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More productivity. Less reactivity.
More productivity. Less reactivity.
When it comes to individual coaching, you have already recognized that it is “self” work you can’t do on your own. It can be wonderful to work with leaders and other personnel in the workplace who break free from their ingrained, often unconscious habits and actually begin to grow themselves up. It is so hard to break down your defenses and admit to things you don’t do as well as you’d like to believe. But when it comes to working collaboratively and in the ideal environment you want to be a part of, it takes full participation.
Few things are as rewarding as wading through conflict or dysfunctional dynamics that have been going on for years, and discovering clarity. To that end, we offer three services: two-hour workshops, half-day training, and coaching for partners and teams. Learn more.
I am an Educational Psychologist (Ed.D.), Licensed Professional Counselor with a Mental Health Service Provider designation (TN #1835), angel investor, TEDx speaker, and workshop facilitator.
While I'm starting up EMMA, our Emotional and Mental Health Machine Assistant, I still work with individuals as a coach. With groups, I facilitate the use of EMMA for coaches and therapists in their own practices.
In 2010, I left my clinical practice and went to work as an internal service provider for a venture capital firm. I served as the Director of Happiness and resident shrink for four years before starting my own hardware technology company. In 2018, after recovering from deep burnout, I felt a strong call to integrate my experience and passions in psychology, business, and leadership development to eliminate burnout and help others recover from it. This led to the creation of Big Self School.
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 and spiritual 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.
