Elysia's journey has been dynamically filled with both tragedy and joy. She started giving people massage when she was 5 years old; "I believed that I was such a big spirit that I could hold the whole world's pain as well as my own so that no one else would ever have to hurt." This intention facilitated the healing of a lot of people but left Elysia with a lot of somatic pain at a young age. She was in pain or felt sick more often than healthy until she started her healing journey when she was 19 years old. "My desire to heal the world never changed, but I learned that it wasn't about holding others pain, but rather helping them transcend it on their own; which eventually brought me to today's story of me being an inspirational speaker, connection coach with and without horses, and an advocate for men's rights."