About My Work
I’m a Chicago-based life coach working with women in midlife who are navigating full lives and feeling stuck in some way, or who are embarking on something new and want support getting traction.
Many of the women I work with are high-capacity and deeply responsible. They manage work, family, finances, and the invisible labor in between. From the outside, their lives look stable and competent. Inside, they may feel scattered, stretched thin, or frustrated by how hard it is to follow through on what matters to them.
I work in partnership with my clients, offering a structured space to think clearly and translate insight into action grounded in their strengths and values.
Why Midlife Is the Tipping Point
By midlife, many women have been operating at a high level for decades. You’ve built a life that works. You show up every day and carry a lot of responsibility.
But as obligations and priorities change, the strategies that once worked can become outdated. What used to feel manageable may now feel harder: initiation, follow-through, sustained focus, decision-making. Even highly competent women can find themselves stuck at times.
For some women, these patterns are connected to ADHD. For others, they emerge under chronic stress, shifting hormones, or the cumulative weight of responsibility. Either way, the experience can feel frustrating and personal, even though nothing has gone wrong.
It’s often a sign that the structure supporting your life needs to be recalibrated. Coaching creates space to examine that structure with curiosity rather than judgment.
What I bring to the work
My approach to coaching is thoughtful, practical, and grounded in real life.
I do not give advice or prescribe solutions. Instead, I help you examine what’s working and what’s not, and experiment with ways of doing things that are a good fit for you.
In our work together, we might focus on things like:
Prioritizing and following through on habits that matter to you
Navigating work challenges, boundaries, or ongoing dynamics
Improving money hygiene or reducing financial stress
Sorting through competing demands and deciding what no longer belongs on your plate
Getting unstuck on projects, ideas, or goals that keep getting deferred
My training is through the Coach Approach Training Institute, an ICF-accredited program, where I have completed intensive coursework and gained practical experience in essential coaching frameworks and skills, strengths-based coaching, brain-based coaching, and life and ADHD coaching. I am also a member of the ADHD Coaches Organization.
I am not a clinical ADHD specialist. What I offer is informed awareness, lived understanding, and structured support for women whose follow-through, focus, or decision-making feel strained.
My approach
As a coach trained in ICF’s core competencies, I am grounded in the belief that people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. I do not see my role as fixing, correcting, or optimizing you.
I see coaching as a structured partnership that helps you think more clearly, relate differently to challenges, and build systems that support sustainable change without relying on pressure, shame, or last-minute adrenaline.
I care deeply about personal sovereignty. Many women I work with have spent years meeting external expectations while quietly sidelining their own priorities. Coaching creates room to examine those patterns. You remain the authority on your life. My role is to help you build awareness and follow-through in ways that respect how your brain and responsibilities actually function.
Fit Matters
Coaching may be a good fit if you want support thinking through real-life challenges or goals, be it something that isn’t working or a readiness to start something new.
It’s probably not a fit if you’re looking for quick fixes or someone else’s version of success. But if you want a steady, grounded partner as you make decisions and create change on your own terms, we may work well together.
Where I explore these ideas further:
For more reflective writing on midlife, meaning, executive strain, and identity, check out my coaching blog.
For a deeper dive into my personal approach to coaching, I invite you to check out my article, Midlife as a Turning Point, Not a Crisis.
