My Story

I know what it feels like to be good at everything except taking care of yourself.

For over 20 years I built a career developing other people (students, educators, professionals, coaching clients). I was the one people came to when they needed help figuring things out. The one who always had a plan, always had an answer, always showed up.

And then one day I realized I had completely lost myself in the process.

I'd spent two years sending out over 2,000 job applications into silence. I went back to a classroom I'd already mentally left. I moved to a state that didn't feel like home. I stopped running, stopped making art, stopped cooking the elaborate meals I loved. I stopped doing the things that made me feel like me.

The turning point wasn't dramatic. It was a car ride home from work where I finally said out loud, to no one but myself, what I actually wanted. Not what made sense. Not what was safe. What I actually wanted.

That moment changed everything.

I'm a certified life coach through the Life Coach Training Institute. I hold a PhD in Humanities with a concentration in moral philosophy — which is a fancy way of saying I've spent years thinking seriously about how humans make decisions, find meaning, and build lives worth living. I'm completing an EdD in Leadership and Innovation. I have 20 years of experience developing people across every context imaginable.

But the credential that matters most for this work is simpler than any of those: I've been where you are. And I found my way back.

That's what I help other women do.

What I Believe

I believe you already know what you want. You just need someone to help you hear yourself again.

I believe confidence isn't something you find. It's something you rebuild, one honest decision at a time.

I believe the life you want is not as far away as it feels right now.

And I believe you are more than capable of living it.

A Little More About Me

When I'm not coaching I'm making art — junk journals, scrapbooking, diamond art. I'm working my way back to running in the early mornings. I'm planning the travel bucket list trips that have been waiting long enough. I'm watching my son play soccer and trying to be as present as possible for every minute of it.

I'm building the life I described wanting. Slowly, intentionally, one day at a time. Just like you will.