ABOUT ME
I Didn’t Plan to Reinvent My Life at 61
A life-threatening illness in 2024 became a wake-up call that forced me to rethink what mattered most. After spending decades helping others navigate transition, I suddenly found myself facing one of my own.
A CLEAR PURPOSE
Real experience brings deeper perspective.
My journey hasn't followed a straight line, but each chapter has shaped the way i supported others today.
MY JOURNEY
Discovering My Life’s Work
I began my career in Washington, DC as a financial analyst and software developer with Gannett. I loved solving complex problems and building systems, but over time I realized something important: while I enjoyed developing software, what truly energized me was helping people grow.
That realization sent me on a search for work that felt more aligned with who I was. Along the way, I discovered Working From the Heart , a book by two Washington-area authors that challenged me to think differently about vocation and purpose. Their ideas led me to enroll in the Life Direction Laboratory , a nine-month journey designed to help people discover the work they were meant to do.
The experience became a turning point in my life. It helped me articulate a personal vision that has guided every chapter of my career since:
To help people discover their potential, navigate life’s transitions, and create lives and careers filled with purpose and meaning.
That vision led me away from software development and into leadership development, executive coaching, and, ultimately, retirement coaching. Looking back, I wasn’t changing careers as much as I was discovering the work I was always meant to do.
A TURNING POINT
9/11 Career Disruption
I launched my coaching practice in 2001, initially helping hospitality leaders recover from the devastating career disruptions following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Many had spent decades with one employer and suddenly found themselves questioning not only their careers, but also their professional identity and future.
Over time, my work evolved into executive coaching, partnering with newly promoted executives and newly hired leaders navigating high-stakes transitions. Again and again, I witnessed how challenging reinvention can be—even for highly successful people.
Those experiences reinforced a lesson that would shape the rest of my career: major life transitions are rarely just about changing jobs. They often require us to redefine who we are.
A CARRER HELPING PEOPLE
A Career Helping People Navigate Transition
Over the next twenty-five years, I coached executives, physicians, healthcare leaders, public-sector executives, and organizations through promotions, new leadership roles, organizational change, mergers, and career transitions.
I saw firsthand that success often depends less on technical expertise than on the ability to adapt and reinvent.