An Informal Bio

I am coach and a facilitator who works with women who want to make CLEAR, CONFIDENT and CREATIVE choices in their personal and professional lives. I weave CREATIVITY and the principles of KAIZEN, YOGA and AYURVEDA into everything I do with the aim of building SUSTAINABLE MOMENTUM toward your DESIRED RESULTS. My goal is always to meet you where you are and guide you to where you want to be.

I hold master certifications in Kaizen-Muse™ Creativity Coaching and Kaizen Creative™ NLP and am a certified Modern Day Muse Group™ Facilitator. I am a certified Ayurveda and Yoga Coach, with additional training in Vedic Counseling, and Appreciative Inquiry. I am also a Priestess of Petite Pauses and Playful Productivity and have my level three Reiki.

I am a co-creator, along with Kathy Kane, of the KMI Model™ of Facilitation and offer KMI Master Minds™ as well as KMI Master Mind™ Facilitation Training,

I have over 30 years of program development, workshop and facilitation experience in multiple areas including adult literacy, supported employment for adults with developmental disabilities, volunteer programs and mental health.

I have owned my own business since 1999, as well as co-owning a small marina with my husband.

I love walks in nature, reading, creating, learning and experiencing life in my own unique way.

I live in a turn of the last century house in my small hometown of Parry Sound, ON along the rugged shores of Georgian Bay. It is here that I raised and homeschooled my now grown daughters and currently share with my husband, my one-eyed border collie Kap and James Robert the cat.

My Story Begins …

decades ago. However, the common thread that weaves through it all is the desire to listen deeply and to create space for others to be heard. I believe that being truly heard contributes to our ability to live a life we love - filled with what brings us joy and purpose.

Listening has taken on a deeper meaning for me as of late. I listen with more than my ears these days. I listen with my heart and my intuition. I listen for words and the meanings behind and in-between. I listen intuitively and energetically. I listen for patterns and stories that shape thoughts and actions.

What I love to do is to create a space - often through a guided relaxation - where you can come and be heard - without judgement or the need to measure your words or thoughts. When coaching, or being coached, I find that one of the most valuable experiences is to be able to think out loud; to have ideas take shape and clarity to emerge and be refined through words that are reflected back. It is a very powerful experience and a terrific catalyst for change.

I believe that change comes from within - my own healing and growth, while influenced by others, has come as a result of listening to myself and thinking out loud. I have let my curiosity, imagination, intuition and creativity be my guides.

As a child I was very creative with a rich and inventive imagination. As a student I learned to think and produce responses according to other people’s standards while using my creativity to play with the rules. In the workforce my creativity shone in the programs I developed and in my advocacy work. As a parent it was poured into homeschooling and nurturing creativity in my children. Then after a prolonged illness - I stepped into the world of Kaizen-Muse™ Creativity Coaching and my creativity was set free.

Embracing Kaizen (the philosophy of small, continuous steps towards improvement) and creativity, I expanded my qualifications becoming a Master Kaizen-Muse™ Creativity Coach, a Master Kaizen Creative™ NLP Practitioner, and a Modern Day Muse™ Group Facilitator. This led to co-creating, leading and instructing others in a new model of facilitation and a new way of masterminding called KMI Master Minds™ and running a virtual creativity cafe.

In 2017 I followed an intuitive calling and took a Priestess Training with Vanessa Sage and again in 2019 & 2020. It was here that I learned about a 300 hour Ayurveda and Yoga Teacher Training. This really resonated with me. And so I enrolled and in September of 2018 I received my certification. This training opened up an exciting new - yet complimentary - way to live and coach. I have since completed a Vedic Counseling Course and numerous related courses.

At this stage of my life I want to enjoy what I do. I want to work with others who value being heard, are willing to listen and learn, and who want to step in to their full potential while embracing their whole self. What a wonderful world it will be when we can all love the life we have.