You don't need someone to fix you. You need someone who actually sees you — and listens.

For teens, and young adults navigating hard things — and the parents who love them. Real support. No BS. No fluff. No toxic positivity. No talking down to you. Just someone solid in your corner who knows how to help you find your way back to yourself.

The hardest part is showing up. Everything after that, we figure out together.

What does resilience coaching actually look like?

It looks like getting to know your emotions well enough that they stop feeling like they could swallow you whole. Learning how to come back to yourself after a hard moment — and getting better at it every time, because that's how it works. The more you practice, the easier the return. And that return is the most important part — because things will knock you off your center. That's just life. The return is everything.

We work on the real stuff. Relationships, identity, self-worth, stress, the things that are hard to say out loud. You'll build an actual toolkit — not more things on your to-do list, but real skills for navigating daily life and the bigger moments that catch you off guard.

The goal isn't to fix anything. It's to help you find your ground — and keep finding it, no matter what life throws at you.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

If you're a teen, or young adult... You're dealing with a lot. Friend stuff, family stuff, school stuff — maybe a sport or discipline you've put real time into. Maybe it's the way you feel in your body, or the way you see yourself, and how hard it is to remember that's not the most important thing about you. Whatever's sticky right now — you don't need someone to fix it or tell you what to do. You just need someone real in your corner who actually listens, helps you find tools that work for you, and doesn't make everything into a bigger deal than it already is.

If you're a parent... You've been looking for someone who can be part of the support system for your kid. Someone outside the family they can actually talk to. Here's how it works: you'll know what we're working on. You won't know everything we talk about. That's not a wall between you and your kid — that's the thing that makes your kid willing to talk at all.

About

I've become the coach I wish I had when I was a kid.

What I needed back then was simple: a safe adult who was genuinely on my side. Someone who could see my goodness and also be straight with me. Someone who believed in me — not because it was their job, but because they actually did. And someone who helped foster that belief in myself. Not just that I could do hard things, but that I would one day learn how to have my own back.

I honestly didn't plan to be a coach. I resisted it. Then I had a really gnarly upper respiratory infection in college, started coaching my teammates, and discovered I was good at it. Not just at the technical stuff — the people part. For twenty five years I've been part of the support system for so many kids and students. I remember how the beginning of lessons could be challenging, but by the end, my kids would skip off the court and go home. That was all I needed to know.

The deeper I went — into tennis, then kinesiology, Pilates, and yoga — the more I realized we were doing something that wasn't talked about much yet. Nervous system repatterning. Slowing down, staying with small movements, rebuilding safety in the body one breath at a time. I didn't have the language for it then. I do now.

After taking a short break from coaching, I came back with a different lens. Less focus on rankings and results, more focus on the whole person in front of me. I trained in trauma-informed coaching, compassionate inquiry, body trust work, motivational interviewing, and expressive arts — mostly because I needed those things for myself first. That's always been my pattern. I find what helps me, and eventually it finds its way to the people I work with.

I maintain my own personal practice. I don’t teach anything I haven’t lived.

The way I work is simple: I don't push for results. I don't punish. I don't need you to perform or produce. All I ask is that you show up — and I'll meet you exactly where you are.

That's always been enough.

Work with me

Single session — $150 10-session package — $1,350 (buy 9, get one free)

Every session starts with a check-in — what are you bringing today, what's coming up, what do you need. From there, we go where it makes sense to go.

That might look like talking and listening. It might be a breathing exercise, some movement, a journaling prompt, or a simple noticing practice. Sometimes a little art, sometimes just sitting with something that's been hard to sit with. I draw from a range of tools — somatic work, motivational interviewing, expressive arts, nervous system basics — and I'll pull from whatever fits what you're bringing that day.

Sessions are 55 minutes. We usually end with one small thing to take into your week — not homework exactly, just something to notice or try. Something small enough to actually do. That's basically my whole philosophy.

48 hours notice required for cancellations. I get it — things come up. You'll have one grace cancellation if you're unable to give 48 hours notice. After that, the full session fee applies.

Ready to find out if this is a good fit?

If any part of what you read resonated with you, I'd love to connect. Book a free 30-minute intro call and let's just talk. No pressure, no commitment — just a conversation to see if we're a good match.