Victoria Lenormand · January 28, 2026

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January 28, 2026 · 20 min
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Ex Police Detective, Author and Holistic Health Expert Reimagining Education, Health & Justice Through a Family Lens
28 years Police service & investigation2024 author The Magic of Not Fitting InReiki Master Holistic coaching credential3 specialist areas Wellness coaching, trauma-informed care and energy work
Victoria Lenormand is a former police detective turned holistic coach, Reiki master, and passionate advocate for alternative education and social justice. With a 28-year career in public service behind her, Victoria’s lens is both compassionate and sharp: she’s witnessed firsthand how institutions can sometimes fail those they claim to serve. Her journey took a transformative turn when her youngest son’s autism diagnosis revealed the flaws in rigid educational and medical systems. Choosing to home educate, she and her family embraced a life of flexibility, healing, and empowerment—living in a motorhome before settling in Scotland and exploring a more intuitive way of living. Her family’s transformation, sparked by a combination of diet, environment, and deep listening, revealed the healing power of choice and the cost of ignoring it.
Today, through Gemini Directions, Victoria now works with families and individuals who feel stuck inside systems not made for them. Her work draws on training in wellness coaching, trauma-informed care, and energy work—but more than anything, it’s shaped by real-world experience: managing crisis with calm, asking better questions, making space when the default is to push through. Victoria speaks to parents at breaking point, professionals navigating burnout, and educators or policymakers open to doing things differently.
Susan Heartlight’s journey began as a single mother working three jobs when a social worker named Judy encouraged her to consider college. No one in Susan’s family had attended college, so higher education had never felt like part of her path. But when Judy told her, “Do it for your children,” Susan made the decision to apply.
After beginning her studies with courses in dance and poetry, Susan met with a guidance counselor who helped her create a clearer career path. An aptitude test suggested she would be well suited for a career as a scientist, architect, or psychologist. Because of her love for people, she chose psychology.
Determined to succeed, Susan took additional courses to strengthen her academic writing and improve her grades. Her leadership abilities soon emerged, and she was asked to serve as President of the Honor Society, where she helped raise more scholarship funding than her predecessors.
Susan also volunteered at a battered women’s shelter, supporting women and children as they worked to escape violent situations and rebuild their lives.
Her educational journey ultimately opened an unexpected door when she was recruited to attend the College of Notre Dame, marking another transformative chapter in her story.
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