Coaching and Consulting

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Over my career in public education and community mental health, I've empowered students of all ages to "live the good life"—a term I coined to encourage them to embody the social-emotional skills I taught. I've witnessed firsthand how these skills positively impact success and well-being. This passion led me to train as an Integrative Health & Wellness Coach through Duke University. I now work with clients to help them achieve whole-person health, tapping into their strengths and growing their social-emotional skills to make meaningful changes in their lives.

In addition, I offer coaching and consultation to districts and schools eager to implement or improve their school-wide SEL efforts. My goal is to help support schools  create a positive climate and culture that fosters overall school success!

Coaching differs from counseling in its forward-focused approach. Clients identify areas of their lives where they're ready to make meaningful change, then take small, incremental steps that lead to significant transformation. Research demonstrates that individuals who pursue change for their own reasons and on their own terms are more likely to achieve lasting success, as opposed to being told what to do, which often instills resistance and reduces motivation.

Common areas of focus include:

• parenting strategies
• social media & screen time management
• school/work success skills
• emotion regulation
• healthy communication
• attention & focus
• anxiety & stress management
• managing unhelpful thoughts
• mindfulness practices
• building stronger relationships
• cultivating resilience
• improving sleep
• increasing happiness and well-being

You are the expert in your own life, and I am an expert in behavior change. Together, we will utilize an evidence-based health and wellness coaching model to identify what truly matters to you, grow your confidence, and prepare you for action. This collaborative approach will create the forward momentum needed to achieve the behavior change you desire.

Typically, we'll meet for 35-45 minutes, either weekly or bi-weekly. Between sessions, you'll work on action steps you choose, following our co-created plan. As a foundational guide, I use the Duke Wheel of Health and Personal Health Inventory (PHI) to inform our work. This whole-person approach considers every aspect of your life that impacts your well-being. Because it's an integrative model, clients often experience positive ripple effects in other areas of their health from the goals and action steps they pursue.

You know, I often tell my students and clients who are struggling that I wish I had a magic wand to instantly grant them the good life they're searching for. But the truth is, we are each our own magic wand.

The coaching process allows me to ride alongside you as you drive your actions toward the change you desire. Through reflection, powerful questioning, brainstorming, and skill-building, I support you in gaining clarity on next steps and the confidence to put those steps into action.

Change is hard, but the neuroscience of change gives us hope—it is absolutely possible! Our brains are wired to follow the path of least resistance, meaning we tend to stick with unhelpful habits we're accustomed to. However, the coaching process helps us pivot our focus to the positive changes we want. This weakens the neural pathways for unhelpful habits and creates and strengthens new pathways for your desired behaviors.