Mind-Body Coaching & Somatic Awareness

Leadership coaching is a dedicated, ongoing partnership focused on helping you grow into more grounded, effective, and self-aware leadership — of a team, an organization, a family, or your own life. Rather than handing you advice or a template, coaching helps you access your own clarity, wisdom, and capacity, so the change you make actually fits who you are. It's collaborative, present- and future-focused, and shaped around your real life rather than a generic playbook.

Somatic coaching brings the body into the process, not just the mind. Traditional coaching often stays with insight, strategy, and conversation. Somatic coaching adds practices like breathwork, grounding, and nervous-system awareness, because many persistent patterns — overworking, shutting down under conflict, people-pleasing, doubting our own decisions — live in the body as much as in our thinking. Working somatically helps change become something you embody, especially under pressure, not just something you understand.

Not at all. I define leadership broadly and intentionally. I work with senior and executive leaders, drawing on decades of experience in higher education, government, nonprofit, and PK-12 leadership. I also work with emerging leaders, people leading in ways they haven't yet claimed, people who feel conflicted about the word 'leader,' burnt-out leaders who've lost touch with why the work mattered, people leading themselves through hard transitions, and parents and caregivers navigating the daily leadership of family life.

A good sign is if something in this work resonates — a sense of 'that's me' when you read about burnout, disconnection, or wanting to lead (or live) with more alignment. You don't need to have your goals fully articulated before you start. Coaching often helps you find that clarity rather than requiring you to arrive with it. The best next step is usually a low-stakes conversation to see if it's a fit.

We start with a free 15-minute Alignment Call to see if we're a good fit and talk through what you're navigating. If we move forward, you'll get an onboarding packet with a coaching agreement and an intake form to help anchor our work, and then we begin regular sessions. Sessions draw on somatic awareness, creativity, play, and mindfulness — tailored to you, not a fixed script.

Our identities shape how we move through the world. I've done deep work to understand my own background and how my identities intersect with different contexts. Everyone's lived experience is unique, and I bring a justice-oriented lens, meeting you as a specific, whole person. The intake form invites you to share anything about your identities that would help me support you, but you're never required to disclose anything. Share what feels relevant and important so we can build a relationship where you feel you belong.

Therapy focuses on healing and processing the past, and sometimes involves diagnosis. Mentorship offers advice from someone more senior, often with a pay-it-forward ethos. Consulting is a paid service that may include research, content, advice, instructions, and action plans. Coaching is a present- and future-focused partnership built on intentional questions that help you access your own insight. It isn't a substitute for therapy; if therapy fits your needs better, I'll say so honestly. I also offer consulting, which is separate from coaching.

Coaching can be a meaningful part of addressing burnout rooted in disconnection. However, if you're in acute crisis, your wellbeing comes first, and we can discuss whether therapy or other support is better suited for you now.

I work from a sliding-scale model to ensure access. Details on the Committed Container options are listed above on this page.

Book a free 15-minute Alignment Call. There's no pressure or obligation — it's simply a chance to talk about what you're navigating and see if working together feels right.