You are the star player of your life. Athletes know that playing with injuries comes with the territory, and none of us are without our battle scars and Achilles’ heels. But the best players accomplish amazing feats in spite of their challenges, while not pushing themselves too hard and causing self-harm, with balance, presence, and focus. As your coach, I aim to help you maximize your abilities and work with your unique history to play your best game. We are social beings who survive and thrive through connection. Together we’ll collaborate to create a fulfilling space for turning ideas into action, and make it your reality.
Together we will address practical challenges such as:
• Organizing projects
• Earning more income
• Changing careers
• Creating a work-life balance
• Achieving health/wellness goals
We can also explore inner work like:
• Breaking habits/patterns
• Discovering your joy
• Developing a spiritual practice
• Addressing limiting beliefs
• Finding your authenticity/agency
Just as a player wouldn’t see the team doctor to help her improve her jump shot, she also wouldn’t go to her coach to diagnose an ailment or get a prescription. Health is crucial to function. But how to best direct that energy for the individual requires other tools geared specifically to performance, clarity, and success. My practice combines these two worlds by supporting the overall well-being of each client, while remaining focused on practical, specific goals that keep the energy moving.
To support others in this capacity, my work is informed by Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry (CI), a psychotherapeutic approach that helps us recognize the unconscious dynamics that run our lives so that we may liberate ourselves from them. I have practiced CI in my own life for nearly a decade now, well before it had a name, and am currently in training to become a practitioner. My ability to incorporate these powerful tools has created a uniquely compassionate space, giving star players permission to be vulnerable and change their relationship to themselves, others, and their lives.

You need to be true to yourself

Just like every other human on the planet, I have epically awesome days and days when life just turne against me. And while I can’t stand most self-help (see: tired quotes over stock photography on Instagram), sometimes I need a little pick-me-up. And most of the time, in order to get out of a slump (because my brain leans more into math/science than anything else), I need to drop a logic bomb on my ass.

Yes, this is a long article. But here’s the thing — if you’re reading this in your inbox and are already like, “fuck this!” delete it. No hard feelings. If you’re reading this in a browser on a website, and you see how tiny the scroll-bar is because of how far you still have to scroll to get to the bottom, close this tab and go back to 140-character tidbits of advice. Still with me? Phew. Just had to weed out all the folks from points: #1, #4 and #8. Welcome friends, onward we go.

Never give up and stay strong

If no one hates you, no one is paying attention. If attention is what you want for vanity, confidence, or, hell — to make a decent living — then know that it’s not instantaneous. Every single person that you’re currently paying attention to, at some point in their lives, was in your exact position. They kept at it and worked enough so that others started listening. Also know that if no one is watching, you can experience true freedom. Dance in your underwear. Write entirely for yourself. Like there’s a going-out-of-business sale. Find yourself — not in some coming-of-age hippie way involving pasta and ashrams— but in a way that helps you draw your own line in the sand for what matters and what doesn’t. Do what you want to do, just because you want to do that thing. This will build confidence that will come in handy later.

Once I gave the headphones a thorough once-over exam, I tried them on. As I mentioned, they have a classic over-the-ear style and just looking at them, the padding on the ear pieces seem adequate and the peak of the headband seemed to be a bit lacking, but you don’t really know comfort unless you try on the product. So, I slipped the headphones on and found them to be exquisitely comfortable. Once I gave the headphones a thorough once-over exam, I tried them on. As I mentioned, they have a classic over-the-ear style and just looking at them, the padding on the ear pieces seem adequate and the peak of the headband seemed to be a bit lacking, but you don’t really know comfort unless you try on the product. So, I slipped the headphones on and found them to be exquisitely comfortable.

If no one hates you, no one is paying attention. If attention is what you want for vanity, confidence, or, hell — to make a decent living — then know that it’s not instantaneous. Every single person that you’re currently paying attention to, at some point in their lives, was in your exact position. They kept at it and worked enough so that others started listening. Also know that if no one is watching, you can experience true freedom. Dance in your underwear. Write entirely for yourself. Like there’s a going-out-of-business sale. Find yourself — not in some coming-of-age hippie way involving pasta and ashrams— but in a way that helps you draw your own line in the sand for what matters and what doesn’t. Do what you want to do, just because you want to do that thing. This will build confidence that will come in handy later.

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