My journey to becoming a coach was born from my own challenges.

Before experiencing coaching myself, I often felt…

Like a failure. I compared myself to friends’ on prestigious, predefined paths while I struggled to achieve basic financial stability – holding two jobs and chasing my ever elusive “purpose.”

Never “good enough.” Driven by a dependence on external validation to feel okay, I carried around the weight of social anxiety and perfectionism.

Terrified of being seen. Too often, I was hyper-aware of if I was taking up too much space. My fear of the spotlight showed in my speech, how I carried myself, and deep public speaking nerves which held me back professionally.

Compelled to people-please. My first thought was instinctively always about others and I frequently suppressed my own needs, inevitably breeding resentment.

The need to avoid conflict at all costs. I’d hedge in making decisions that I thought others might not like; I was too fearful to make requests or accept the possibility of confrontation.

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When I reflect on the high-performance culture I was raised in, particularly as a woman, I received so many messages that reinforced these narratives daily. While these deeply-ingrained patterns still surface occasionally, through my own experience of coaching, I have learned to see them more clearly and enjoy life through a new lens of possibility.

As a woman working in a predominantly male field, I understand firsthand the unique challenges that women face in the workplace. I’m passionate about helping other women navigate these challenges and develop the confidence to succeed in their careers.

Coaching is a powerful practice in getting in the trenches with the underlying limiting beliefs about yourself and “how the world works,” and experiencing the extent to which they can hold us back from accessing what we truly want.

Though our dreams are often highly tangible and achievable, so many of us repeatedly exile that which we most want from our daily thoughts and actions. Instead, we let our patterns, feelings and fears confine us to our comfort zone.