Originally from St. Louis Missouri, Barb has lived in Nashua for over 25 years. She has a diverse work background, including working as a meat cutter for the Civil Service, owning a daycare center, working in healthcare and as a facility manager for a large software corporation. Barb completed her undergraduate studies at New Hampshire College (which is now Southern New Hampshire University) in 1998. She then received her MBA at Rivier College in 2001. Barb has trained as an Usui Reiki Master Teacher and is actively teaching. Barb has been active in supporting many non-profit organizations including Nashua’s Great American Downtown, worked as a Volunteer Coordinator 8 years for the Downtown Stroll, as a 4-year board member for the GAD and she is currently serving her 4th year as President of the Business Professional Women of Nashua. She graduated from the Leadership Greater Nashua Program in 2004 and is on the LGN Development Board. Also, Barb is an 8-year veteran Ambassador for the Nashua Chamber of Commerce. She has served on many boards and non-profits since relocating to Nashua. In 2005 she completed her third level of Leadership Training with Klemmer and Associates. She is currently attending an advanced program on spiritual awakening and teaches hundreds of students each year on mental, physical and spiritual enlightenment.
Barb received her Holistic Life Coaching Certificate in 2010. This certification rounds out her education and her ability to work directly with clients on health programs.
Barb runs a small business incubator out of her facility. The Southern New Hampshire Consortium of Holistic Practitioners and Wellness Providers was created in 2010 for individual business owners that want to work in a synergistic work environment to increase their business through intra-referrals, team approaches, cross programming and group marketing plans. This group also has access to one-on-one coaches with Barb to insure that they start their business understanding the importance of business plans, marketing, liability, certifications, licensures, and following state and federal guidelines where applicable. Barb has worked successfully with over 50 business owners over the last 7 years.
Barb has worked toward a vision of building a business that educates individuals to take an active role in their personal health care, become in tune with their bodies, and learn to trust their own intuition on the direction their lives should take. She believes when we are strong mentally, physically, and spiritually “We can do, be, or have anything we desire”.
She loves golf, traveling, spiritual education, teaching and living her passion with her company, The Holistic Self Care Center. Two of her favorite sayings are “It is what it is” and “To much of a good thing can be wonderful”.