Welcome! I'm Tri, founder of Sterling Sanctuaries and mastermind behind The Mindful-Nest Design Theory™. I am a transdisciplinary healer and designer, a researcher, Mindful-Nest Life Coach, and therapeutic space designer. I am dedicated to empowering individuals to stand in their authenticity and to live mentally, emotionally, and spiritually well. I believe relational bonds with our dwelling spaces–and spaces designed to center mental health needs–can heal attachment wounds, grow authenticity, and facilitate radical healing and mental freedom. 

I integrate evidence-based principles from both design and clinical psychology to help my clients overcome barriers to safe vulnerability and to reach their personal and professional goals. I have 6 years of clinical mental health counseling training and have successfully completed a extensive course on transitioning from professional counseling to coaching. I have been training and working as an interior designer since 2021 and studying academic research on Mindful-Nest Design and sacred spaces since 2020. My graduate education started in clinical mental health counseling with a keen focus on trauma counseling. I eventually decided to divest from the licensed counseling route in which I decided to navigate to a more individualized credentialing path. This allowed me to blend my design research with my passions for mental wellness, and ultimately practice non-licensed-counseling and in a more non-westernized, expansive, and value-aligning way. I received my Individualized Masters of Science degree in Social Science with specialization in mental health coaching and therapeutic space design, from Antioch University and my Bachelors of Science degree in Individual and Family Development from Seattle Pacific University.