My Path to Becoming Unapologetically Myself
I like to say that my life began again at the age of 63 when my body went in to fight or flight and got stuck. Here’s how I got there...
When I was very young I hid under the coffee table when my maternal grandparents came to visit as I had crippling shyness. There are also pictures of me hiding behind my mother’s legs during family gatherings.
Growing up I learned how to create a different persona, a new identity, that allowed me to function out in the world. And in order to do that I had to push all feelings of fear, inadequacy, and limited self-worth down into the dark recesses of my being so they wouldn’t interfere with my ability to be out in the world. And it worked for a long time – I fell in love, got married, had two kids. I spent decades in the corporate world climbing a ladder to become a Fortune 500 executive, accomplished, effective, and wearing a mask that I was grateful allowed me to fit in (kind-of).
At 63, my body made a decision for me. A severe stress event sent me into a prolonged fight-or-flight response that no amount of competence or mask-wearing could manage its way out of. What followed was five years of medical and spiritual reckoning that stripped away my performance layer and revealed something I hadn't expected: I was already whole. I no longer needed the mask and was able to fully embrace—and embody—my True Self.
Not conforming. Not performing. Not pretending. Unapologetically Me.
The word 'retirement' holds no meaning for me and now, at nearly 70, I guide other women through the same threshold I crossed, one where I am in the best shape of my life, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
My clients are women in their 50s, 60s, and beyond — navigating the profound transitions of later life, exhausted from a lifetime of performing, pleasing, and holding it together. Women whose bodies have started sending signals their minds have been ignoring for years. Women who don't need another program to optimize themselves. They need someone who has walked this terrain and can say, with authority and without sugarcoating: you are not broken. You are becoming.
And if you feel called and you're not yet 50, don't hesitate to reach out. It's never too early to begin the path to rediscovering your True Self.
I bridge the practical and the cosmic — grounded tools alongside a deep trust in what can't be measured. I am a guide, an activator, and a catalyst.
I do not coach you toward a better version of yourself. I help you remember the version that was always there.
I didn't find a new version of myself. I found the one that was always there.
I'm not here to fix you. I'm here to remind you.
A FEW FUN FACTS ABOUT ME: :)
*I never reached 5' in height yet have always felt much taller. :)
*I'm a self-proclaimed input junkie, continuously exploring, discovering, learning, expanding.
*I was certified in scuba diving in 1976 but haven't been since.
*I've come to love and respect most spiders, though not yet snakes.
*My first car was a Vega Station Wagon (remember those!).
*I learned how to drive a standard car on the hills of San Francisco so I can drive anywhere.
*I love most genres of music including movie sound tracks and sing every day while at the computer (at full volume if a bit flat).