Most of Hazel’s early life was spent in the frozen north of Iowa and Minnesota. After a decade of owning her own salon business in Minneapolis, Minnesota- 2020 hit and with that came some major life changes and challenges. Pre 2020 Hazel was on a mission to see the world- 50 some countries, 6 continents and counting- when covid literally (and figuratively) grounded her. Hazel decided it was time to make a different kind of travel adventure. She left all she had worked for behind, sold all her belongings and moved to Miami- trusting with blind faith it would all work out.

Now this may sound like a dreamy story, from freezing snow to palm tree and sun-  but it didn’t come without its challenges. After earning her real estate license, she slowly came to realize that a full time real estate career in Miami didn’t align with her. So eventually she added mortgage loan advisor to her skill set, where she could stay in the real estate industry but give more value to clients through the mortgage side.

While building these two new careers, Hazel found it difficult to stay away from her true passion of doing hair- so she continues to do hair in Miami.

In summer of 2023, things aligned for her to get her Mindfulness Based Modern Meditation Teacher Training Certification.  Going into this, she pursued the training as a way to deepen her own knowledge with her own meditation practice. By the time she finished the five month long certification program, she had decided she wanted to share this practice with other. After all, she wasn’t the same person with meditation in her life- in the best way ever. Why wouldn’t she want to share this with others?

For now, Hazel resides in Miami with her fiancé. They hope to purchase land, move north of Miami and have a homestead/meditation retreat center with and plenty of animals and a giant garden.