ABOUT ME

Here’s a little bit about me…

I live in West Michigan with my awesome husband, Alan, and my two (kinda crazy) dogs, Mac and Russell.

I absolutely love all things personal growth, behavior, and development (my passions and background are psychology and sociology), and also figuring out more authentic, effective ways to practice self-care (creativity, walks alone, papercrafting, quality social time, etc!).

I get my BEST rest and cup-filling moments when I’m spending time with my hubby, my friends (i.e. my kindred spirits), and my beautiful family.

And also naps. I schedule my days around my naps! 🤗

I named my business “Wake Your Dream” because I feel like I’ve been waking up to my true self, and now I get to help other people do exactly that too - juust live way more engaged, way less on autopilot, and feel like they get to belong authentically in their lives.

There’s nothing like getting to live your life this way!

Here’s a bit about where I was before…

Anxious thoughts and depression were regular for me, and so was feeling really purposeless and aimless, like I was just drifting through life or moving at 80 miles an hour. I was busy like crazy, mostly disconnected from myself, and living paycheck to paycheck (financially, energy-wise, and emotionally).

I knew a ton of true things to remind myself, but I didn’t know how to manage my spiraling thoughts and emotions.

I was so frustrated and beaten down because nothing I knew or tried seemed to be changing anything.

Here’s the thing:
My knowledge didn’t match my actions - so I wasn’t getting better results.

I didn’t see it.

I wasn’t connecting my body, mind, and spirit to everywhere I was showing up (in my personal and professional life), and I wasn’t managing my thoughts and emotions in ways that would help my actions be effective.

Instead, I was consumed with all the externals; circumstances, outcomes, other people, etc.

I used to think my solution was: Outcomes, measuring my own success by other people’s standards, pushing myself and striving to be more outwardly productive and caught in the hustle and busyness, doing what I thought looked right to others.

I didn’t see what I was doing wrong.
And I genuinely didn’t know things could be different for me!

Is this your struggle too?

There’s so much truth within you, waiting for you to wake up and use it.

I needed get VERY real with myself. I needed to be honest about where I was, how I got there, and see that I had a lot of capacity and ability commit to getting out.

This is why I started coaching. I became a Life Design Coach in 2018 because of all the change I was making in my own life and how badly I wanted to help other people live that freedom too.

Right now, I gratefully (and sometimes in shock) recognize the progress I’ve made - and it’s a road I haven’t taken alone.

I look at the changes in my life, and see how my dream for my life finally woke up, from the inside out!

It kind of breaks my brain to realize how powerfully our brains are designed.
How we have real capability as humans to literally change our own lives by changing our mind!

Brain science shows us our brains are neuroplastic, meaning you can actually change the way your brain works by changing what you’re thinking… and that changes the way your life is turning out.

This is not a pie-in-the-sky, "too-good-to-be-true", magic formula!

I am actually living my dream now. A lot more restful productivity (not so hectic, but paced and confident!), better work/life balance, authentic relationships, maturity and real trust in myself, and my spiritual beliefs growing and supporting me from the inside even more… and all while I get to manage so much better when I experience anxiety, hustle energy, and the pull of the old limiting thoughts.

This is what I most want you to hear as a coach:
You don’t have to stop being an imperfect, sometimes-struggling human to have a way better life.

I’ve been healing and strengthening my relationship with myself and that’s helped me transform my life beyond what I EVER pictured was possible, both personally and professionally.

And my story’s not even over yet… and neither is yours!

I would love to start this journey with you…