to dive under a rock), the loss of both of my biological parents, health scares, the scrutiny and lack of equity of being a Black woman in America, and the disorientation and expansion of moving to another country.
Each transition asked something different of me. Some asked me to grieve. Some asked me to begin again. Some asked me to release who I thought I was supposed to be. Some asked me to stop playing the strong one and start telling the truth. And some asked me to admit that the life I had built no longer matched the woman I now wanted to be. It still functioned, but it didn't fit.
For years, I thought those moments meant I was falling behind, falling apart, or failing to become who I'd always thought I'd be.
Now I know better. Those moments were sacred initiations.
My Human Design reflects this. With Gate 51 in key places in my chart, my purpose and my healing are deeply connected to awakening, disruption, courage, and transformation. This energy is about being initiated through life's intense moments and becoming someone who can help others awaken and transform through their own.
So when I sit with women in transition, I'm not coming with only degrees, certificates and theory taught in books.
I know the heat and burn of transforming fire. I know the tenderness that remains when parts of you are cut away. I know the exhaustion of being the strong one. I know what grief and survival mode can do to the body. I know what risk-taking and reinvention costs. I know what it means to leave, lose, choose again, begin again, and still find your way back to yourself.
With 30 years of healthcare experience, certification as a Level 2 Human Design Specialist and Quantum Alignment Specialist Certified Practitioner, training as an IIN Holistic Health Coach and Hormone Health Coach, and a background in herbalism, I bring both science and soul to this sacred work. Through emotional integration, nervous system support, EFT, and intuitive coaching, I help women move through grief, burnout, identity shifts, endings, reinvention, and becoming with more clarity, compassion, self-worth and self-trust.
Because life is full of transitions, but you don't have to lose yourself in them.
Where are you on your path?
Wherever you're starting from, there's a next right step.
I've been rocking transition all my life.
I'm not new to this. I'm true to this.
1989
First time out of the country for weeks without my parents while still in high school. Me and the slow travel, non-tourist, live abroad vibe have been tight ever since.
the wanderlust never had a chance
1996–1998
Bachelor's of Physical Therapy. First box checked.
Independent contractor for home health, hospitals and rehab facilities. My first taste of creating a work schedule that prioritized my well-being.
Bought my first home.
Grown, working, already want to break free.
2003–2004
Bachelor's of Science in Nursing while still working as a Physical Therapist.
when one degree said "that's cute, get another"
2009
Graduated #1 in my Master's of Science in Nurse Anesthesia class.
Started doing Surgical Missions.
valedictorian, obviously
2010
Started contracting as a Nurse Anesthetist while still working full-time (noticing a pattern here?). Started hearing from my sha-na-na again that working hospital schedules wasn't the life for me.
my sha-na-na warning me again.
2012
Over the next 10 years I'd visit several countries in 5 continents, before deciding to move abroad.
five continents deep and still not done
2014
Misdiagnosed 4x for the same health issue. I was finally told I had adenomyosis and a hysterectomy was the only fix.
Reversed my symptoms with lifestyle and nutrition.
Completed my first certification as a Transformation Coach.
the year my body finally made me listen
2015–2023
Left the hospitals and started contracting in Anesthesia full-time.
Completed IIN Health Coach Training and Hormone Health Specialty.
Lost both parents within 18 months of each other.
Diagnosed with PCOS.
My first Human Design reading that literally blew my mind!
My first out of country rental (move abroad baby steps starting).
The period that taught me all the seasons of transition.
2025–2026
Left my 30 year career in healthcare.
Moved to Mexico.
Completed Level 1 and Level 2 Quantum Human Design Specialist Certification.
Integrated Human Design with the health coach work I'd been doing for years.
Completed Quantum Alignment Specialist Certified Practitioner Certification.
when I finally let my sha-na-na lead the way.
Today
Helping women move through life's disruptions with clarity, self-trust and grace- and give themselves permission to take the next aligned step and get unstuck.
Still becoming while living my design.
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Longer-Form Musings on Life in Mexico, Human Design, Growing Through Transition, and Coming Back to Yourself.
