Strongly influenced by the popular 1960’s TV show “Laugh In”, my dream at age 5 was to be a switchboard operator and make a lot of connections!

With the benefit of education, fulfilling work, recovery, yoga & coach training, a long term relationship, mothering three daughters and grand mothering two darling little boys and a little girl, I understand that my early dream of being a switch board operator plus my education and life experience, translated to supporting and living a joyous holistic life full of rich ‘community’, connections’ and curiousity’.  I share this education and experience through  ‘certified mentor  & business coaching for ICF coaches & life, leadership and executive coaching’.

At age 16, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and the whole family embarked on a journey of natural, holistic nutrition, health and wellness; leading to renewed health for mom and our whole family. This was also the year that I began my yoga practice, although, at the time, I thought the poses were warm-ups for my creative dance class! Consequently, I followed my passion for the mind body connection, natural nutrition and health and entered University to pursue a first career in the field of nutrition and dietetics. It wasn’t until a major life trauma in the early 90’s, that I resumed my yoga practice and integrated yoga, meditation and mindfulness into my daily spiritual practice. It was following the major life trauma that I also realized the power of the mind body connection and living a mindfulness based spiritual life and embarked on coach training, including ‘body centred coaching’ as a means of deepening my communication skills and broadening my executive leadership knowledge and skills. I furthered my interest in ‘mindfulness’ by completing a 200 hour yoga teacher training and by recently completing a three year training commitment in the powerful and elegant, secular “Mindful Self Compassion” program.

I am an avid observer of people, socio-cultural activities and our lived experience. I am passionate about women power and success and the wise women of the world and delight in working deeply in this global circle as a leadership, business success, executive wellness and life coach. I love my family & friends with all my heart; I am a voracious reader and love yoga, sailing and traveling. I think of myself as a ‘hippie earth mama with a dash of whimsical author & poet’, who still enjoys the sparkle of shooting stars. I live with my family and pets in a small seaside town near Vancouver, BC, Canada.

I can most often be found in comfy yoga clothes, my doggie by my side and reading a great book on my ipad.

In my healthy life coaching, I provide holistic and mindful ‘values based life coaching to help set your heart on fire & soothe your soul‘; with mentor coaching for ICF coaches, I use the ICF core competencies and ethics to anchor your coaching and develop your skills.

Clients and friends say that I, exhibit: innovation, inspiration, wisdom.