ABOUT ME

My Story

So yeah, I was that good girl, who got good grades, did the right extracurriculars and went to a good school. After finishing college, like many of my fellow classmates, I searched for a job and tried to become a grown-up. I spent a year teaching English in a middle school abroad, then returned and spent a few years teaching at a high school. While I enjoyed working with my students, as an introvert, I was completely exhausted and burning out quickly. So, I changed direction and went to grad school, where I discovered consulting. And I absolutely adored it.

I moved up fast in the company, traveled around the world, worked for cool clients, learned invaluable skills, made good money and met lifelong friends. All of which, I am very grateful for. But what I didn’t realize was that although my experiences were getting wider, the box I was living in was getting smaller. I was working crazy hours, spending nights, weekends and often vacations working. I was traveling constantly and barely had time to see friends and family. My stress levels were through the roof and the culture at work was becoming increasingly toxic. I was working so hard to appear as the consummate professional not realizing how much of my true self I was burying away. At the same time, I was dealing with some significant traumatic health events in my family. Looking back I now, I realize how much everything was taking a toll on my mental health.

Even though I was outwardly succeeding, I was inwardly miserable and so fucking burnt out. That’s when I made one of the riskiest decisions of my career that also turned out to be the best and most life-changing. I chose to leave. I chose me and my sanity. I chose to trust that there was a better way to live and that I would find it.

Umm… and I’ve never quit anything in my life. That’s never really been a real option for me (again, the good girl in me).

What made it even scarier was that I had no plan, no job lined up, no one I could fall back on, and very little savings to speak of. So I turned to the one thing I knew could help me reset: travel. With a growing credit card balance, this seemed a little insane. But not to seem too “woo woo,” I was trusting in the universe and my ability to figure it out (for as long as I could anyway). Immersing yourself in a new environment and new culture can help shift your perspective and it was exactly the right medicine.

After my trip, I approached rebuilding my life with curiosity, having conversations with people who knew me well to learn and explore. All I knew for certain was that I wanted to create balance, values alignment, and fulfillment in my life. Through this process, I started to let go of the “shoulds” that I had been hearing my whole life and instead asked myself what does success mean to me?

Looking across my career and life, I realized how much I enjoyed the people side of what I did at every turn and that’s when my experiences started to make sense to me. I realized that it had all been leading me to this point (although I didn’t know it at the time). Friends, colleagues, clients all came to me looking for advice, unbiased perspective and saw me as a trusted partner and safe space to explore ideas and work through problems. That’s when coaching became an easy choice.

And I LOVE IT.

Helping people find fulfillment and purpose in their lives is a passion and what now defines my own success. I realized that all those “rules” that I thought I had to follow didn’t make sense for me at all. I could make my own rules and live by them.

You can do it too. You can find a fulfilling life and success on your own terms and I am here to help you do it.