I left the therapy profession when I had an infant and realized I no longer had the energy to show up for myself and what I needed at that time. My therapy practice was already marked by solution-focused, action-oriented, and strengths-based approaches– but what many of my clients needed wasn’t to fix something wrong with them, but to believe they were already whole and capable. Coaching allows me to help others in a way that is more aligned with my values and honors sustainable energy management because it exists outside of the Western colonial medical model.

I spent my formative years and early adulthood living according to others and sacrificing myself. I was brought up to believe there was something inherently wrong with me because I’m human, that I’d always need someone or something outside of me to heal. I was taught to ignore and distrust my intuition. It took drastic and unexpected losses in life and relationships to see how much I needed to shed outside expectations in order to thrive.