This is me, Colleen.

I believe you deserve whatever you dream of. 

I’ve been where you are. Feeling like you should feel satisfied and happy because you followed ALL the rules, checked off ALL the boxes and here you are, looking successful to the world - isn’t happiness what you were promised?? It’s ok if you feel completely unfulfilled.It’s ok if you want something more or different. Taking the leap into changing your life feels scary and hard...but haven’t you done so many scary and hard things already? 

And I’ve got you. 

I’m here to help you stop waiting and create the life you dream of. 

Back in the early 2010s I was in the same place you are. I’d been a total good girl all my life, graduating college early, going to Georgetown Law, taking a prestigious fellowship with the federal government. But I was so unhappy. I wanted a career where I made people’s lives better, I wanted a relationship, I wanted a great group of friends, I wanted fun and joy and fulfillment. So I got serious about personal development, diving into books and courses and women’s yoga groups, until I hired my own life coach and came to the decision that coaching was what I was meant to do. 

And life got pretty good. During those years I began to live a lot more than I had been. Traveling, volunteering, taking dance classes, running a marathon, lots and lots of first dates... When people heard about the new thing I was doing solo it triggered something in them: usually either jealousy or fear. Sometimes both. Living fully as a single woman was a really big deal to them. But to me it was just living. I wasn’t going to wait for someone else to be there while I lived my life. 

This all led to November 2017 when I took a huge leap and left my very successful, very secure career in DC and moved home to San Diego to become a life coach full time. There were, and are, bumps along the road, but always I remembered: the time is now. No more waiting. No more being the good girl when who I want to be is someone else. 

Even when I don’t mean it to be, no more waiting is always in my mind. On December 7, 2020, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. You know what one of my first thoughts was? At least I already ran a marathon. It felt so weird to have that thought while trying to process that huge news, but only until I remembered that it was just another way of saying: the time is now.

It can be so hard to ask for help and to receive it - trust me; I’ve been there. I used to think that being a successful, independent woman meant never needing to ask for help. My therapist would ask why it was ok for her to help me, but not a friend. “Because you’re a professional! I pay you!” 

Here I am, your professional helper, raising my hand to help. I’m like that stern big sister who loves you like crazy but also has no time for your bullshit excuses (just ask my little sister). But here’s the extra awesome thing about working with me - I’m completely objective. I have no horse in your race. I’m not going to tell you your dream of a secure job you never think about after 5pm isn’t ambitious enough. I’m not going to tell you your dream of running for national office isn’t realistic. This isn’t about me and what I think you “should” do. This is about me helping you get what YOU want. Small or big, your dreams matter simply because they’re your dreams.