I know what it’s like to have energy inside that wants to move, but that can’t find a way. I know what it’s like to spin one’s wheels, to be stuck inside of old stories, old beliefs, and long-standing nervous system contracts, carrying an evolutionary imperative to evolve, but being held back by old fears and ingrained habits.

I also know the place of being caught in what feels like an impossible dilemma and not being able to see a way forward.

I am human, just like you.  And what I describe is a very human experience.  And I share with you that what helps me work through emotional, energetic and physical stuckness is a particular kind of empathic listening space, rooted within a framework called Nonviolent Communication, and shaped by the fields of Internal Family Systems, Resonant Healing, Somatic Experiencing and Transformational Life Coaching. This kind of listening space helps to quiet the analytical problem solving mind. It creates the emotional safety to let your inner experience be what it is. It helps your nervous systems learn how to return to calm without alienating yourself or others. It helps you to discover, from the inside, a path out of your stuckness. Nonviolent Communication is a set of principles and practices that facilitate the untangling of your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations, leading to insight, revelation, clarity and the ability to choose how you’d like to navigate the complexity of living a connected life within a society that is becoming more and more disconnected. 

I enjoy sharing with others both this framework and type of empathi listening that continues to support me in replacing unhealthy and unconscious patterns of thought and behavior with ones that better align with ecological, relational, and systemic health and wellbeing.

I hold a professional certification in life coaching. I have over 10,000 hours of experience learning and integrating Nonviolent Communication (NVC) into my daily life. I also have over 1000 hours of coaching conversations helping clients to access their own healing powers and their own inner wisdom.

As a former high school math teacher and current math tutor, I also enjoy supporting students in moving through any challenges they are having in math, in the spirit of co-creativity and empowerment.