Background & Resources
Coaching education
After my New Ventures West coaching certification, I refined my coaching practice by incorporating approaches that connect people back to their own sense of knowing (vs. analyzing them from the outside and giving likely misaligned advice).
These approaches support the integration of physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the person’s life.
Aletheia Coaching
2019-2020
Completed levels 1 and 2. Aletheia brings a blend of Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Focusing, Breathwork, among other practices into one coherent framework. This approach is deeply transformative and weaves together the latest of neuroscience with ancient spiritual and philosophical practices.
New Ventures West
2016-2017
Complteded the year-long Integral Coach program. This approach to human development blends evolving knowledge fields and established wisdom traditions to cultivate depth and aliveness.
Professional Background
I know what it’s like to work in high pressure environments.
I also have a deep background in behavioral science and analysis. In many ways my coaching practice has evolved beyond these tools, but they were my first entry into adult development.
2011-2022
People Analyst/Program Manager, evaluating the efficacy of various internal programs, including hiring, perf, promotion, and exits. Deep dives on employee survey data as well as preparing external data releases. Presenting findings and advising senior leadership/executives on ways to structure and improve people programs.
Compensation Analyst, creating and implementing various compensation programs.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
2009-2011
Central Forecasting and Modeling Unit, forecasting student numbers and budgets for the Ministry.
Inspiration & Teachers
My practice is on-going and evolving. These are some of the amazing people I’ve learned from and who inform my work. Many of them I only know through their writing and content.
I share this as an acknowledgement of those who have laid the foundation for my work. I would not be who I am today without their influence.
I currently reside on unceded Nisenan land. I acknowledge this in an effort to resist the erasure of Indigenous presence today and to resist the avoidance of the on-going genocide and land theft by white American settlers. I offer gratitude for those who cared for and continue to care for this land.
The unpacking of my identify as a white cis-woman has paralleled my education as a coach. Just as I acknowledge the original caretakers the land I reside on, I also acknowledge the intellectual and spiritual predecessors of color that have shaped who I am today, many of whom are Black women. It is through the teachings of the following folks that I have come to understand my identity and what that means in this world. I acknowledge this with deep gratitude.
Thank you to bell hooks, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, Lama Rod Owens, Paulo Freire, Arundhati Roy, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Laticia Nieto, Assata Shakur, Joy Harjo, Malidoma Patrice Somé, and so many others.
I also am grateful for the work of the following folks who I regularly draw inspiration from Gabor Maté, David Bedrick, Ashleigh Warner, and others.
Resources
Some mine, some from others!
If there are any particular resources you are looking for that weren’t on this list, let me know! I’d be happy to offer specific recommendations.