About Me

Up until I was 33, I lived a life that others wanted me to live riddled with doubt and comparison.

Before I go any further about who I am today and how I got here, this is my unvarnished truth, from me to you.

I’m a former attorney and an award-winning brick-and-mortar business owner with almost 2 decades of experience turned coach. Before that, I abruptly became a business owner of 100+ employees with my brothers at the age of 16 after my father was tragically killed.

It was this defining moment where I completely entered survival mode but couldn't see it. As I took on the role of an inexperienced and scared business owner, I also took on some pretty disempowering beliefs that I saw as "truth": I shouldn’t trust myself; I don’t know enough; being in touch with my emotions is pointless; I have too high of standards; and I must hunker down and work myself to the bone to show others I deserve what I have. 

As an attempt to prove my worth (& to feel good enough & content), I stayed "busy" and chased the imaginary goal of "success" that our society sells us and I believed if I reached it then maybe I would finally feel fulfilled, be enough, and love myself. . . . so I  won the awards, served on the public boards, became an attorney, owned multiple businesses, managed large teams of employees, and etc.

But feeling content never came. I never felt worthy of rest and joy despite what I achieved. The horizon always moved. The comparison didn't stop. The being everything for everyone didn't turn off. 

To cope, I numbed out through overworking, cocktails and wine, fitness, getting angry, and being all things to all people.   I was always sitting at a slow simmer ready to boil over.

This way of living and being killed my spirit and hindered my relationships, my leadership, and my self-worth. But, I didn’t have this awareness  at the time . . . all I felt was overwhelmed, sleep deprived, paranoid about what others were thinking about me, and like a failure--especially with employees as I lived in: "Am I doing this right?  Do I need to lighten up? Are they mad at me? I'm not cut out for this.”

I knew deep down that thriving on achievement and satisfying others wasn’t working anymore. Avoiding wasn’t working anymore.   

So, at the point I had multiple profitable businesses, a growing family, and I had achieved everything I set my eyes on, I began to shed the responsibilities I acquired from chasing that invisible "enough" line. 

From closing a profitable business that killed my spirit, to serving on boards, I shed. 

I was done being handcuffed to what others thought, the illusion of success, and to past decisions that were not actually aligned with me. I was done maintaining things because it externally appeared successful and as the "smart" thing to do.

Fast forward to today, and I am in this place of confidence, peace, fulfillment, and self-reverence while I'm operating businesses.

My self-worth isn't attached anymore to what you think of me and I have been able to break free of others’ expectations of me.  I have experienced huge shifts in my personal and professional life, and, most importantly, in my mental and emotional well-being. I love instead of coexist. I lead instead of people please. I trust and rest instead of ruminate.

How? I discovered coaching and do deep inner work with my coach that I ask my clients to embark upon. I honestly believe in this work because it works for me. And this is why I am committed to helping other executives and business owners. 

This work is about reclaiming yourself, your life, and undergoing a shift in your being through being called to reflect on beliefs you hold about yourself, the world, and consider shifting the way you live through embodiment and mindfulness practices.