I spent years as the high-achieving corporate leader and devoted parent who seemed to hold it all - managing complex programs and teams, raising three kids in two years, always composed, always capable.
Beneath it, I was quietly living in survival mode. My body was braced against the weight of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the constant pressure to prove. When people called me a “super mama,” it felt hollow. Inside, I was terrified the delicate structure of my life might collapse.
I thought the answer was more productivity. More control.
Until one night, a quiet voice whispered, “It’s you. Only you can change this.”
That moment cracked everything open.
A yoga retreat in Mexico - meant to be a reset - became a profound initiation. Through trauma breath work, Mayan healing, and reconnecting with my own intuition, I discovered transformation doesn’t start in the mind. It begins in the body. In the nervous system. As I slowly unraveled the old patterns of managing and striving, I realized personal evolution isn’t about becoming someone new - it’s about releasing everything that was never truly me.
Getting Curious About My Inner World Changed Everything
Why This Work Is So Different — And Why It Lasts
My fascination with change began with complex systems: organizations, markets, human dynamics at scale. Over time, it deepened into the question of what truly shapes how we think, feel, act, lead, and relate.
Why do brilliant, self-aware leaders and founder stay stuck in the same protective patterns — still quietly feeling unsafe, disconnected, or held back from the life they most long for?
I’ve made it my life’s work to find the real answer.
Along the way, I trained in neuroscience-based coaching with the NeuroLeadership Institute, facilitated emotional intelligence and agility after studying under Dr. Susan David, and became an Immunity to Change facilitator with Lisa Lahey and Robert Kegan at Harvard.
Combined with two decades leading global strategy, change, and leadership inside complex corporate systems, this gave me a rare perspective on what truly drives - and quietly derails - transformation.
But no matter how advanced the cognitive tools, they couldn’t dissolve the patterns. Not for me, and not for my clients.
It wasn’t until I stepped into Internal Family Systems (parts work), somatic and nervous system work that everything changed. Transformation stopped being a concept and became something my body could truly feel. Could embody.
Since then, I’ve guided countless high-achieving leaders through the same journey.
Because this isn’t about adding more strategies.
It’s about unwinding the hidden safety contracts your body still holds - so you can lead, love, and create from deep inner alignment and trust.
And once you’re no longer carrying the old operating system, life becomes a truer reflection of who you already are.