My Story
During my training, Martha Beck spoke about the power of coaches drawing from lived experience — from places where life demanded deep reckoning and real change.
This is the story of how I answered that call, and what became possible because I did.
For much of my life, unhealed childhood trauma shaped how I related to the world — to partners, friends, colleagues, my children, and to myself. The survival strategies I developed early on showed up in ways that were sometimes subtle and sometimes painfully obvious, as fear, shame, and reactivity spilled into my relationships.
I did not yet have the awareness or tools to see this clearly. It was through my own inner work that I came to understand how these patterns had caused harm — and how a different way of living and relating was possible.
By 2005, my relationship with my daughter was barely holding together, and I didn’t know how to repair it. When my then-husband suggested I attend a personal development program that he’d learned about, I said yes — not because I felt ready, but because I was terrified of losing my daughter. I knew I didn’t have the tools to repair our relationship, and I carried deep shame that I was a bad mother. I hoped I could learn something that would help. That decision changed the course of my life.
I dove in fully, eventually coaching with the organization for six seasons. More importantly, I began to understand how profoundly our unconscious beliefs shape our experiences. I committed to doing my own inner work and showing up differently — not just as a mother, but in every relationship that mattered.
At sixteen, my daughter was navigating struggles that neither of us yet understood. In later conversations, she shared that watching me take responsibility for my healing helped her feel my love.
She, too, was searching for answers and a way to make sense of her inner world. As a young woman, she became involved in the same personal development work that I was immersed in. For the first time, we shared a language for healing — and while we still had a long road ahead, something between us began to soften and repair.
Years later, my daughter called me forth in a new way. In her own search for answers and healing, she had discovered plant medicine and invited me to sit with her for her first journey — to witness her safely as she navigated the experience. Everything in me resisted; fear, old conditioning, and deep uncertainty screamed “no.” But I also knew she would move forward with or without me, and I chose to be present, to educate myself, and to show up for her with curiosity and support.
As I continued to learn alongside her and witness the transformative power of this work, I became curious about exploring plant medicine for myself. When I finally chose to participate, the experience cracked me open, revealing deeply rooted shame, childhood wounds, and the barriers I had built to keep myself “safe.”
Through these journeys — both hers and my own — we healed individually and deepened our capacity for compassion, understanding, and presence with one another. I came to see, profoundly, that when a mother does her own inner work, it unlocks healing for both herself and her children — accelerating transformation in their relationships and creating the possibility for authenticity, love, and connection that once felt out of reach.
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On a chilly December night in 2021, my daughter found the courage to reveal that she had been sexually abused as a young child. Her truth shattered my world and forced me to reckon with my own: I realized I had been living in numbness, giving away my power and settling for complacency and resignation.
In the days that followed, I faced a clear choice: continue living a life constrained by fear and habit, or step fully into my truth and the life I was meant to lead. I chose myself.
Over the next year, I made decisions that required courage and trust in myself: I left my marriage, retired from my 21-year teaching career, and stepped fully into my path and purpose. Each choice carried uncertainty, but also a profound sense of alignment with who I truly am.
During this period, I sought guidance from my own Wayfinder Coach. Working with her helped me navigate the emotional intensity, gain clarity, and deepen my understanding of myself. That support continues to this day, more than three years later, reminding me that even profound inner work is best done with a trusted guide.
At a time when many of my peers were settling into the familiar rhythms of retirement, I embraced a completely new direction — one that demanded vulnerability, self-trust, and commitment to growth. The gifts I had developed as a teacher — deeply seeing people, empowering them to discover their own potential — now became the foundation for my work as a Wayfinder Life Coach.
I bring all my lived experience — the challenges, heartbreak, wisdom and healing — into every session. I listen without judgement, and deeply see people for who they really are. Together, we explore how your stories, patterns, and truths may be holding you back from living your fullest, most authentic life.
I guide you to access your own courage, process your emotions, and discover new ways of being. Through our partnership, you gain clarity, tools, and practices that empower you to step fully into a life aligned with your true self — a life of authenticity, connection, and joy.
Today, my daughter and I share an extraordinary relationship — healthy, authentic, and deeply connected. We are close without being enmeshed, and I have learned to nurture her in ways I could not when she was a child. Through our journey, I have also come to understand and honor my own childhood wounds and the powerlessness I felt to stop the abuse in my family.
My journey shows what is possible: when someone taps into their courage, faces their truths, and releases old patterns, relationships can be healed, connection can deepen, and joy can flow in ways that once felt impossible. This is the path that awaits you — a path toward freedom, authenticity, and love.
By freeing myself, I freed my daughter—and liberated us both to love.
My Purpose
My purpose is to see you deeply and support you in seeing yourself. As patterns come into focus, choice returns. I walk beside you with deep listening and sacred witnessing, supporting you as you loosen old ways of being and step into a life of authenticity, connection and freedom.
My Philosophies
Inside every adult is a child who longs to feel safe, seen, loved, and worthy.
Healing doesn’t come from fixing—it comes from remembering, feeling, and reconnecting with one’s true self.
The strategies we developed to survive were necessary and wise. When we acknowledge their role and lay them down with compassion, we create space for freedom, choice and new ways of being.
Courage is the foundation of transformation: the courage to feel, to speak truth, to forgive, and to love.
Healing in relationship is exponential. When both people are willing to show up and do the work, the possibilities are profound.
Let’s Connect
If you’re ready to change long-held patterns and create deeper, more authentic connection — within yourself and with those you love — I’m here to support you, one courageous step at a time.