After years of living with chronic stress and negative inner self-talk, I finally hit an all time low during the Covid pandemic. I felt unappreciated, trapped in a cloud of unhappy emotions of dread, frustration, anxiety, and stress. I was burned out, but did not have the language or skills to find a way out. Coaching changed everything and helped empower me to create a new future.

Although so much seemed out of my control, I realized I did have so much control, choice and freedom. I learned to pause and trust myself for the first time. Intuitively, I knew life had to change. I began to get coached regularly, meditated and prayed often, adopted somatic (body-based) practices, created more boundaries at home and work and learned to process my emotions. I created my own resiliency toolkit which helped me regain my purpose and life back.

Life is definitely not perfect, but it was never meant to be. I am more equipped now to handle the ups and downs of life and thrive and succeed. I am a two time cancer survivor and the coaching and mindset tools I had under my belt, helped me to stay compassionate, hopeful and resilient.

In my every day interactions now, I try to show up with more compassion, purpose, confidence, focus, energy and fortitude. I choose me every day because I know that by feeding my own mind, spirit and soul, I show up better for everyone else. By changing myself, there has been tremendous positive ripple effects in my home, work and social environment.