I had the opportunity to provide the opening keynote for the EmpowHER Conference. As the audience was businesswomen I created a presentation, What If You Fly. It was intended to be a motivational session to kick off the conference. When I was done, a woman came up to me crying. She told me I had a huge impact on her and gave her the courage to do what she knew she needed to do for her career. Five years later she messaged me on LinkedIn to tell me about how her life has changed over the past years. She ended her message with, “As I reflect on my life, I was looking back to figure out how I have been able to achieve the things that are important to me I immediately remembered you. To be perfectly honest, this event and you changed my life and I wanted to reach out and simply say thank you.”
This is why I do what I do – to inspire, motivate, and encourage people to reach for their goals.

When my father passed away in 2005, I started evaluating my life and work. My sister suggested I become a marriage counselor because of the way I communicate. I thought that was funny because I hadn’t been known in my family as being an effective communicator. My best friend suggested I become a life coach because I like to tell people what to do. I hadn’t heard of coaching so I decided to explore. I realized I wouldn’t be able to get my Masters in Social Work while working full time and with two small children. However, when I explored coaching I found my destiny. At that time I decided to become a business coach. I knew I couldn’t be a life coach for a variety of reasons. However, thanks to my father and my previous business experience, business coaching was perfect. I could use everything I had learned over years of leadership and sales experience to help small business owners overcome challenges. I took a coach training program at night after my kids went to sleep and in early 2006 I launched my business.