About Me

Some things you might be interested to know:

• A crippling depression lead me to hypnotherapy over 20 years ago. After the first session, my life started changing for the better. Even my family noticed the improvements. A few months later I left my career as a family law paralegal and enrolled at the Palo Alto School of Hypnotherapy. I welcomed my first hypnotherapy client on May 11, 1992.


• I am a recovering perfectionist. Now that my life isn’t structured around doing things perfectly, I have more room for spontaneity, creativity and fun.


• I was born in Asmara, Eritrea (East Africa) and am a naturalized US citizen.


• My dedication to the Vimala System of Handwriting began when I heard Dr. Vimala Rodgers on a radio program talking about how you can change your life by changing your handwriting. I adopted The Vimala Alphabet in 1994 and have been using it ever since. My daily handwriting practice helps keep me grounded and centered.


• In my 40s, I had a panic attack at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris. I still remember how awful it felt as I broke out in a cold sweat and the store started to spin around me. Fluent in three languages, I couldn’t get a coherent sentence out in any of them. I don’t just feel compassion for my anxious, phobic clients, I feel core sympathy. I have honed my skills very carefully to create a mind-body-spirit approach that really works.


• I have taken great care to create a safe, healing environment in my office. Clients notice and respond both consciously and subconsciously to the soothing colors, peaceful ambiance, comfortable furniture and gentle music in the background.


• Nothing is more fulfilling for me than serving as someone’s “spiritual midwife.”


• It is a privilege to see the light come back into my clients’ eyes as they heal.


• One of the things I am most proud of in my life is my Bikram Yoga practice. That’s the “hot yoga” you may have heard about that is comprised of 26 postures I twist my body into at 6 am on most weekday mornings.


• I’ve been married to Chris George Yaldezian since 1978 and we’re really good together. Our son, Matthew, is the Southern California Sales Director for Haig’s Delicacies and a writer. Our daughter, Lauren, an account administrator for Moelis & Company, is planning an October 2012 wedding to a man we all love.


• That’s a red-tailed hawk on my logo. Hawk is the Messenger and symbolizes the value of keeping “a higher perspective” on one’s life. I am honored to carry this Medicine and use it on behalf of my clients.


• In case you haven’t guessed it by now, I have a passion for solutions. Some of my favorite clients came to me as a “last resort.” I helped them and I’d love to help you.