About Me
Small business has been the sum of my professional experience since I was 16 years old. In 1999, I entered into small business ownership when my business partner and I purchased our neighborhood coffee shop. A couple of years after that, we scaled up to a neighborhood restaurant. And with many ups and downs (and needlessly burning myself out), I sold that business in 2017 and began my transition into the coaching world.
In my 20+ years of entrepreneurship, I've learned and unlearned much through my experiences. One of the most important lessons for me came through the understanding that it’s not the challenges themselves but my attitude toward them that matters. Through defining my values and goals, I’ve learned to continually build my self-awareness as I create a lifestyle that's congruent with who I am.
Small Business Ownership and Entrepreneurship can be exciting, life-changing, and inspiring. It can also be exhausting and overwhelming. For me, it wasn't the demands of the business that led to my eventual burn out. Instead, it was my choices (and in particular, it was my choice to place other's wellbeing ahead of my own). After gaining this awareness, business and life became easier and began to flow.
To live in alignment with my core values of balance, equity, and joy means bringing them into all that I do. And I do this through helping others to build resilience to the challenges of small business leadership so that they can feel confident to create their ideal business.
As a Leadership Resiliency Coach, I am fortunate to work with individuals who have a deep passion for their vision and want to keep that fire burning bright. And I believe that through working together, we can help you to do just that and more.
What We Create
By "We" here, I'm referring to you and me. Coaching is a co-creative activity between coach and client to design your success formula.
Everyone is unique. And because of that, you deserve a success formula tailored to you, your business, and your goals. And not the goals society, family, or friends say you should have. I’m talking about the goals that align with the authentic YOU.
By exploring your values and your blocks, we can bring awareness to the leadership challenges you personally face every day. And through this, we can identify how we can best interact with these challenges to help you achieve your highest goals.
This involves effort and change, though. To take your business and yourself to the next level requires a different way of thinking than the one that got you to this point. It's a journey into building awareness, authenticity, and confidence so that you are not just living your life; you're creating your life.
