There’s a vein of mental health that I know really well.

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It’s one where humans struggle and get caught up in the swirl of anxiety, depression, loneliness, and the struggles that accompany those parts of life. It’s the edge of function where life is hard and sort of manageable but really not. Maybe a treading water but not a drowning kind of place. I know how to help people who are in this lane. Whether you’re wrestling with burnout, career, relationship, identity, or habits, I’ve got your back.

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    Support

    Our work will blend skill-building, an exploration of the roots of why you’re where you are right now, and creation of a pathway to where you want to be.

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    You Don't Have to Go It Alone

    One of my favorite teachers told me, “Your mind is like a dangerous neighborhood, don’t go in there alone.” I love this truism, and it defines my work well.

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    I Have an Attuned Ear

    I can hear both your yearning and your self-sabotage. I can help you find your way through the fog and white noise in your brain to the essence of what you really want.

My pathway has had some spikes and valleys.

For a long time, I was a chameleon,  trying to adapt to whatever others wanted from me. I was pretty good at it, too. I could shape-shift to serve different people and different situations without realizing what a toll it took it on me and how it led to my own form of burnout.

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    Early Bumbling

    My very first job was at a wholesale plant nursery, and I can’t even keep the aloe plant on my kitchen windowsill alive. Another early job was waitressing at my family’s restaurant, which the Washington Post once reviewed and said it served “good, old-fashioned American grub” (an apt description).

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    Humility

    Between my husband and me, we have 3 failed businesses, which should make me hang my head in shame, but it only makes me proud that we both took flying leaps at bringing our dreams to reality – it also equips me with a healthy dose of realism about entrepreneurism

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    Incongruity

    I was a therapeutic counselor at a weight loss camp. If you met me in person, you’d see why the idea of a teenager looking to me for weight loss inspiration would be politely described as incongruous.

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    Learning

    I’ve worked at 5 institutions of higher education, which is rather like an alcoholic working in a bar – it only fueled my Credentialing Gremlin (that critical inner voice that insists you need just one more piece of paper to validate your existence).

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When I was writing a LinkedIn profile for one of my clients, she told me, “I can’t have the word ‘expert’ in my LinkedIn headline. It makes me look like I’m bragging.” Deep breath from me. “Look, sister, a man would NEVER say that.”

Okay, I didn’t tell her that with my outside voice. But I did gently work with her to claim her expertise and affirm her strengths. Ultimately, she stood by her aversion to that word, but our exchange made me even more fond of it.

What I offer as a result of my expert status: I can coach people on what’s at the root of their struggle, what’s bringing them uncertainty about their direction, how to find direction (through probes – not leaps), how to find and form community, how to recognize the difference between self-care and hiding, how to set and hold a boundary, and how to truly embrace and love “the one wild and precious life” that you have (thanks, Mary Oliver, for that beautiful phrase).


I’m an expert at reinvention, both internal and external.

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    I embrace and cultivate community

    None of us can go it alone, and I think the synergy and companionship that comes from walking alongside fellow travelers is essential to the process of any change. In fact, I live in intentional community – cohousing – on the banks of the Poudre River in Fort Collins, Colorado, which is a sweet town just north of Denver in the US. I also spend part of the year in MD in the historic town of Frederick, a charming and thriving town.

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    I'm a homebody, through and through

    Most people love to travel, but not me (it sort of horrifies me), so I immerse myself in women’s groups, yoga classes (well, my current crush is Nia), masterminds, consultation groups, and other forums to gather – all this despite my strong introversion.

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    Land Acknowledgement

    It’s important for me to offer respect for the land where I work. In Colorado, it is the ancestral home of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples. In Maryland, the Susquehannock, the Piscataway, and the Tuscarora were native to the area where I live and work. I honor and recognize the Indigenous people as original stewards of this land, and I hold sacred my own responsibility in practicing inclusion in both my personal and professional life.