Biography
Why Life & Leadership Coaching?
What have I learned after 20+ years of coaching and supporting people through a pandemic? That how we live and how we lead are impossible to separate.
Work life. Personal life. Intertwined. Interconnected. Interdependent.
That’s why I offer Life & Leadership Coaching as one elegant choice.
No more wondering, “Can I talk about my best friend’s scary diagnosis in my executive coaching session?”
Or, “I know it’s a life coaching session, but can I talk about the conversation with my manager that’s waking me up at 2 a.m.?”
The answer is yes, you absolutely can. It’s all your lived experience.
And if you’re thinking, “Fine, but I’m not a leader,” I believe that leadership is how we show up in any situation, not the title you have in the org chart. We can lead anywhere — our families, volunteer roles, on the job.
Leadership is acting on your values and interacting in ways that create more belonging and possibility for ourselves and others.
No one has to go it alone during these strange and stressful times. Let’s connect for a free, no obligation, 30-minute conversation to see if Life & Leadership coaching is right for you.
About Me:
For over 30 years, I’ve followed my calling to facilitate transformational change with people, teams and organizations. As a seasoned coach, consultant, facilitator, and trainer, I partner with mission-driven people and organizations who are seeking to create a more just, equitable, and sustainable world. I think that everyone in an organization is a leader in any context they find themselves, regardless of position or title, and that leader-full teams and organizations are what we need more than ever.
My clients describe me as warm, compassionate, and deeply present, and also as “kindly honest” when helping people challenge their self-limiting assumptions and beliefs. I can’t think of anything more joyful than partnering with people and teams as they make shifts, both large and subtle, that allow them to live and lead with purpose and power. I am LGBTQIA+ affirming.
I fell in love with the transformative power of coaching after making a series of bold and necessary changes in my personal and professional life with the help of my coach. I completed my initial training with the Institute for Life Coach Training in 2003 (when “life coach” was definitely not a household word in the midwest!). I recently completed a second coach training program at Teleos Leadership Institute in 2021 to sharpen my skills and practice. I earned my MA in Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities.
When I had a month of unexpected downtime at the beginning of the pandemic, I wrote Waking Up to Your Worth: Ten Touchstones for Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, lessons learned from surviving, healing, and transforming childhood abuse into self-acceptance.
Where I Find Joy: Engaging with my inspiring clients each day, morning coffee looking at my garden, traveling and exploring all over the world, the deep serenity of the backcountry, talking and laughing with beloved friends, getting lost in a good book.