My offerings
I cultivate joy and belonging through leadership and life coaching, retreats, teaching and writing.
Each engagement is shaped collaboratively, with care and attention to the unique needs and aspirations of the person or group.
My approach
Creative, collaborative engagement.
All of my work uses creative, reflective and embodied practices to cultivate joy, belonging and collective thriving. I shape each engagement collaboratively, with care and attention to the unique needs and aspirations of the person or group.
My work includes:
Individual and team coaching
Organizational, leadership and life transitions
Retreat design and facilitation
Gatherings to cultivate joy and belonging
Speaking, workshops and teaching
Writing
Together, we will
Deepen relationships of mutual care
Build resilience to navigate turmoil and transition
Restore balance and life-affirming practices
Reconnect to nature and place
Imagine a more just and joyful world
Coaching
Cultivating leadership, resilience and purpose.
I offer coaching and mentoring for individuals, teams and boards who are committed to a more just, joyful and sustainable world. We'll use reflective practices to cultivate leadership skills and strengthen:
Self care and community care
Resilience
Clarity of purpose
Conflict resolution
Sustainable ways of working and being
Transitions
Navigating change.
Life is full of transitions – “vital period[s] of adjustment, creativity, and rebirth that help one find meaning after a major life disruption.” (Life is in the Transitions, Bruce Feiler) Learning to navigate them is an essential skill. Drawing on what I've learned from my own life and leadership transitions, I offer support for individual and team transitions.
Executive leadership transitions
Life transitions – parenting, job or career change, moving, relationships, retirement
Organizational change – leadership change, strategic and programmatic change
Board development
Retreats
Intimate retreats for organizations, teams, friends and families.
I design and facilitate intimate retreats for organizations, teams, community groups, friends and families. Through shared reflection, embodied practices, storytelling and creative visioning, retreats can help groups:
Strengthen trust and belonging
Rest, learn and reflect together
Celebrate victories and mourn losses
Reconnect to purpose
Envision and plan for the future
Gatherings
Joy and belonging through storytelling, singing and ritual.
I host and support gatherings to cultivate joy and belonging through practices like storytelling, singing, celebration and ritual. These gatherings may last for a few hours, a half-day or a full day. They may happen just once or include a series or ongoing community commitment.
Guided dinner conversations
Reading groups
Singing and creative circles
Communing in nature
Speaking, workshops & teaching
Keynotes, workshops and conversations that spark transformation.
I offer keynotes, informal talks and workshops on topics such as:
Community resilience in an era of burnout
Joy as an act of resistance
How to cultivate joy and belonging
Culture, creativity and social change
Navigating life transitions
I enjoy teaching and guest lecturing about my work and career. My prior engagements have included:
Activist in Residence at Smith College, Co-Hosted by the Human Rights Initiative and the Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality
Guest lecture in courses on International Human Rights; Collective Organizing; and Women Fight Violence
Student workshops on Joyful Belonging
Public Panel on Liberating Spirit: Community, Ritual and Social Change in a World in Crisis
Senior Fellow, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, University of Texas at Austin
Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Seminar, “Media, Culture and Social Change”
Writing
The Pollinator — wanderings of joy and justice.
My monthly Substack newsletter explores practices and reflections that help sustain us in these challenging times. I ask meaningful questions rather than offer answers, fostering conversation and connection.
Ready to explore what's possible?
Whether you are seeking coaching, a retreat, a speaking engagement, or simply a conversation — I welcome your inquiry.