My life has been a true “Journey of Self-Discovery”:
International travel adventures, psychological exploration, various creative mediums, and continual reinvention.
It’s my mission to bring the accumulation of all my skills, experiences, wisdom and compassion to work with you to bring out your true potential and joy.
Along the way, I’ve learned that while life can unexpectedly change our direction, it also invites us to discover a deeper, more authentic version of ourselves. I believe life’s greatest transitions often become the doorway to our greatest transformation. That belief is at the heart of The Creative Pivot.
As a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Co-Active Leadership Coach, I’ve spent more than two decades helping thoughtful, creative professionals gain clarity, reconnect with their strengths, and create lives and work that reflect who they are today. https://coactive.com
I hold a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from California College of the Arts, where I learned to shape intentional messages through strategic thinking, typography, and image-making. I then worked in the International Design Studios in San Francisco including Landor Associates, Pentagram, Studio Archetype, etc.
My work has been further shaped through advanced training in Creativity Coaching with Eric Maisel, Certification through the Money Coaching Institute, extensive Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® training, and Family Constellations work exploring the hidden patterns that can influence our lives across generations.
Long before coaching became my profession, a search for fulfillment led me around the world. You can see my story below.
CPCC, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach & Leadership Graduate (CTI, Coaches Training Institute), 2001
Qualified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Practitioner (including Step II), 2001
Creativity Coach (Eric Maisel / Artist’s Conference Network)
Certified Money Coach (Money Coaching Institute)
Family Constellations Training (Mark Wolynn)
B.F.A in Graphic Design with Distinction, (California College of the Arts)
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Early hitchhiking in Europe at age 19 led me to Istanbul, Turkey which whet my appetite for travel. At age 22, I travelled, alone, overland from Istanbul, Turkey to Bangkok, Thailand for a year and a half. I took buses, trains and trucks overland through Iran (of course, stopping at Persepolis), Pakistan, India, Nepal (trekking alone to 17,500 ft), Burma, Laos and Thailand. What an adventure.
During my overland adventure, I spent nine months in India studying Vipassana (Insight) meditation through a series of ten-day silent retreats before continuing to Burma to meet the teacher whose tradition I’ve continued to practice ever since.
That lifelong meditation practice has profoundly influenced how I perceive life and the world. Life is truly impermanent, constantly shifting and evolving.
It has taught me the value of integrity, morality, deep listening, thoughtful presence, self-awareness, and trusting the wisdom that emerges when we slow down enough to truly hear ourselves.
I am a profound listener; I want to listen to you, dig deep and together we will come up with the transformation that you have been seeking.