My mission is to improve the quality of life and effectiveness of others who share a vision for a sustainable, authentic and just world. Do you dream of a better world but also wish to create more balance, fun, fulfillment, or direction in your own life?

Perhaps you’re an overachieving idealist: an self-sacrificing professional or student in a field such as health and human services, public policy, environmental sustainability, creative arts, advocacy, animal rights, social justice, or education. Maybe you’re not in such a field at all, but want more meaning and balance in your life. Perhaps you’re at a life or career transition point and want to clarify where to go next. Maybe you’ve given up on some of your ideals, dreams or creative talents, and long to bring them back into your life - but there’s never enough time or you feel like it would be “selfish.” Maybe you want to separate what you want to do from what you feel like you should do. Maybe you want to have more positive impact while also increasing your happiness.

Through my encouraging coaching process, you can define and create what’s really important to you, organizing your life and pursuing your ideals in a refreshing, more integrated and authentic fashion.

I operate upon two primary assumptions:

• When we’re happy with our own lives, and we’re honest about what we want, we’re better able to share our energy and gifts with others. We can have more impact when we feel fulfilled. We’re less likely to face burnout, and won’t feel as though we’re martyring ourselves.
• When we’re authentically pursuing what’s important to us in a more direct fashion, we’re also likely to live in a more socially and environmentally sustainable manner. This is because we’re less likely to seek other substitutions to “fill the void.”

Drawing from a combined background in coaching, counseling, and public policy/ management, I strive to help you recognize how brilliant and creative you truly are, and to leverage that!

The primary catalyst of your positive change process will be our weekly phone conversations, when we review progress on what’s most important to you, explore any barriers, apply learning, develop or maintain clarity on what you want, and strategize the next steps toward your desired life and world. Depending upon where you wish to go, we may also engage in exercises to “expose your authentic side.” Some clients already have very specific goals they wish to achieve, and some wish to start by gaining additional clarity on what they want.

I do not teach values or set priorities for you. You set much of the agenda and pace, and much flows from your unique purpose, values, strengths and visions. As your enhanced life starts to take shape between our sessions, you are trying and learning many new things.

I’d enjoy the opportunity to learn more about what you wish to create in your life!

Also, if you own or manage a socially/ecologically conscious organization (private, public or nonprofit), and you’d like to involve your employees in life coaching, please contact me to discuss your specific needs.