I support people who feel stuck and are ready to get unstuck.
I have a lot of personal experience unsticking myself. I used to be a habitual people-pleaser and fawner with weak boundaries and an unhealthy relationship to anger.
I have struggled with anxiety, depression and PTSD.
The most important thing is that I am tremendously grateful for my struggles and the person they’ve helped me become. They helped me find my voice and integrate their inherent wisdom, changing my life for the better.
My journey to coaching began with a nervous breakdown at 23. Through this great personal challenge I discovered essential parts of who I am and what my purpose is.
Since the age of two I was pretty sure I was going to be an artist. When I was a child, I drew in the margins of my coloring books because I wanted to make something of my own. I would ask for yards of fabric for birthdays because I wanted to play with form, color and new ways in which to decorate the body and explore self-expression. I taught myself to sew at the age of 7. I taught myself how to play piano and made up songs at the age of 9. Creating has always been 100% my thing.
I searched for years for my true artistic purpose, moving from one service industry job to the next to support my art “habit”, wondering how I could be an artist when I couldn’t even keep my eyes open after working long shifts. My creativity floundered while my mental health took a turn for the worse.
Everything came crashing down around me when I had my nervous breakdown. I realized that my priorities were not matching my needs and that those priorities weren’t even mine to begin with. My relationships were toxic, I was living a life for other people, sacrificing my own happiness for theirs. There was only one person who I could turn to: myself.
It took me over 3 years to emerge from the darkest night of my soul.
Once I emerged I summoned the courage to examine my life and that which I no longer accepted. I made tough yet necessary changes for me. It took me a very long time—over a decade. I’d often wished I’d had someone kind but willing to call me out on my shit to help guide me to a better future. I had to be that person for myself.
I left a toxic relationship, engaged in a healthy and active lifestyle, returned to school, taught myself how to use and program drum machines and synthesizers and started a band.
As my mental health improved, I discovered that I make the raw materials of my own medicine from my personal wounds. The alchemy of pain became my central focus and art was my vehicle, helping me to process my trauma. I learned that making meaning using creative expression was only one piece of the puzzle of what I am here to do.
I began coaching folks within my community more than a decade before my training began. I did this by using my innate curiosity and my genuine love and interest for people’s personal stories and experiences. I had a knack for hearing and seeing things that others couldn’t.
As I progressed through my ICF-accredited certification I finally understood that coaching is a huge part of my personality and identity and the training helped me refine intrinsic skills I’d been using to support myself and my community all along.
The core essence of who I am is a Transformational Coach.
I have been coaching within my community for over 13 years and have had the privilege of working with more than 400 clients thus far.
Why I do this work:
The nature of transformational containers is anyone who enters them is invariably transformed by them. I am called to create conscious containers and to be a supportive guide and witness to the transformation people manifest and create in surprising and beautiful ways. Held within this container, my clients align with their needs and discover a forever deepening self-knowledge, discovering that which is most important to them, and creating a ripple effect of transformation in the world.
My coaching areas include but are not limited to:
Anger
Anxiety*
Boundaries
Cultivating Courage
Childhood Trauma*
Creative Expression
Depression*
Dreamwork
Family Dynamics
Identity
LGBTQ+
Over 60
Perimenopause & Menopause*
Self Esteem
*Please note that I am only able to support those experiencing any of these particular events if they are also under the care of a professional healthcare provider (for example a therapist, a psychiatrist, a GP, MD, etc.). I am not qualified to diagnose or treat any symptoms or illnesses. I believe holistic approaches to health and wellness that include proper medical treatment yield greater positive outcomes.