One of my favorite things to do is open my kitchen cupboards and, without going out to buy anything else, create something new and delicious with only what I have on hand. The fewer the ingredients – and the more impossible it feels — the more satisfied I am when it works.
I’ve realized this is the perfect metaphor for my life, and for what I now bring to others as a coach: taking imperfect, unplanned, scattered pieces and transforming them into something whole, meaningful, and unexpectedly beautiful.
Here are some of the themes and experiences that have shaped my purpose and passion:
I grew up as the only daughter in a family of four brothers — sensitive, creative, and high-achieving, yet never quite fitting the environments around me. Later, as a young, non-degreed professional among credentialed peers, I learned how to succeed by delivering real value – the kind a degree doesn’t guarantee.
At age seven, my family moved from Louisiana to Illinois — a cultural shift that felt like moving countries. Later, I pivoted from a marketing career into IT, with no technical education, yet built a twenty-year career. Life carried me across continents too — a decade in Asia, then repatriating to the U.S. during the pandemic after nearly two years apart from my son. Each time, I began again.
I’ve had to build possibility from limitation. I did my first software implementation at nineteen, not because I was asked to, but because I saw a better way in a highly manual process. I finished my degree at night at age 32 while working full-time, navigating pregnancy, divorce, and parenting my first and only child. And I repeatedly took on stretch roles I wasn’t necessarily “qualified” for, and grew myself into success in every one.
Motherhood to a twice-exceptional child taught me to advocate fiercely and adapt creatively. As a people leader and mentor, the best part of my corporate career was helping others grow. Even outside work, compassion has guided me — whether caring for my elderly parents, rescuing stray animals overseas or accepting and appreciating others exactly as they are.
Twice divorced and having faced recurrent depression, I’ve lived through unraveling and kept my tenderness. What I discovered is this: letting things fall apart can be its own kind of teacher. Each time, I learned how to gather the pieces, mend them, and make something whole and more beautiful — not despite the cracks, but because of them.
My work now is informed by Jungian psychology, spirituality, and lived experience. I know the power of holding space — for others and for myself. And I believe transformation isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you already are and allowing truth to reshape you.
If my story proves anything, it’s that possibility exists even in the most imperfect circumstances. And that is the gift I bring to you: the ability to see your scattered pieces as raw material for something new, something whole, something deeply yours.
I am still many things. But what threads them together is this: I bring my authentic, whole self here to help others discover what’s possible in their own lives. And this is, without question, where I finally know I belong.