About Me

I am a Life Coach who is a longtime practicing Licensed Acupuncturist and Classic Chinese Herbalist. Being a healer is natural for me because of my innate understanding of physical and emotional suffering. Since a young age, I was managing family illness and looking for ways to heal myself. Over the many years of my work and life I have discovered specialties and techniques as well as new understandings about healing. This all created for me the learning that I feel most alive listening to humans then looking at the individual ways they can care for themselves and the world around them, gently.

I have lived a lot of places, from Indiana to Iran, but the fantastic city of Chicago for the longest. Now I am next to a beautiful lake in the mountains of Western North Carolina with my husband, teenaged son and daughter plus our dogs: mutt Olive and chow chow Mortie.

• Certified Life Coach/Integrative Change Worker through Simone Seol and Melissa Tiers
• BA from Columbia College with a concentration in Photography in 1998
• Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.), graduated from Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in 2001
• Diplomate of Canonical (Classic) Chinese Medicine from ICEAM in 2012
• 9 month Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach Program completed in March 2019
• Chinese Medical Practitioner at The Nest Chicago, a clinic for Women and Children 2010-2018
• Owner of Little House Acupuncture and Classic Chinese Medicine 2018-2021
• Owner of Sae Mickelson Health and Life Coach from 2021

I have thoughtfully studied under excellent teachers and healers in the arts/sciences of: Hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Reiki, CranioSacral Therapy, Shiatsu, Qi Gong, Somatic Healing, Yoga, Holistic Nutrition and NARM Complex Childhood Trauma. State (IL) and National Licensure(USA) of Acupuncture requires continuous education and Life Coaching has me in numerous extensive programs every year. I also take care of myself through working monthly (or more) with a Shaman, Acupuncturist, Chiropractor, Chinese Herbalist, Massage Therapist, 1:1 Pilates, Bowspring Somatic Practice, Mountain Hiking as well as at least twice yearly personal retreats and I have my own Life Coach. My highest intention is to be fully available for my clients who bravely step forward into my deep, full care.