For the first three decades of my life, I worked extremely hard and I produced high-quality results. I earned my degrees, I excelled in my career, I married a wonderful partner, we bought a house, and we got a dog. I felt challenged in my work, fulfilled in my relationship, and clearheaded about my purpose and direction.Then I had two babies.People are not joking around when they say kids change everything. Am I right, parents?!For me, becoming a mother was identity shattering.I could no longer wake up early or stay up late to get my work done.I felt like a failure just trying to feed my kids.I felt self-conscious in my postpartum body.I had a wonderful support network, but I still felt overwhelmed.There was the physical exhaustion, but there was also a deep emotional exhaustion. I felt hopeless that the version of me who had existed before kids was gone, replaced by the just-barely-getting-by-mom version.At some point during the endless hours of the night while feeding and changing diapers, I started listening to podcasts hosted by life and leadership coaches, many of whom talked about the powerful impact of increasing one's self-awareness.I started to build my self-awareness within my context as a working mom with young kids, connecting the dots between the unrealistic expectations in my head and the feeling of exhaustion in my body.I started to realize that I didn't have to settle for just getting by. I started to believe I could reinvent myself as a professional, a partner, a parent, and as a person. But I wasn't quite sure how.So I hired a coach, and my experience was transformative.I learned that – contrary to how I had lived my entire life – no amount of doing and achieving was going to create a sustainable feeling of success, no matter how hard I worked. I had to change my thinking.I am more productive and creative at work now than I have ever been. I'm a confident mom, I am a loving wife, and I enjoy being me.I am now on a mission to help others learn and practice the same cognitive and emotional skills that I used to transform my own life.Do you have a coach? Because it would be my privilege to guide you to decide what you want for your career, your relationships, and your health, uncover what's in the way, and systematically remove those blocks.And if you identify a perfectionist who has trouble resting without feeling guilty, I am 100 percent sure you will figure this out, but I am also 100 percent sure that I can help you figure it out faster and with more ease and balance.
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