For more than 23 years, I built a career with the YMCA, supporting people as they pursued healthier lives, developed as leaders, and navigated different seasons of growth. I loved the work and the opportunity to coach, mentor, and encourage others.

But somewhere along the way, I found myself in a place I hadn’t expected. After years of giving so much of myself to my work, my family, and the people around me, I was burned out. I knew something needed to change, but I wasn’t entirely sure what came next. I needed space to step away, reconnect with myself, and rediscover what brought me purpose and joy.

During that season, I discovered Martha Beck’s work and eventually her Wayfinder Life Coach Training Program. What began as part of my own journey became something more. I learned new ways of understanding myself, navigating uncertainty, and moving forward with greater clarity and confidence.

I often think about how valuable those tools would have been during some of the more challenging seasons of my own life. That’s a big part of why I do this work today.

My path ultimately led me back to something that had been there all along. Throughout my career, coaching, mentoring, listening, and helping people recognize what’s possible had always come naturally to me. Life coaching gave me the opportunity to make that work my focus.

Today, I bring both my professional experience and my own lived experience into coaching. I understand what it’s like to give so much of yourself that you lose sight of what you need—and I also know what’s possible when you create the space to listen to yourself again.

Nothing brings me greater joy than helping others reconnect with themselves, rediscover what’s possible, and move into their next chapter with greater confidence, purpose, and joy.