a bit About me

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One of the first things they teach you in coaching school - you know, the one where you become a coach - is that coaching is all about you. There is no; “I’ve been through that” or “I totally know what you are going through…” as there is no way for anyone else to really know what you are experiencing in your life. Coaching is all about YOU, not me, and you are the expert. 

However, as a coachee aka the person being coached, I have always wanted to know a bit about my coach, to make sure that they know what I’m talking about, even if it really doesn’t matter at all. Your coach is a professional and just like a doctor knows what to do to a broken bone, even if they have never broken one themselves, your coach can coach you whether they have personal experience on the subject or not.  

So, here’s a bit about me, just in case you are a bit like me that way. I am a professional coach, well, you already knew that. I am also a mother. It’s been a while since my kids were little but not so long that I wouldn’t be able to remember what it was like to have a toddler and two newborns. I love my children dearly, but I promise that those first years of being a mother were the hardest thing that I have ever been through. And from my background as an early childhood education major, being a mother of three neurodivergent children and a business owner came the idea of becoming a coach. 

Over the years, in all those meetings with my fellow mothers, fathers, and peers, the most frequently asked question from those walking this path a few years behind me has been, how do I do this? How can I combine work and family without getting burned out? How do I do this so that my children won’t hate me when they grow up? How do I do this without getting fired? 

On the other end of this spectrum of conversations are the ones that tend to happen within my PTA (Parent Teacher Association) community – yes, I am one of those PTA moms, and the school community as a whole. These are the conversations that became more frequent as my children and their children were no longer little. Slowly they needed us parents a bit less, they no longer yearned for our constant attention, got drivers licenses, and started taking steps toward independence. This is the time in most parents lives when, especially stay-at-home parents, start looking around and begin exploring their next steps. What do I want to do? Who is this person I’m living with? I don’t want to return to the job that I had ten, fifteen or twenty years ago. Will anyone hire me?

Both having children and then later, letting go of them are major game changers. I am here to help you find your way. 

I have been married to the dude who lives here for closer to 30-years. Not always the easiest years but together we have gotten through plenty, and then some more. On my free time, I enjoy traveling with my family, and that is no small ordeal with three kids, two dogs and a cat, reading, knitting, cooking, gardening, and dog training.