Welcome. I'm Phillia.

Medicine Woman. Initiated Paqo. Shamanic Healer. NIH Scientist.

I'm honored you're here. If something drew you to this page, trust that. This work has a way of finding exactly the people who are ready for it.

My name means "Friendship Love" in Ancient Greek, and I've embodied it my whole life. Strangers open up to me. People feel safe. I've always carried a natural capacity for unconditional love and I've spent nearly 20 years learning how to channel it into healing that actually works.

The Journey

I didn't start as a healer. I started as a scientist.

I began my career as a therapist for autistic and ADHD children using the Tomatis Method, a neurosensory approach to healing through sound, movement, and language. I then moved into cancer research at the National Institutes of Health as a cell and molecular biologist and geneticist, studying breast cancer pathways with results published in Cancer Research and Molecular and Cell Biology journals. I was on the path to medical school. That was the plan.

But something in me said no.

One sewing class at a local store changed everything. Something in me came alive for the first time. So I did something that made no logical sense: I left science and started a fashion line with no business training and no industry experience. Just a pull in my heart I couldn't explain and the courage to follow it. pH by Phillia ended up featured in Teen Vogue, Nylon, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, MTV and VH1. I showed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, taught workshops at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and built something real from nothing. It was the first time I chose my soul over the script, and the universe responded.

That choice cracked me open to a world I hadn't known existed. I began noticing what my scientist mind initially wanted to dismiss as coincidence: patterns too precise and too consistent to ignore. Signs in nature. Synchronicities. Animal messengers. A language the universe speaks to those who pay attention.

So I did what I was trained to do. I observed. I recorded. I analyzed.

In 2007 I became an apprentice to a shaman. In 2010 I was initiated into the Andean lineage in Peru as a Paqo, a medicine woman and mesa carrier dedicated to the path of Light. I've been walking this path of sacred service ever since.

The Dark Night

The path wasn't linear. I want to be honest about that.

I walked through my own fires. Financial devastation. Depression, anxiety, CPTSD. Heartbreak and self-betrayal. Chasing approval and achievement as a substitute for feeling worthy of love. I confronted my shadows, my unresolved wounds, my sabotaging patterns. I went deep into the darkness.

I could have stayed there. I chose to alchemize it instead.

I healed myself through ancient spiritual wisdom, shamanic soul retrievals, energetic cord cuttings, past life healing, somatic integration, shadow work, Reiki, sound healing, inner child work, meditation, prayer, and therapy. I researched Kabbalah, Buddhism, Taoism, Astrology, Human Design, Gene Keys, Numerology, the Chakras, and the cosmic laws that govern this existence, everything that could help me understand the soul's journey.

I went from overachieving people-pleaser to sovereign soul. From scarcity to abundance. From fear to love. From needing external validation to a deep, unshakeable relationship with Source.

The medicine I offer you is the same medicine that healed me.

What I Do

For nearly 20 years I've been doing shamanic healing work with clients in NYC and globally. My core medicine is soul retrieval, bringing back the fragmented parts of you that got lost through trauma, heartbreak, ancestral wounds, past lives, and conditioning.

I also offer:

Energetic cord cutting Past life readings and healing Power animal and spirit guide connections Shamanic limpias (deep energetic cleansings) Aura and chakra energy clearing Reiki and sound healing Somatic coaching

I work with people healing from:

Childhood trauma and CPTSD Relationship wounds and heartbreak Anxiety, depression, and panic attacks Chronic illness and fatigue Feeling lost, stuck, or disconnected from purpose Soul fragmentation from abuse, betrayal, or loss

I speak from both my scientist mind and my mystical heart. I demystify the "woo woo" and meet you exactly where you are, with compassion, rigor, and unconditional love.

What I Know Now

After 25 years of dedicated healing and nearly 20 years serving others, here is what I know to be true:

You are not broken. You are fragmented, maybe. Disconnected from parts of yourself that got lost along the way. But soul retrieval is real. You can call those parts back home. You can integrate. You can become whole.

Every pain you carry is medicine for your soul's evolution. The wounds become wisdom. The shadows become your greatest source of strength. The path goes through the darkness, not around it. But on the other side is freedom, wholeness, joy, power, and peace.

Relationships are mirrors. Self-knowledge is power. Healing is not comfortable, but it is the most worthwhile thing you will ever do for yourself.

You are not here to stay small, to please others, or to dim your light. You are here to remember who you really are.

Ready to Begin?

Whether you're in NYC or anywhere in the world, we can work together. My sessions are available in person and remotely.

Read the testimonials. Feel into the energy. And if your soul says yes, reach out.

With love, Phillia

Medicine Woman. Initiated Paqo. Shamanic Healer.