About Me

It is my goal as your coaching partner to inspire you to develop a new sense of possibility and accomplishment in your life – to discover and nurture your true, authentic self and live a more balanced, fulfilled, and happier life.

I am passionate about what I do because I’ve been there: I’ve been where I thought I should be instead of where I wanted to be. I’ve hated my job, my life, myself. I’ve been afraid to feel, to be my authentic self, to speak up for myself, to take risks. I’ve let people take advantage of me. I wish I had made some different choices.

I became a workaholic and isolated myself socially at a very young age. As an adult, I made no time for a social life outside of the office, smoked, drank, and ate poorly. I always felt tired, overworked, overwhelmed, and negative. I suffered from depression and debilitating headaches that incapacitated me for days and got progressively worse and more frequent over the years. I was in pain physically, mentally, and emotionally.

A job promotion to run a new division moved me from the big city, and my family, to a small town. I realized what I didn’t want. I became even more isolated and depressed. And finally the pain of staying where I was became too much greater than the fear of making a change.

I moved to Florida and re-invented myself. I gained a new perspective and the courage to try new things: meditation, yoga, Reiki, coaching, thinking outside of the box.

Now, many years later, I am able to see how I needed to go “into” myself, to allow myself to safely feel, so that I could came out of myself – and the “me” that came out was more positive and happier!

It took a good part of my life to figure all this out by myself. Of course wisdom usually comes with age. But did it really have to take so long? I kept asking myself, why didn’t I learn this sooner? How different would my life have been if I had someone to guide me and show me the way?

I’ve been in the publishing business for more than 35 years, helping authors to express themselves by guiding them through the process of transforming their ideas into words and their words into books. Coaching helped me to take a closer look at my life and how I was living it. I learned that what I was truly passionate about was empowering others to start letting go of outside demands and pressures and be their authentic selves.

Today I’m a totally different person. I no longer smoke. I no longer get headaches! I exercise regularly and eat healthier. Today I am living my life life on my own terms – happier and more alive than I ever have ever felt before.

Besides my publishing work, coaching, and my growing Reiki practice, I also am the facilitator of a youth program and work with foster and abandoned youth, unemployed college graduates, and one-on-one supportive relationships with individuals diagnosed with breast cancer.

I continue my personal development work and Reiki and meditation practice, and I strive daily to live a life of clarity, balance, and compassion.

My friends will tell you that I’m fun, energetic, direct, kind, positive, intelligent, motivating, and persistent.

Want to get to know me? Try a complimentary coaching session and see for yourself! It can’t hurt!