Coach ~ Artist ~ Author
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Experience in IFS:
- Resilient Catholics Community (RCC); Souls and Hearts, 2024
- Interior Therapist Community – Foundational Experience Group (ITC-FEG); Souls and Hearts, 2023
Education:
- Master of Science in Psychology; Divine Mercy University, in progress
- Aroma Freedom Practitioner Certificate; Aroma Freedom Academy, May 2025
- Chartered Herbalist Diploma; Dominion Herbal College, October 2024
- Life Coach Certification: Life Coach Training Institute, May 2024
- Catholic Bioethics Certificate; Institute of Catholic Culture, October 2022
- Theology of the Body- Foundations Certificate; Sacred Heart College, June 2022
- Honours Bachelor of Arts with Major in Religious Studies and Minor in Linguistics; University of Ottawa, May 2022
- TESOL Certificate; Oxford Seminars, May 2014
- General Bachelor of Arts (3 years) with Minor in Religious Studies; University of Ottawa, May 2014
Continuing Education:
- Institute of Catholic Culture Certificates:
- Catholic Bioethics, October 2022
- Alison Certificate Courses:
- Introduction to Art Therapy, March 2026
- Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care, March 2026
- Autism Awareness and Inclusive Practices, March 2026
- Become an Effective Leader Coach, March 2026
Work Experience:
- August 2022-Present: Founder of Snowrose Blossom
- January 2013- Present: Artist
- February 2025-November 2025: ESL Teacher at PollyEnglish
- January 2024- March 2024: Teacher at Oxford Learning
- August 2022-November 2022: Educational Coordinator at Oxford Learning
- December 2020-December 2021: Private Flute Instructor
- June 2017-January 2018: Audio Transcriptionist with Rev.com
- October 2016-July 2017: Teacher at School Tutoring Academy
- May 2016- September 2016: Receptionist/Secretary at St. Andre Bessette Parish
- July 2016: Summer Camp Coordinator at St. Andre Bessette Parish
- November 2015-June 2016: Teacher at Oxford Learning Don Mills
- September 2013-January 2015: Aftercare Assistant Teacher at Fernhill Private School
- November 2012-May 2014: Tutor for OCDSB at Elgin St. Public School
- February 2011- March 2013: Supervisor/Sales Associate at Fabricland Inc.
- August 2010- December 2010: Stable Hand/General Farm Laborer at Greenbelt Riding School
- June 2009-December 2009: Lifeguard/Swimming instructor at Ottawa JCC
My Journey
My name is Samantha Larin.
I am an adult Catholic convert with ADHD whose life witnesses Jesus’ words in the Gospel of Luke 15:4, “which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?” (New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition).
Having grown up without any religion, I spent my teenage years practicing a new-age spirituality. I then came to encounter Jesus through Mary’s intercession as a young adult. I became a wife shortly after entering the Church through RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults). The path towards motherhood was filled with many sorrows and little intercessors I hope to one day meet, but worth every step. My relationship with God is my foundation, my strength, and my all.
My Mission
Where my journey started…
After struggling with many chronic health conditions from an early age, I have come to a deep appreciation of the role of the sanctification of suffering. From this, I have also come to understand the need to help reduce the suffering of others and set forth on the path of flourishing that God intends. Despite many setbacks in my long years of studying Religious Studies and Linguistics, I completed my Bachelor of Arts at the University of Ottawa. During this time, I worked as a teacher and tutor.
Where my journey continued…
While completing the Theology of the Body Foundations certificate at Sacred Heart College, I discovered the beauty of our reality as Body-Persons. This fed a profound desire to approach healing with an integrated anthropology of the human person. Consequently, this has led to my current path of seeking to support those who desire to heal, grow, and flourish in life. Through participating in the Internal Therapist Group (now Formation for Formators), and the Resilient Catholics Community with Souls and Hearts I have developed a deep appreciation for IFS (Internal Family Systems Therapy). I have found great interior freedom through this model of the mind. As such, I work through an IFS-informed lens. I have trained in a variety of modalities that I have combined to create Body-Person Coaching.
Through my background in religious studies, linguistics, psychology, and theology, I approach each individual as a whole. Notably, training as a Life Coach at the Life Coach Training Academy, as an Aroma Freedom Practitioner at the Aroma Freedom Academy, and as a Chartered Herbalist at Dominion Herbal College has given me the tools to serve.
My journey became a call…
My call is to share the healing, growth, strength, and joy God wishes to shower on the world. Through art, I encounter healing. Through art, I encounter the Lord who is Beauty, Truth, and Goodness. Come art the journey with me!
If you are ready to flourish, I would like to offer my services of accompaniment through the journey. Otherwise, you can also support me as an artist through purchasing prints, commissions, or art licensing requests.
Last, come visit Young Living to see health products that have helped dramatically in my journey. These products rely on natural compounds to support healing and can be found on my page as a Brand Ambassador for Young Living!
Coach
In the words of Pope St. John Paul II, we are body-persons, and need to experience healing and flourishing without creating a dualism between the mind and the body. By developing the Body-Person Coaching Paradigm, I plan to accompany others in their journey to flourishing and wellness.
As a Body-Person Coach, I work on the fundamental premise of supporting these truths of the human person:
- We are each a composite body-person: body, mind, soul in unity.
- We are made in the image and likeness of God with intrinsic dignity.
- We are all made GOOD.
- We have an innate healing capacity.
- We have a fundamental need to exert agency.
Ultimately, as a Body-Person Coach, I can give you the tools that you need. Together, we can support your innate healing, overcome stuck mindsets, and grow and flourish.
Artist
Art is one of the most foundational aspects of my life, and I say that from a multifaceted understanding of the arts. My maternal line is very artistic, and I was deeply inspired and moved by my late maternal grandfather’s and my mother’s artistic skills growing up. Specifically, having undiagnosed ADHD as a child, my mother generously humored my cyclical hyperfocus in trying and learning new forms of artistic expression.
My journey with dance and music…
In my early life, I took dance lessons for 13 years before teaching them for a few years. I primarily danced ballet (and pointe) but took jazz for a few years and tried tap, hip hop, and belly dance. I learned the flute, viola, drums, and a tiny bit of piano as a tween. While in middle school, I participated in the percussion music group “BOOM!”. From there, I joined the school band as a flutist for all 4 years of high school. I sang for a time in the school jazz choir, C-flats, and led snare in the Samba band for a year. As a young adult, I also participated in the French choir “Les Chansonniers” for a year.
My journey with fine art and crafts…
Outside of school, I eagerly watched my mother develop her craft as she spent her free time reading, drawing, and painting. She took art classes at the Ottawa School of Art and would come home with absolutely stunning oil paintings from her live model classes. In admiration, I saw when she painted a self-portrait in purples and blues. This portrait expressed her creativity in the most captivating and inspirational hues. Drawn by her example, I asked to learn too, and she humored me each time, much to my older siblings’ bewilderment at having so many interests.
I took beading classes, knitting classes, art classes, and one of my favorite classes as a teen: fashion design. My mother had made most of my clothes as a child and taught me to sew. By high school, I was, when I had time between the demands of the International Baccalaureate Program and my extracurricular activities, sewing my Halloween costumes and some clothes.
My journey through artistic crisis…
Painting became a solace and refuge in the difficulties of life as I was experiencing severe chronic illness by my early 20s. Although I was diagnosed with celiac disease, fibromyalgia, and inflammatory arthritis in all my joints, painting gave me peace. It became a place to work out my emotions and play through the difficulties of life. Soon, it was a place of prayer and a refuge for my heart until I became so sick that I could not paint without severe pain. Then my refuge became a cross, and my only comfort became my relationship with Christ. Through that relationship, I have found deep healing both physically and emotionally.
My journey beyond…
Over time, I learned that all the gifts he has given me, that my mother so lovingly nurtured, were given for His glory. From this place, I paint both for the enjoyment and peace it brings as a form of self-expression, but also as a prayerful time to encounter God through Beauty.
Owing to 3 abdominal surgeries in the last decade, I don’t dance as often as I used to. As a result, I have chosen to focus more on music and fine arts for now. In general, I paint with acrylic and watercolor, sculpt, sew, and make various hand crafts.
Author
Every heart holds a story shared through the means that reflect most brightly in the world. In writing, I share a facet of the glimmering gifts that I’ve been given, hoping to share even a small glint of the transforming love God has poured out on me. Over time, writing has become an important part of my journey as I overcame my dyslexia through studying linguistics in my undergraduate studies. Where I had been a passable writer, learning the linguistic system and layout of English, like a beautiful tapestry, gave me the tools to write. In addition, world-building with one of my oldest friends in our spare time gave me the creative foundation and fuel needed to develop a passion for writing.
My journey writing…
In truth, I never considered myself a writer until I became one. It seemed unattainable and beyond my capabilities, yet it now undergirds a foundational part of me. Now, I write where my heart leads, and I hope to make space for connection, tenderness, truth, and transformation in my work. Whether I am sharing my adventures in a blog, weaving fiction across distant stars, or inviting others into gratitude’s healing arc, my goal is always communion: heart to heart, soul to soul.
Through every project, whether fictional or formative, I hope to meet my readers where they are and walk with them to where they are called. Through writing, I hope to art the journey and grow into the person God made me to be — maybe helping others do the same along the way.
Why Snowrose Blossom?
