In the midst of this transition, I also deconstructed most of the rest of my life. On purpose. I began to intentionally (though not especially gracefully) dismantle the life I’d carefully constructed out of “should's” and “supposed to’s,” and rebuilt the life that called to me from deep in my heart and bones.

To support me in doing this deep and purposeful work, I hired a life coach. She became one of my “pit crew of people”- Anne Lamott’s term for the people in our lives who help us get put back together when the wheels fall off. My first coach, along with many other coaches and teachers I’ve worked with during and since an extensive life and leadership coach training in 2016 have supported me in creating a life that aligns with my deepest desires, needs, and values. 

Now, as a Professional Certified Coach (who still teaches yoga!), I get to have the kinds of conversations that you wish your best friend was trained and willing to have with you: highly intuitive, deeply authentic, no bullshit, and consistently relating to you as your highest and best self, even when you forget who you are.

I’ll never forget my first yoga class.

I didn’t understand most of the moves and felt a little self-conscious, but I remember that at the end of the class in savasana, I cried. I couldn’t explain it, yet there was a sense of peace and connection I wasn’t used to feeling.

As I continued and eventually developed a consistent yoga practice, I discovered that I was able to finally feel grounded and at home in my body in a way I hadn’t experienced before. At the time, I was a mental health therapist, and realized the same tools and techniques I was learning on the yoga mat could benefit my clients. That led me to enroll in the first of many Yoga Teacher Trainings in 2009. I found that teaching yoga allowed me to support others in getting connected to their minds and bodies in a way that felt exponentially more authentic and aligned to me than my role as a therapist, and so:

I did the unthinkable, and left behind a decade of my curated professional role to teach yoga. 

The short version: I am a life and leadership coach, yoga educator, facilitator of bucket-list yoga retreats, globe trotting adventure seeker, and Doggie devotee. I am committed to Connection, Empowered Expression, and Transformation: for myself, my clients, and for the world.