My Story
Throughout my 25-year career in executive-level fundraising and planning in the non-profit arts arena I have coached performing artists, writers, musicians, painters, designers and non-profit professionals through myriad of career and life choices and transitions. As a creative artist and with a family of creatives, I understand what drives art making and fuels creativity. I credit the experience of my husband's death and raising school-aged children as a solo parent for transforming my lifelong passion for personal growth into a creative path that continues to deepen every day.
I have a degree in psychology and a masters in performance studies from NYU with additional training in creative business planning, group facilitation, mindfulness practices, organizational leadership and performance. I was co-founder of a non-profit presenting organization called Rivertown Artists Workshop (RAW). I am a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and am a certified creativity coach with the Creativity Coaching Association. I was a scholarship recipient and graduate of the 2021 conscious leadership program of Sounds True and New York University, called the InnerMBA.
We all experience time in transitions, often more than one at a time! I have learned through my own experience that change and transition is an invitation to grow in new and surprising ways. There is no denying that unexpected change is often challenging, even terrifying at times. Even changes that we provoke trigger resistance because there is so much that we don't know or can't control about what will happen next. That's what also imbues that in-between time with possibilities, insights and synergies that we could not have imagined before the change occured.
Creative women deserve a champion to help them navigate transitions so that they mine that fertile space for the courage and power waiting for them to embody and make the impact in the world they have been longing to make.
I support women artists, arts workers and creative professionals because they are the change-makers who tell our stories, teach our children, touch our hearts and stir our souls. If you are interested in deepening your own awareness around patterns and behaviors that keep you stuck - I am here to support you to make choices to grow bigger than your fears!