About Me

How I became a career and life coach

As a manager, I learned how employers think and how people succeed.

I coached employees. I did lots of hiring and supervision.  I learned through trial and error. I have also done lots of personal work and exploration, which makes me an effective life coach.

My career has included:

  • workforce training, international development, public health, and health care advocacy,
  • creating programs and running large systems, and
  • creating a successful business as a licensed health insurance advisor.

Now I’m a career and life coach—see my credentials below. My clients learn practical skills and make practical progress. They learn to move past inner and outer obstacles.  I help clients define success in their own terms and then make it happen. My sense of humor makes all this work fun as well as serious!

My story

Having spent my whole life growing into my real self, I know it’s possible. Lots of things helped. My coaching training included lots of coaching and helped me become happier, more authentic and more courageous.

I meditate some, and can help my clients become more mindful. I believe in growing and learning, respecting yourself and others, living what you believe…and having fun. Peace and racial and social justice are important to me. I’m a hiker and voracious reader. I love adventure and have worked and traveled around the world.

Credentials

  • Certified Career Services Provider, National Career Development Association
  • Professional Certified Coach, International Coach Federation
  • AI-Savvy Career Practitioner, Career Thought Leaders
  • Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, Coaches Training Institute*
  • Certified Job and Career Transition Coach, Career Development Network
  • Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching Advanced Coach Training Series
  • Salary negotiation trainer, pre-pandemic, for WorkSmart Boston, American Association of University Women
  • Master’s in intercultural management from SIT Graduate Institute at World Learning
  • Bachelor’s in art from Brown University

*Partner of The Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.

Some of my work experience

  • Directed Boston Healthcare and Research Training Institute.
  • Managed Health Care For All statewide programs that improved children’s health coverage and helped families find health insurance.
  • Worked for Development Foundation of Turkey and Overseas Education Fund’s Asia programs.
  • At Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, supervised 13 staff, implemented successful $4M statewide IT system, created training system, and managed $48M food system for 110,000 people.

Affiliations

  • President of Beacon Hill Friends House Corporation and Board, 2015-2018
  • Career Counselors’ Consortium Northeast
  • National Career Development Association