I remember a time when I was younger, I was lying on my bed, distraught as teenage girls often are, and my mom peeked in and asked me if I was ok. I told her I was feeling stressed because everyone I knew was coming to me with their problems for some reason, but I had no idea how to help them all.  She stepped into the room and sat on the edge of my bed, brushed the hair out of my face, and told me I didn’t need to carry such a heavy burden because it wasn’t my responsibility to save the world. I replied to her, “Maybe not, but I can try.”

Fast forward to adulthood. Oh, how I remember feeling like that meme! I carried that desire to help others into my work life. I ended up being the go-to person whenever management needed help mentoring new hires or struggling coworkers, even though it wasn’t officially part of my job. But I really enjoyed doing it so I never complained.

One day, as I was performing a summation task I had done hundreds of times, I suddenly went blank and had no idea what I was doing. I figured maybe I was just tired so I opened the training spreadsheet we gave to new hires to use, so I could let it do the calculations for me. When I saw how far off my calculations were, I panicked a little bit. Then I realized most of my other files probably had calculation errors too and as my panic grew, I actually ended up having my first panic attack. I messaged my boss and told him I wasn’t feeling well and needed to take the rest of the day off then immediately clocked out.

I was working from home so I walked to the living room and sat on my couch. I didn’t feel right so I decided to call my doctor to see if she could find out what was going on with me. I went in and had some tests done and when the results came back, she called with the results and asked if I had been under a lot of stress lately. I told her I wasn’t feeling stressed, I just didn’t feel normal. She told me that my adrenal system was completely drained like I’d been living in fight or flight mode for a really long time. And when I thought about it, it made sense. My job had become a routine of all give and no take. Lots of overtime, no vacation, and I found no fulfillment in my work. The stress of it all could no longer be controlled and it was time I did something about it.

That’s when I decided to hire a career coach to help me figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up and maybe find some satisfaction in a job.  I worked with her for months, updating my resume, taking assessments, and sending in dozens of applications and not getting one call back. I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t getting any interviews but finally realized that each time I applied, I hadn’t made the resume changes for each job I was applying for and was silently saying to myself, “I hope I don’t get this,” so I knew my heart wasn’t in it. I shared that with my coach, and she reminded me that since all my assessments and everything I had told her showed I was the happiest when I was helping others improve, maybe I should do what she did and become a career coach.

I thought that was a great idea, and I started working on getting certifications.

However, after I completed my first few certifications geared towards career coaching, I thought that some of my clients may still feel like there were gaps even after getting a new job like I had felt. So, I decided to study life coaching. I feel that having a more holistic approach to coaching and being able to touch on someone’s life outside of a person’s job would be a more complete approach to coaching since life and work often collide and affect each other.

So many people are struggling with work-life balance or even being in a job that they may be good at but aren’t a good fit for. It can cause issues in their personal lives and even affect their health as it had mine.

I’ve invested years in self-discovery, research, and specialized education to help others.

I’m here to empower you, whether you’re an individual seeking personal or professional growth or a team striving for professional excellence.

Let’s embark on this transformative journey together and build the bridge to your ultimate success, where your authentic self meets your fullest potential!