Restore . Empower . Transform!
"To be where we are and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life." (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Wild Outside, and Inside
I'm passionate about being active outdoors and exploring wild places, outside and inside of us! Time and time again, I've found solace and empowerment in nature when I've navigated personal, health and career challenges. My most favourite thing in the world is sharing my passion for the outdoors, and for heart-based leadership and holistic well-being. Healing and leading with our wild hearts will help us choose love over fear and create a better world.
I'm a certified leadership and executive coach (PCC, CPCC), trauma-informed coach (CTIC), change strategist, conflict facilitator, search & rescue leader and yoga instructor. I have worked for over two decades with a wide range of corporate and not-for-profit clients, including indigenous leaders and organizations, in the health, education, sustainability and outdoor sectors. This includes facilitating treaty negotiations; leading community, change and program transformation initiatives; developing leaders, teams and organizations; and coaching individuals and groups.
I hold post-secondary degrees in Education and Resource & Environmental Management (MRM) and certificates in Leadership & Conflict Resolution, Trauma-Informed Leadership and Coaching (Thomas Huebl and ICF), Internal Family Systems (IFS), CoreStrengths, MBTI, Coaching Out of the Box, Prosci Change Management, Search and Rescue Leadership & Training and Yoga Instruction (200-RYT).
"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself." (Soren Kierkegaard)
I am committed to continuous personal and professional growth through ongoing development, including collective, inter-generational and personal trauma healing (Thomas Huebl, Diana Pool-Heller et al) and relational skills training (Terry Real, Richard Schwartz et al).
I derive my sense of well-being and personal power from meditation, energy work and being active outdoors, including back-country and nordic skiing, mountaineering, running and yoga. I am so grateful for three decades worth of mountain adventures, which have taken me to some of the world’s most beautiful and remote peaks, places and people around the globe.
Values
- Adventure – having fun exploring and discovering new places, people and perspectives
- Nature - respecting and protecting the life-giving and healing force of nature and mother earth
- Connection - to self, to each other, and to the planet
- Collaboration - working together to increase our positive, collective impact
- Integration - connecting the dots and taking a systems-perspective: we are more than the sum of our parts
- Integrity & Respect - honouring each other and our paths--where we're going, and where we've come from
Core Beliefs
- Building trust, communicating openly and honouring our values, needs, feelings and strengths are the essential foundations for developing strong teams, organizations and relationships that create positive change.
- We can achieve transformational change in our communities, careers and relationships if we act with integrity, intuition and insight into the inter-connectedness of body, mind, soul and all that surrounds us.
- We can heal, grow and share health, wealth and happiness by connecting to our deepest passions, highest purpose and each other.
- We are stronger together.