People struggle with intense emotions for years—anxiety, burnout, trauma, chronic illness—without ever being offered anything besides a prescription for medication. But emotional health isn’t only about brain chemistry. Emotion is something you do. It’s in the way your body moves. It’s in the spaces you live in and move through. It’s in your home. It’s in your habits. And most important of all—it’s something you can practice.

My roots run deep in St. Martin Parish. My parents, grandparents and great-grandparents have all made their home and raised families here. In an age when it seems that much is disappearing, I’m committed to building bridges with partners at the parish, city and community levels to promote, preserve and celebrate the unique blend of cultures that make this part of Louisiana an area of great historical and cultural significance.

An independent expert provides a clarifying voice in disability determinations, litigation matters and worker’s compensation claims. This may take the form of an independent medical examination, a second medical opinion, review of records or expert witness testimony. Especially with brain injury and other life-changing neurologic impairments, objectivity, thoroughness and compassion are essential qualities to look for in an independent expert.

In terms of raw natural beauty, Southern Louisiana can hold its own against any exotic location around the world. But nature isn’t just something beautiful to behold. It goes deeper than that. Nature sustains us. Nature roots us. And yet we’re increasingly disconnected from it, spending more of our lives on screens than in three-dimensional nature. The bayous and swamps of southern Louisiana are as amazing as the Amazon Basin. Let me show you.