connect with your purpose
live on purpose
about coaching
People seek coaching for lots of reasons
You may be facing a life transition or feeling hungry for one. Maybe you’re feeling lost, stuck, and unable to see the way forward. Or maybe you know what to do, and you want support and accountability to get there.
Coaching invites you to get curious about what’s most important to you and to see how those values are (or aren’t) showing up in your life. Together, we set goals that point you toward your dreams and build the habits that will keep you on the path.
What can coaching do for me?
Encourage deeper self-awareness: What makes you feel alive? What stands in your way? What is most important to you?
Connect you to your values and help you answer the question, “what do I truly want?”
Open up new possibilities and challenge old perspectives
Provide powerful tools to bring your values into your daily life
Practice a stronger connection between head, heart, and gut
Develop strategies to navigate obstacles and challenges
Offer a safe, supportive environment to sit with and process difficult emotions
Cultivate renewed joy, creativity, and fulfillment
Real-life reasons why people choose coaching
I hate my job / career, and I want to make a change
I feel like there’s something creative in me dying to get out, but I don’t know what it is
My life has been consumed by grief, and I don’t know how to move forward
I have my eye on a new opportunity, and I want some strategies to support me showing up as my best self
I feel like there’s no point in creating anymore. All of the stories have been told, the art has been made — my art doesn’t matter
I have been playing roles and wearing masks my whole life, and I am tired. I’m ready to be myself
I can’t find the time for my art anymore. My job is draining me of all my creative energy.
I’m overwhelmed by eldercare, childcare, and work. How am I supposed to find any time for me?
I’m struggling in my relationship, and I want to be a better partner
“(S)he who has a why to live
can bear almost any how.”
— Frederick Nietzsche
about me
hi, i’m steph 👋
I discovered coaching while I was trying to find myself. I spent my life playing roles as a daughter, career executive, partner, sister, friend, but I never felt fully like myself or truly happy. I spent decades in therapy, which was immensely helpful in understanding and processing years of trauma, but I got stuck not knowing how to move things forward.
A friend and colleague made a brave move to leave her comfy tech job and become a coach. I was so inspired that I hired her to help me. She helped me connect with my values and befriend the inner voices that kept me playing small. I felt more like myself than ever, and I had new tools to live more authentically and intentionally. Which was fantastic until I stopped using them.
Life got hard — really hard — and I fell back into my patterns of people-pleasing and prioritizing my career over everything else. This was extra ridiculous given that I never felt connected to or fulfilled by my job — quite the opposite. But I kept trudging along until one day I was face down at the bottom.
I lost my home in a flood, I was fired from my forever job, and my mother succumbed to dementia. It was a tidal wave washing over me, and every time I came up for air, another wave would hit. Suddenly, I saw so clearly how my life choices were making me miserable.
I started asking myself difficult questions about who I am and what I really wanted out of life, yet I still felt stuck. So, I went back to the coaching model that saved me the first time, only this time to become a coach myself. The process was rigorous, exciting, and sometimes terrifying. It challenged my beliefs and perspectives, helped me redefine and reconnect with my values, and fostered the courage I needed to step into the life I’d always wanted.
I found my purpose.
why I coach
I love this work. It’s magical to witness people unlocking their true selves and connecting with their dreams. I work with people in many phases of life, but my passion and expertise lies with folks going through transition. Whether it’s one that’s foisted upon them or one they’re hungry for. Some clients are like me wondering if there’s more to life. Others feel like there’s something creative in them dying to get out.
Everyone comes with some fear of change and failure.
Coaching helps you connect with what matters to you so you can you can make intentional choices to live your life on your terms, and build confidence as you learn to listen to your inner wisdom.
This work helps you connect with your purpose, and live on purpose.
career and credentials
I have always been curious about people and how our minds shape our experiences, which led me to my BA in Clinical & Counseling Psychology. I built a 20+ year career in design + technology, working with creative teams at Apple, Paramount Pictures, and frog design. My purpose was to build trusted relationships and create conditions for teams to do their best work. I didn’t know it at the time, but this was my first role as a coach.
Training & credentials:
· Co-Active coach training (CTI)
· International Coaching Federation (ICF) Member
· 300-hour yoga teacher training
· Deep experience with dementia, elder care + caregiver support
other tidbits
I’m a California native now based in Austin, TX. A nature-lover, athlete, mom to two adventurous border collies, doodler, musician, explorer, and designer.
If you’re curious about coaching, I’m curious about you, too.
“Commit to loving yourself completely.
It’s the most radical thing you’ll do in this lifetime.”
— Andrea Gibson
working together
Coaching is a partnership based on trust and connection. It is not therapy. It is focused on the present moment and taking action toward the future you want. As your coach, I am here to guide and champion you, reflect observations that may be hard for you to see, and challenge you to stretch toward your wildest dreams. I’m not here to tell you what to do or give you all the answers, but I will always tell the truth. I will hold you accountable to your commitments, celebrate your successes, and be curious when obstacles seem extra stubborn.
Because this work is so deeply personal, chemistry is important. I work with all sorts of people, and I especially connect with creative folks, people who are innately curious and introspective, and those with a playful sense of humor.
All humans are welcome and celebrated here, regardless of anything that makes us unique: skin color, sexual preference, gender expression, ideology, etc. The best outcomes come from you feeling fully supported as your whole and authentic self.
I offer a free 30-minute session for us to get acquainted and explore our coaching chemistry. I’ll be curious to learn what brings you to coaching and what you hope to get out of the experience. I’ll share lots of info about what you can expect, how & when we’ll meet, and all the important fundamentals. By the end, you’ll have a good sense of whether or not coaching is for you, and we’ll both know if we’re a good match.
From there, we’ll kick things off. I’ll send you a questionnaire so you can share relevant and important info, and that will be the foundation for our first session together. From there, we’ll meet every other week for 50 minutes. How long we keep that cadence is up to you. Most coaching relationships last 4-9 months. Change is exciting at first, but it can get tricky when things start to get real. 4 months gives you time to ride that wave and build sustainable habits. Please inquire about package rates.
getting started
I’m so glad you’re here! Please tell me a little about yourself and what you hope to get out of working together.
Let’s kickstart your purpose