As with many vocational turns in life, you don’t find them – they find you! That’s my story with coaching. For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved getting to know people. Like really knowing them. Understand what makes them tick. Discover what dreams lie deep inside. Heal deep sorrows and excavate joy.

This innate relationship building manifested for a sweet season as a school counselor and then as the MOPS (now The MomCo) director at our church. However, it wasn’t until we adopted our youngest two children from Ethiopia in 2011 that the vocational story took another turn.

As a stay at home mom of four, I found writing and wrestling with God to be deep, cathartic work. Working with my own counselor brought healing, hope, and filled my cup in a brand new way! 

Fast forward to 2020. My kids found some semblance of equilibrium and made it quite clear they didn’t need mom hanging around and hovering so much! What’s a girl to do at that point, but hire a business coach?! After three months of working together to discern the unique combination of God-given gifts and talents that might birth a future vocation, my business coach approached me and said, “I’d like you to be my spiritual life coach. I want to process my life through a faith-based lens.”

What you see here is the rest of the story. I am now writing, coaching, podcasting and building the vision God gives me to lead and guide others into the same type of life-changing breakthroughs! Could you be next??