Through my own journey, I discovered that there was a better way. Life coaching tools helped me break free from using alcohol as a coping mechanism for industry stress. I learned to manage the intense pressures of restaurant life through mindfulness practices, meditation, and yoga instead of reaching for a drink after every challenging shift. After experiencing my own transformation, I knew I had to help others find their path to a more balanced life. I took the leap, left the restaurant industry, and became certified as a life coach. Working with clients brought immense fulfillment, but something was still missing – true freedom. That’s when I made a bold decision: I sold my house and bought a campervan. Now, I’m living my dream of traveling across the United States, coaching clients remotely while exploring new places and communities. This mobile lifestyle allows me to reach more people, share my story, and prove that it’s never too late to completely reinvent your life. Today, I use these experiences to help others, including hospitality professionals, find balance and create the life they truly want. Whether you’re struggling with burnout, seeking a career change, or dreaming of a different lifestyle, I understand the journey because I’ve lived it.

I also know it’s possible to live a happier, more fulfilled, and meaningful life, in and out of the industry.

Do you want to get along better with your co-workers, boss, or staff? 

                     I CAN HELP YOU

Do you want to manage your anger when a customer asks for something outrageous? 

                     I CAN HELP YOU

Do you want to cut back or quit drinking?

                     I CAN HELP YOU

I decided to push forward with the restaurant career path. I felt this tug of family and life and experience there that I had never really felt before and just couldn’t ignore or let go of. I worked my way to my dream job as General Manager of a café in a modern art museum where several of my friends worked. It was a blast! We put on fabulous events, had the most amazing food, and the camaraderie was just what I needed and wanted.

When that experience ended, I took a restaurant break, as many of us do in this tough industry. But I found myself back in it almost as fast as I got out of it, or so it seemed at the time! This was a searching period for me, testing the waters with catering companies, nightclubs, even the possibility of owning my own restaurant. I struggled and found myself a bit stuck in a rut. So, when a position as a restaurant manager at a prestigious restaurant presented itself, I bit. I went full in, excited, ready to recommit to an industry and career I had tried to leave several times.

While I did thrive in this position and felt that I continued to have an impact on my employees, coworkers and bosses, there was something unfulfilled inside me. Not to mention my damn knees were giving out! As I managed to continue on, I was again presented with an opportunity to come back to a general manager position and I thought, oh surely this is what is missing. I will be the boss in charge and it will be great. I took the leap but not really that surprising, I fell short in my fulfillment journey.

 And as I searched the job market and my soul, I discovered that maybe I could get back to my counseling roots through a coaching path. I, of course, got coached myself on this, and after not too much time, I went all in. I say not too much time because my heart knew this was what it wanted. My brain was a little skeptical (still is sometimes) but my heart won out.