I spent 20 years climbing — then noticed the view wasn’t the one I wanted.

I spent two decades in global marketing and communications. I co-led acquisitions, built teams across continents, climbed the ladder rung by rung — and still had that unnerving feeling that something was missing.

So I did the thing I now do for other people: I hired a coach. I was burnt out and fairly convinced that was just what adulthood felt like. It wasn’t. That work changed the shape of my life, and in 2022 I took the leap and became a coach myself.

Today I’ve coached hundreds of people over almost 1,000 hours, I’m ICF-accredited and work with individuals and teams around the world, one-to-one and in groups. My philosophy is simple and it comes from the Co-Active Training Institute: you are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. You don’t need fixing. You need space, honesty, and someone in your corner who will hold you to what you said you wanted. I bring empathy, directness, and a genuine sense of humor — the hard conversations go better with these elements included in the mix.

I’ve moved countries five times. After 17 years of marriage, my divorce became one of the biggest turning points of my life, and it’s a large part of why I coach the way I coach. I trained through the Co-Active Training Institute and added leadership and innovation credentials from Harvard Business School Online and NYU. I’m originally from Namibia and now live in San Diego with my twin teenage boys and our slightly overweight Golden Retriever, Aerobie.

When I’m off duty you’ll find me at F45, volunteering in my kids’ classrooms, eating very good chocolate, or quietly planning the next family or solo trip.