you aren’t here to simply WORK and CONSUME

I used to be a magazine editor. Then I taught creative writing at a university. I believe the deep imagination is a spiritual and political issue.

I’M LIKE A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR FOR YOU AND YOUR HIGHEST CREATIVITY.

I believe when you make your ideas real, you change AND the world changes.

My coaching blends insights from the fields of neurobiology, positive psychology, philosophy, craft theory, and contemplative practice.

I’ve used these skills to help people craft their first novel, birth entrepreneurial careers, make their activism sustainable, release their podcast, renew their painting practice, you name it. My clients have emerged from long-standing ruts so they can do justice to their intentions.

But that’s not even the best part. I’ve seen what these creative leaps have really meant; they open up energy, love, and resilience for the rest of their lives. Because ALL of life is a creative process.

Coaching is how I learned to bridge the deep imagination with practical steps. Now I give you the tools to unlock what’s waiting.

CERTIFICATIONS

in case you’re wondering where I learned things

  • MASTER of ARTS from YALE UNIVERSITY

  • MFA candidate at UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

  • CERTIFIED LIFE COACH FROM LUMIA COACHING

  • CERTIFIED ENNEAGRAM APPLICATIONS PROFESSIONAL

  • CERTIFIED SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR from the BENEDICTINE PEACE CENTER (a.k.a studying with nuns for years about how the inner life works)

miscellany!

 

I’M CANADIAN, but I married an American dreamboat I met in a Brooklyn bar. We moved to his hometown in Iowa where I’m trying to pass on my Northern accent to our daughter (it’s not working).

I WRITE humor essays for fun.

I SEW most of my clothes. I can’t keep food-stains off them, so I have to keep sewing more.