Our trainings and workshops integrate evidenced-based methods with workplace design (+ a healthy dose of systems thinking and a dash of ancient wisdom).
To put it bluntly, we're obsessed with your success and we know what works to get you there.
Respond flexibly to changing conditions
Set limits without feeling guilty
Practice courage and build confidence
Build strategies to take care of your body, mind and soul
Live your life with
conviction
Embrace challenges as an opportunity to learn
Identify principles that ground you & guide your actions
Understand your patterns, motivations and blindspots
Give and receive information to reach understanding
Use empathy & vulnerability to strengthen relationships
We pledge to help you know yourself deeply – because true leadership starts with self-awareness.
We will help you master emotional intelligence – because leadership is messy work.
You will become a mental fitness wizard – because success shouldn’t come at the cost of your well-being.
We'll help you lead with courage and purpose – because the world needs bold, heart-forward leaders. We’ll challenge you to lead at this level.
I am an Educational Psychologist (Ed.D.), Licensed Professional Counselor with a Mental Health Service Provider designation (TN #1835), Board Certified Coach, angel investor, TEDx speaker, and workshop facilitator.
While I'm currently building Emma (our Emotional and Mental Health Machine Assistant), I still work with individuals as a leadership coach and train organizations in EQ and mental fitness. You can find out more about Emma by visiting our website.
I am a certified Enneagram practitioner through the Chestnut-Paes Enneagram Academy and am committed to integrating the Enneagram into my coaching and my own personal development. The Enneagram is a personality system that reveals our drives, motivations, mental traps, blindspots, and growth paths for lasting psychological growth.
I received my coaching certification with the Newfield Network, which led to an ICF (International Coaching Federation) certification as an ACC. I'm certified with the Leadership Circle Profile 360, the most comprehensive 360 integrating 13 different models. I'm also a certified professional Enneagram practitioner with the Chestnut-Paes Enneagram Academy, as well as a trainer and teacher from Jerome Wagner’s Enneagram Spectrum Certification program, and have also trained with Ginger Lapid-Bogda.
How did I get here? After receiving my Masters of Divinity three years out of college, I went on to get an M.A. in Literature, and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing. That led to a decade of teaching at universities and colleges in writing and literature. After that I worked in a variety of roles: as a solopreneur in publishing, a freelance writer for various trades, and as a reporter, analyst, and broadcast specialist for startups in tech and logistics.
Throughout these experiences, I always wanted to get back to my early call to use my learning and skills in service to others. I'm now a Coach and a workshop facilitator. I coach clients in burnout, often those seeking purpose and clarity on getting unstuck. I also coach aspiring authors and writers dealing with the struggles of executing on their writing visions. I'm just beginning to use EMMA as my "coach assist," and so far the results have been remarkable. And I still write poetry. My latest writing is an investigation and practical application into the Enneagram called, Shock Point: The Enneagram in Burnout and Stress.
