Meet LVF of Downtown Saint Petersburg, FL
New Interview by VoyageTampa
VoyageTampa
6/17/20252 min read
Shared with permission of VoyageTampa.
Today we’d like to introduce you to LVF.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
My journey began with a deep curiosity about the unseen forces that shape our lives. In 2008, I went down the rabbit hole of esoteric studies—Hermeticism, mysticism, dream symbolism—which eventually led me to the work of Carl Jung in 2011. His insights into the psyche resonated deeply, and I began what would become a lifelong commitment to shadow work and self-exploration.
At the same time, I was navigating personal struggles that I wasn’t aware I had: childhood trauma, abandonment wounds, and issues setting and keeping boundaries, especially in intimate relationships. My marriage became a mirror—one that forced me to confront the parts of myself I had long avoided. It wasn’t just about navigating a challenging relationship; it was about becoming whole.
The pain I endured before and after shadow work transformed into purpose, giving light to my upcoming book So, I Married My Shadow. This work became not only a container for my grief and growth, but a call to others navigating their own shadows. My aim is to help others recognize the healing potential in their pain as my story still unfolds.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It’s been anything but smooth. The road was cracked open by loss, identity crises, and the kind of isolation that forces you to stop mirroring others and finally go inward. One of the most painful chapters was facing the slow unraveling of my marriage. It wasn’t until I finally said ‘No’ and chose to prioritize my own healing that everything began to shift. That decision became the catalyst for my husband’s own radical self-examination and healing journey.
Every setback invited me to go deeper and learn to observe—not just what was happening to me—but what was being asked of me. Writing, shadow work, and creating were never separate from the healing—they were the healing. The road has been hard, yes, but it taught me how to alchemize pain into purpose and how to show up more fully for myself and others.