"The truth is your best guide to feeling alive. Yet, to be heard the truth needs a safe place to land."
I'm a speaker on matters of the heart, a deep connector, a synthesizer of relational truths, and a certified relationship coach who has been coaching individuals and couples from across the globe for over 15 years as they transform from feeling some version of frustrated, disheartened, stuck, lost, bored, fearful, alone, overwhelmed, confused, insecure, disempowered—you get the idea—to curious, inspired, confident, competent, resourced, and clear as they courageously expand towards greater fulfillment and more loving relationships.
Even when you have wise friends, bookshelves filled with self-help books—books you've actually read—and an eagerness to learn, it's difficult to know where to start, how to create lasting change, and what's been holding you back. But guess what? You don't have to figure it out all on your own. It's a thrill for me to partner with clients like you who are ready to embrace what's true, release what's not, and learn how to create more for themselves—you and your relationships will begin to blossom as you discover what you're capable of.
I believe hope is contagious as well as a catalyst for growth and that even in the difficult times, with support, we can cultivate hope. Plus, Hope is my middle name. No really, it is.
Is Your Relationship In A Crisis of Connection?
Many couples drift towards passive love—I know my partner loves me yet I don't feel loved—which slowly erodes the active love they once committed to. The expanding distance is avoided, amplified, normalized, minimized, or maybe recognized by one partner while dismissed by the other. Disconnection takes root. They find themselves in a prolonged crisis of connection without the skills to reconnect—skills beyond effective communication and conflict resolution which are key but not "the key."
When quantity of time together replaces quality of time,
when intensity replaces intimacy,
when pleasantness replaces peace,
when conflict replaces connection,
when flatness replaces fulfillment,
when confusion and fear replaces clarity and courage,
when you're losing you to keep from losing them,
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it's time to take action. It's time to learn more, to heal more, and to evolve yourself and your relationships.
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You're worth it!
Two Truths & A Myth
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Our wounds are relational.
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Our healing is relational.
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Our healing and growth happens in our romantic relationships.
In Our Sessions I'll Coach You to:
Shift from unconsciously reacting and repeating the same problematic patterns to a place of clarity and making conscious choices— responding effectively with skills to navigate your emotions, nervous system, and the old stories that have been running the show.
Develop emotional courage, confidence, compassion, and self-trust. Learn practices for active listening and effective self-expression to empower you and your relationships. Approach conflict and differences as opportunities for growth.
Identify and release limiting aspects of the relational roles you were shaped to play, heal wounds and develop practices to reconnect to your inner resources, and reclaim the parts of you that you lost along the way when you became who others needed you to be.
Understand how your attachment style adaptation impacts the way you experience closeness, relationships, and conflict and how to evolve it. Develop multiple pathways for deeper connection, skills to maintain it as well as skills to repair after disconnection—expanding your relational intelligence capacities.
Identify and focus on your areas for growth with a personal plan designed to expand your skills, experiment with the practices that work for you, resolve internal conflicts, and revive your sense of worth and vibrancy.