Executive Coach +
Team Whisperer

Executive Coach

I help create dream teams by nurturing safe containers for growth so you can transcend the mental BS that is holding your team back.

As a coach, I help leaders see how their perspective might be limiting their potential - and I’ve found that the thing that tends to get in the way is either the skills or knowledge you don’t have or limiting beliefs that create resistance to change.

I combine best practices in organizational development, skills to help you think more clearly, and the most powerful tool available for understanding personality dynamics to unlock the self-awareness you need to play to your strengths and overcome your weaknesses.

I believe it is important to recognize the lineage of knowledge that I’ve been shaped by:

  • I am formally trained in Dan Siegel’s Interpersonal Neurobiology framework, Robert Kegan and Lisa Lehay’s Immunity to Change model, as well as Peter Senge and Mette Boell’s Compassionate Systems Framework.

  • I received an Advanced Certification in Feminist Coaching with Kara Lowentheil, the only certification that combines the most powerful cognitive change tools in the coaching industry with an intersectional feminist analysis. This allows me to help clients understand what makes them feel disempowered.

  • I’ve learned how to administer a process to unlock your core gifts with Bruce Anderson at the Core Gift Institute and studied with the Strategizer team on the best practices of innovating as a team.

  • I also use the Enneagram personality system and have studied with some of the greatest Enneagram teachers of our time, including Russ Hudson, Ginger Lapid Bogda, Helen Palmer, David Daniels, Beatrice Chestnut, Tom Condon, and Dirk Cleote. I’ve received certifications through both the Integrative Enneagram and Ginger Lapid-Bogda's Enneagram in Business coaching programs.

MBA

In graduate school, I studied with leaders in entrepreneurship, leadership development, sustainability, and social justice and earned a degree in creating Sustainable Systems.

And this experience allows me to help other entrepreneurs and leaders to find their own path to building a business their way. I draw on my knowledge of the latest business strategy, customer development, and organizational development to help make sure your business has a strong foundation to build from. But when I work with entrepreneurs or executives, you can pick and choose what aligns with how you are wired to design your business to grow without causing burnout.

Hacking Education

In the process of homeschooling my teens, I’ve done extensive research on the neuroscience of learning and attachment theories. Through this experience, I developed a new curriculum to cultivate leaders of the future and nurture collaboration on teams.

I’ve translated that knowledge into my coaching and teaching programs so that you get clear and concise information in a way that is easy to digest and immediately actionable. You will not have to connect the dots with me - I’ll help you figure out how to translate this wisdom into your everyday life so that you can use these shortcuts to build your dream life.

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I believe that:

The world needs diverse leaders who can navigate complexity with grace. We need more creativity and innovation and that is going to require that we evolve beyond our primitive, biological wiring into more expanded and relaxed version of ouselves. But you can’t do that if you are asleep to who you really are and can’t see the ways that society or even you hold yourself back.

I’m not about:

Treating people like cogs in a machine, or levers to be pulled. Militaristic command-and-control styles of leadership. Continuing business as usual and hoping everything works out.. Egoic patterns of conflict. Playing small. Not taking action until you know you can do it perfectly.

I’m here to support:

Anyone on a journey to become more fully themself. To me, black lives matter, science is king, and no one should go bankrupt because they get sick. I reserve space in each of my programs for scholarship recipients - including single-moms, people of color, or other marginalized groups. If you are interested in working with me but cannot afford my services, send me a note and we can work something out.

My design:

In the Enneagram system, my type is a self-preservation type 1 - aka “The Reformer.” I am all about doing things with integrity to the highest of standards. (You won’t see any sloppy work from me!) People experience me as warm and kind, but I am great at creating a container for accountability and making sure you make progress on the things that matter.

My Enneagram tritype is 152 - The Mentor. My idealism for the way things could be combines with a deep desire to help others. I love going deep and doing research that allows me to pack a ton of wisdom into actionable bits that help you make progress quickly and avoid common mistakes.

In Human Design, I am a 3/5 Projector - which is aligned with a teacher and change maker.

You can find me:

Reading and taking a ton of notes. Hiking in the Pacific Northwest. Taking sunset boat rides in the Puget Sound. Knitting and sewing a minimal wardrobe. Listening to all the podcasts as I take my pup, Scout, for a walk. I love cooking with whole foods. And there is nothing better than a peaceful kayak ride or watching the clouds over the Puget Sound off our deck (because the mountains aren’t reliably visible around here, but the clouds are!).