About Us
Healing Buddy - A Lighthouse of Love and Healing
Healing Buddy is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to educate and heal the community from PTSD and trauma. Our hope is to facilitate understanding and healing through classes, retreats, coaching sessions, and alternative healing treatments.
Alysea De La Cruz Esquina, RN BSN, CHLS, CSMC, CIMP, Founder and Executive Director
In the Army, we rely on our Battle Buddy, someone who stands beside us through the hardest moments, in and out of combat. That same spirit drives everything I do today. I want to be your Healing Buddy, a steady, compassionate presence to walk alongside you on your healing journey.
I understand this journey deeply, because I have lived it myself.
As a Combat Medic (91W) in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the Iraq War, I personally navigated complex trauma, C-PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I also carry the experiences of surviving toxic relationships and sexual assault. My father and two uncles served as Vietnam Veterans and struggled with PTSD for years, and I witnessed firsthand how profoundly untreated trauma can unravel every dimension of a person's life: their relationships, their sense of self, and their place in the world.
But I also know, with equal conviction, how life-changing it is to finally face and heal that trauma. Healing is not just possible; it is transformative.
My purpose is simple and unwavering: to help as many people as possible reclaim their lives through compassionate support, meaningful education, and personalized one-on-one coaching.
I bring to this work a clinical foundation built at the Mayo Clinic and the Phoenix VA, where I practiced as a critical care nurse and case manager. I hold a BSN from Grand Canyon University. I'm a Certified Holistic Life and Stress Management Coach, a Certified Integrative Medicine and Nutrition Provider specializing in PTSD, Complex Trauma, and TBI, and a trained Shamanic Healing Practitioner.
You don't have to heal alone. I've walked this road. And I'll walk it with you.
Moshe De La Cruz Esquina, M.Ed., Co-Founder
As a former Big 4 Management Consultant, I helped multi-billion dollar companies solve complex problems. The work was prestigious and the salary reflected it, but at the end of the day I was helping make rich companies, richer.
I wanted to do something that really mattered. So, I left a high paying six figure corporate job to co-found Healing Buddy with my wife Alysea, to help real people, solve real problems.
This work is also deeply personal to me. As a first generation American raised primarily by a single mother, I've had my own struggles with generational and complex trauma, anxiety, and depression. But with the right tools and the right support, I found my way through, and so can you.
Now, I want to make sure that anyone who is ready to heal, has the tools and support to heal.
I hold a Bachelor’s in English-Linguistics from ASU, a
Masters from Vanderbilt University in Leadership and Organizational Performance, I'm Certified in Integrative Medicine and Nutrition for PTSD Complex Trauma and TBI, and I'm a 5th Degree Black Belt in Okinawan Martial Arts.
If you are ready to put in the hard work, I am ready, to be your lighthouse in the storm.
