Professional
I am wife, stepmom, grandmother, daughter and tennis player with more than 20 years in sales and leadership experience. Over the course of my career in gaming, technology and leadership training I have helped individuals and organizations to achieve lasting results. My passion has always been helping others. I am proud to be a founding board member of Dress for Success Southern Nevada and an active member of the mentoring committee for GlobalGamingWomen.org. Since 2014, I have been a certified life coach through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching and have received my ACC through the International Coaching Federation, utilizing techniques and tools found in the Positive Intelligence methodology among others.
Mission
In the past 15 years I have had two back surgeries and one knee surgery. I have always been active and found tennis, cycling, hiking and walking to be therapeutic physically and mentally. However, I have not always been good at taking care of my body. I have pushed past pain and discomfort until I literally could not walk. I was almost fired by my physical therapist because I would not give up my favorite activity, tennis, thus making his job impossible.
When I could physically no longer walk onto a tennis court or ride a mile on my bike, the negative emotions came raining down. During much of this time I was already a certified coach with the tools to help myself out of this negative mindset spin. Furthermore, I was able to create a plan of action and to give myself grace and time to fully recover. I started to pay attention to how others struggled with the emotional side of recovery. I also noted how some people took control of their recovery and surpassed even their doctor's expectations. I became intrigued with why do some people seem to breeze through a physical recovery and others stall out and struggle. Through interviews with the injured and physical therapists as well as the study of positive psychology and positive intelligence, it became clear that a positive mindset is crucial. I work with clients to discover how they are sabotaging their recovery and then how to build positive mindset muscles to expedite their recovery with less stress and a better result.
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January
2022
Red Rock City Life Magazine