My approach to coaching:

I use heart-centered coaching to support people who want to make changes.

Life is hard. Depending on our individual circumstances, it can make us feel like a weak sapling being whipped around in a storm. When we feel grounded and empowered we identify with our inner strength and realize we have a sturdy trunk and strong roots.

I focus on the person, not the problem, because I can’t coach a problem!

(Tangentially, did you ever notice how everywhere you go, there YOU are? Interesting..)

Coaching you, we dive into who you are to explore your unique vision for yourself and your life. I hold space for you to navigate a new path, to face any challenge powerfully. Together we align you with your needs and values, honor and explore any resistance that arises, and celebrate your unique wisdom, putting your curiosity and self-knowledge to work transforming your life.

You want change and I help you realize it.

My training includes the following advanced tools:

• Your Needs & Values: a foundational and collaborative process where I reflect on what needs I hear aren’t being met and what values you hold dear. We then use this as infrastructure for you to create strategies, deepen your self-awareness and self-knowledge throughout coaching and beyond.

• Experiencing: this tool enables us to drop into the current moment to focus on present sensations of emotions and feelings in your body, discovering the wisdom your body holds and your ability to self-regulate and heal.

• Shadow Work / Parts Work / Internal Family Systems: (aka, the keys to the universe) When was the last time you really listened to your inner critic; to the parts that shout the loudest for attention, the ones you try your best to ignore? We invite them to speak and be heard and discover the inherent positive intent of the parts that make you you. I support you to explore and play with new ways to work with these old friends (even though they may feel like enemies). Welcome to Self-Leadership!

• Future Envisioning / Future You: a wonderfully accessible tool that empowers you to map a personalized course to achieve your desired goals.

• Expansive Viewing: a creative and fun activity/tool to support you in broadening your view and realize greater possibilities that await you.

  I engage in Cross Cultural Coaching with a concentration on cultural humility, social justice, power, privilege, race & class, visible & invisible disabilities, and sex & gender, and how each of these components intersect and shape the lives of my community.