Joy was born in the United States. She has had careers as a High School Science teacher, Instructional Designer for pilot training in both commercial and military programs, owned a small business and now is in private practice as Transpersonal psychotherapist for over a decade.
Joy raised a son while living in Boulder, Colorado and considers this one of her major life achievements and blessings.
Joy has been a student of the Diamond Approach to Inner work, (Diamondapproach.org) for eighteen years. It is a spiritual school based on meditation, personal inquiry, and an evolving understanding of what it is to be human and in search of the truth of oneself and the human potential. She is a long-time meditator and nature lover and finds inspiration and insight in these pursuits.
