I am a certified coach with a long roster of clients that I have successfully helped navigate through turning points in their careers and their lives.
But there’s more to my story. To truly know me and who I am as a coach, you need to look below the surface. To understand the experiences that have shaped my perspective, my thoughts, my emotions, my triumphs, my downfalls—and my approach to my life and my work.
Since childhood, I have always been a highly sensitive person who felt things deeply.
I became an expert at tuning into my environment and the people in it. Over time, I realized the friction I was experiencing inside of me was partly due to the friction I felt with the people and systems outside of me. And I didn’t have the tools to make sense of it. This led to a major in Psychology and years of education beyond—both traditional and non-traditional.
There was a constant duel between the intellectual and sensitive sides of me—with the “thinker” winning most often.
I became driven and goal-focused, often sublimating the more sensitive side—the parts that were tender, fragile, and relational. The things that were hard to understand and bear.
Then, like a house of cards, my life as I knew it collapsed. All outward appearances indicated I was successful. An 18-year relationship. My own business built on the credibility I had garnered in the corporate world. Lots of extracurricular activities that took me from the mountains of Nepal to helping lead a fundraising hike for a women’s shelter. I had all the trappings of a “good life”, but underneath I was disconnected from myself in some profound ways. My life started to unravel.
Divorce. Loss of home. Loss of business. New job. New home. New relationship. Loss of home. Loss of relationship. Repeat.
I found myself having a panic attack in Tokyo, Japan. A turning point.
I left my job. I surrendered to what was happening. After 6 months, I began to coach again. I gave myself permission to trust parts of myself that I hadn’t trusted in a long time. I researched and trained in the fields of relational trauma, neuroscience, systems thinking, and spirituality. There was a deep mental resonance that we are all operating in systems—both inside and outside us. And if we can see these systems more clearly, we might have a chance to heal, to find ourselves, to make different choices, to change. I put the pieces of my life back together and discovered just that.
Who I am as a coach today reflects all of these experiences. I discovered that until I had a strong, abiding relationship with all parts of myself (sensitive side included!), I could not find true success and contentment in work and in life. And now I’m able to help you find the same.
Experience-Inspired Credentials
Certified NeuroTransformational Coach (CNTC)
Certified Relational Trauma Coach (CRTC)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Coach Training
Non-Violent Communication Training
Upcoming: Trauma-Informed Coach Certification