For a long time, I believed there was a right way to live and work, and wondered why I kept falling short. I planned the way everyone else planned, organized the way everyone else organized, and kept trying to fit myself into systems that were never really built for me.

The shift came when I stopped trying to fix myself and started working with my own brain, energy, and strengths instead. I have ADHD, and it is part of what makes me who I am. The last decade or so has been about embracing that: celebrating how I think, what I bring, and building a life that actually fits.

That's what I've learned along the way: thriving isn't becoming more like everyone else. It's becoming more like you.

That belief is at the heart of my coaching. I partner with leaders who are exhausted from performing leadership the "right" way. Together, we explore what working and leading can look like when they are designed around your strengths, your energy, and your rhythm. My clients walk away with personalized systems we partner to create, plus the confidence, self-trust, and freedom that come from leading as themselves.

Before coaching, I spent over a decade in business management, HR, and operations, building systems and developing teams everywhere from Starbucks to Walt Disney World. I'm the EST in Danest (my brother Dan is the DAN), and I run our business alongside my mom, Debbie. That makes this work feel like family because it is.

When I'm not coaching

I'm an outgoing introvert who lives for deep conversations and real connection. You'll find me in Philly cooking for the people I love, hosting parties (murder mystery is a specialty), traveling somewhere new, reading, or spending time with my nieces, my parents, my brother, and my sister-in-law, who is really more of a sister. It all comes down to the same thing: good people, good food, and good stories. I wouldn't have it any other way.