About The Courageous Path

And yet, something was always missing.

I got a job as a nursing assistant, and met a girl my age who was going to college. As I admired her life, her intellect, and her choices, I realized that maybe I could educate myself, too. I enrolled in college, and obtained a bachelor's degree followed by my MBA. My mother cheered me on from the sidelines. The day I graduated with my MBA, she cried on the phone and scraped enough money together to send me flowers because she couldn’t get anyone to bring her to my graduation. 

I walked across the stage that night to retrieve my diploma with tears running down my face. There wasn’t a single person in the college gymnasium that came to watch me proudly accept my reward for the biggest achievement of my life. 

In 2013, I lost my mother—my biggest cheerleader. And with her loss came a realization I couldn’t ignore: she had lived according to rules that were never hers to write. Losing her made something unmistakably clear—life is too short to live according to someone else’s standards or waste it not surviving one day to the next. I carried that with me as I worked my way up in my career, making all “safe” choices that would keep a roof over my head, even with that voice in the back of my mind telling me I was meant for something more.

Not long after, I found myself divorced and a single mother myself. The “safe” path I had chosen no longer felt safe at all. And that was the moment I stopped trying to simply get through life—and became deeply committed to living it.

I read everything I could get my hands on. I attended programs, events, and trainings. I defined my values. I explored my strengths. I questioned every assumption I had made about who I was supposed to be. Most importantly, I worked with coaches who helped me move beyond expectations—both mine and others’—and toward a life and career that actually fit me.

What I discovered changed everything:

Confidence and fulfillment don’t come from following the safe path.
They come from choosing your own.

That belief became the foundation of The Courageous Path.

Today, I coach women who are capable, responsible, and outwardly successful—yet quietly disconnected from their own lives. Women who have done what they were supposed to do, and are ready to ask a deeper question: What do I actually want?

I believe women possess extraordinary gifts—empathy, creativity, intuition, resilience—and when those gifts are honored, women don’t just change their own lives. They elevate families, communities, and workplaces.

With deep gratitude for the path I’ve walked—and a deep respect for the courage it takes to choose differently—I created The Courageous Path to support women in doing just that: living their lives on purpose, on their own terms, and in alignment with who they truly are.

I’m honored to walk alongside women who have the courage to begin that journey.

I invite you to start your journey today.

Much love,