I live on Vancouver Island, Canada, with my sweet and slightly spiky rescue dog, Kiki. I’m in love with nature so you’ll often find us on our local trails and in our backyard garden.

I’ve navigated breast cancer naturally, a divorce amicably, and raised a son with whom I share a close relationship.

My Shift

Most of my life, I’ve built my own path as an entrepreneur.

A few years ago, I stepped into employment with an organization I'd long admired. At the time, I told myself it was the right move.

I cared about the work and threw myself into it.

When it ended suddenly, it landed harder than I expected.

So much of my identity was tied to something that was not mine. I had immersed myself in my job, and I came to realize I had dropped my own dreams along the way.

And when I lost it, I lost my colleagues and the people we served. And I lost my sense of belonging, accomplishment and mattering.

I knew I had some rebuilding to do. I designed a program for myself to reconnect with who I am, what I want to create, and how I want to spend the precious years I have left.

I returned to the work I care about most—coaching and supporting women. I now support other women in answering their true hearts’ desire through my program, The Embodied Return & Create.

My Background

I do this work from lived experience as well as training.

I have a Master’s degree in Transformative Learning and with training in coaching, NLP, EFT, and hypnotherapy.

Over 35 years, I’ve built a number of businesses focused on women’s empowerment, entrepreneurship, and communication.

I’m the author of Real World Safety For Women, and I contributed a chapter to the textbook on transformative learning — The Palgrave-MacMillan Handbook on Learning for Transformation: The Embodiment of Transformative Learning.