About Daria

I’m like many of my clients –
I have a very traditional background.

I grew up in central New Jersey with a single mom. At the time, girls generally had 4 career options—secretary, nurse, teacher or librarian.

I went a little beyond that and got the MBA and a corporate job with good benefits. I persevered for over 20 years in a very intense environment with many obstacles to overcome—at times I was the wrong gender, I went to the wrong school, I didn’t have the right degree, or worst of all, I wasn’t a physician.

Eventually I built successful business operation in clinical research and won the respect of my peers. A new management team entered the picture and I was told to find another job. I survived 4 years of downsizing and reorganization while trying to figure out what to do next. I knew it had to be something completely different.

Like many of you, I have lost hundreds of pounds over the years.

I know how to lose weight but never figured out how to keep it off. Two years ago I thought I had the answer—I did a medically supervised weight loss program. I lost 20 pounds but the food made me sick, the doctor was annoyed that I couldn’t tolerate the food. When we posted our results each week I was always the underachiever in the group. I had hoped the structure would make it easier, but the only thing I lost for good was $2,000.

To reduce some of the stress I was experiencing, I started reading books and attending those self-help workshops (although I didn’t need the help, it was everyone around me who needed it!).

I watched Carolyn Myss, Wayne Dyer and Christiane Northrup on those public TV begathons and liked what they had to say. I had always wanted to study feng shui but could not get past the first step of getting rid of clutter. I thought I had to first get rid of everything and have a pristine Zen like Spartan environment that you see in magazine. (By the way, this is definitely not true!).

About 6 years ago I began to study yoga. I thought it was a little wacky and I really didn’t like it but I forced myself to go because I thought I was going to have either a physical or mental meltdown and had tried everything else. I didn’t understand how twisting myself into strange positions was going to help, but it did.

I learned about CHI, your life energy and the chakras, the energy centers in your body. After a while I noticed I was able to remain calm and control my breathing, focus better, and best of all, get a good night’s sleep.

I went on to try a lot of different things—personal development workshops, hands on healing techniques, products and practitioners. Some of them are listed below. I eventually was lucky enough to receive a severance package and leave corporate life on my own terms. It’s been a challenge to figure out how to take my journey and make a business out of it.

TREE of CHI is the product of my journey so far.

Every product and service is something I have personally studied, experienced and/or used on myself, family and friends.

I wanted to integrate the internal self with the energy of the physical environment. I have studied with the people who wrote the books or developed the techniques. Whenever possible, I have pursued certification from a reputable program.

Before I became a Young Living distributor, I used the oils and other products for a year, attended the convention to hear the founder speak and see the farm where they grow the plants and distill the oils.

You can benefit from my experience and training.

I will put it all together in a package for you to experience and see what works for you in a relatively short period of time.

My hope is that we will work together over the long term as you tackle one issue and move on to the next.

I have a lot more to tell you. Call me at 732-821-5677 (NJ) or 302-644-4796 (DE) or send me an e-mail. It will only cost you an hour of your time and this one conversation can change your life.

My Training

Formal Education

• BA, Communications, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

• MBA, Marketing, NYU (now Stern) School of Business Administration

Professional Training

Feng Shui

• Graduate of “The Accelerated Path” feng shui training program with Nancy Santo Pietro and Diane Hoffmann

• Facilitator training for Fashion Feng Shui with Evana Maggiore – using the energy of your clothing to facilitate change

• Certificate in Space Clearing in progress from the New England School of Feng Shui

Health Counseling

• Graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York, New York. Completed additional requirements to receive a certificate from Columbia University Teachers College

• Principles of Balance course with Anne Marie Colbin: how different models of dietary principles can help you achieve balance

• Food Therapy: an intensive 9 month program with Anne Marie Colbin in progress

Cooking

• Certificates for Principles of Cooking and Advanced Principles of Cooking from Kings Cooking Studies. An intensive study of the basic principles of cooking taught by culinary professionalsHave attended over 50 cooking classes in all aspects of cooking and baking

• Completed 7 day program on Italian cooking taught by Joanne Weir

Healing Arts

• Reiki Level II training with Michele B Engoran of the Centerfor Relaxation and Healing

• Certified practitioner for the Energy Vitality Technique with SomaEnergetics tuning forks

Other Training and Study

• Graduate of the 8 day intensive Hoffman Quadrinity Process

• Workshops with Denise Linn, Joan Borysenko, Sonia Choquette, Candy Danzis, Carolyn Myss, Judith Orloff, Meredith Young-Sowers, Stephanie Bennett-Vogt, Laura Day and Susan Mille

I gratefully acknowledge my other teachers Carmen Paris-Hunter, Gale Summers, Ginger Buckley, Sue Pelechaty and Nancy Weber, Susan Pie, Jeanette Schwartz and my entire feng shui family.

For more information about how I can help you, call me at 732-821-5677 (NJ) or 302-644-4796 (DE).