About

You can SO create that Dream Business you’ve been fantasizing about.

The big, wild version of your business you may have been too nervous to wish for – it’s totally possible! And I want to be a part of making that happen.

I believe we are here on this planet for a particular reason.

I believe we are given the specific set of gifts, desires, personality traits, life situations… the whole lot of it, in service of making a really personal Contribution to the world. Not everyone taps into this opportunity they are given – but it’s there, waiting.

When we do tap into it, though, it’s an awesome ride!

My journey into helping others bring their Wild Business Dream to life started with my own business adventures.

I’m a “helping” type of person, focused on “being of service” and “making a difference.” I had trouble reconciling my desire for big, bold self-expression – including a confident and powerful sharing of my expertise in the world – with the “giving and helping” part of me. For some reason, I had this subconscious belief that the two were incompatible: bold expression of my expertise in the world and truly generous “helping”. It seems sort of strange now, but at the time it drove so much of my business activity.

I spun my wheels for a long time, subduing my expression and trying to be less direct in my confidence and Contribution.

I wanted to make a real difference, but I was afraid of being judged as arrogant. This meant that every time I had another new idea for how I would get out there more in my business, I had another little voice in my head saying why I “couldn’t” do that, why it was inappropriate or not “gentle” enough.

Then one day – or more likely it was across a series of many days – I let that go.

I wish I had some magic description of what happened that shifted it all, but I don’t. There was a brilliant coach involved, another friend who is a coach, two lovely girlfriends, my amazing husband and a thousand hours of banging my head against a wall trying to make something amazing happen on the outside while the army of nay-sayers held the process hostage from the inside.

All I know is that in a series of moments yet undetermined, everything changed.

I gave the nay-sayers tickets to the nay-sayer spa for a day of transformational care and support and, in their place, set up my new internal Wild Dream Business. The business shingle hangs from the center of my solar plexis, proudly.

Now, I have the honor and privilege of working with people who are ready to get their business and expertise out there in a bigger, bolder way. I get to be a part of them creating that Wild Dream Business they have often held in their minds and hearts for a long time.

It is, as I described earlier, an awesome ride…

Personal tidbits…

I love to sing – only I am a terrible singer.

Literally, I don’t think I hear the same way that other people hear (because I think I sound better than I hear from others that I do (thanks, Dad.)) So, next to singing, I totally dig watching another human being express themselves courageously and thoughtfully – with passion. Powerful, natural, organized and conscious communication changes lives, moves others to meaningful action and shifts the energy in a room. That is so cool. I dig watching this happen from a stage (and the blissful moments when I am able to create this myself) and I love seeing it happen in more subtle yet still powerful ways through interpersonal communication (yes, I’m that person in the cafe at the table next to yours trying to appear as though I am not listening to your conversation…), art, various forms of media, and even in many aspects of business communication.

I love my work and I love my non-work life.

I’m one blessed woman. My three daughters light up my life every single day, often bringing smiles and tears as I listen to them through the door of my home-office while they play as I’m working. My husband and partner, Jim, is brilliant and hilarious. I really love hanging out with him.

My Background

I’m pretty sure that even before I was born, I was studying human communication.

I remember as a kid, studying the way my mom moved when she spoke, practicing head tilts and facial expressions. I’d emulate my dad’s voice (best I could with my high-pitched little girl vocal ability) in search of his powerful effects on behavior (while innovative, that experiment mostly fell flat.) Pretty early in my teenage years, I realized that listening was a powerful way to make friends and I began refining the art. The art of listening remains a huge interest for me, and I believe it is one of the most influential tools we have available to us for creating the life and business we want.

I’ve worked in a large variety of contexts from a big, dinosaur insurance company to academia to little Silicon Valley technology start-ups.

For the last twelve years (off & on), I have been helping individuals in professional and academic contexts communicate more effectively through public-speaking, writing, marketing and networking. The last three years of my professional life have been devoted to assisting small business owners, healing practitioners and solo entrepreneurs grow their businesses.