About Me
You found this page for a reason.
You’ve been carrying this for a long time.
You love your child deeply, and somehow that doesn’t feel like enough.
You’re not sure how you got here. You just know you don’t want to stay here.
I know that feeling.
Not just as a coach, but as a mother.
I’m a mother of four grown children, and my path to this work wasn’t paved with easy relationships and picture-perfect family dinners. I know what it feels like to:
Wonder if you've said the wrong things
Lie awake replaying conversations
Love someone and still feel the gap growing wider
For a while, I did what most parents do.
I focused outward. I tried to manage the situation, smooth things over, say the right thing, be what my children needed.
I was so busy trying to fix the relationship that I lost sight of myself in the process. The harder I tried, the more stuck things felt.
Then something shifted.
I realized I had been waiting…
Waiting for my children to come around.
Waiting for the tension to ease on its own.
Waiting for things to go back to how they used to be.
All that waiting was keeping me completely powerless.
The change I was hoping for in my relationships couldn’t start with them. It had to start with me.
That wasn’t easy to hear. But it was the most freeing thing I had ever learned. Because it meant I wasn’t stuck. It meant there was something I could actually do. I didn’t need my children to show up differently first. I could start right now, with what was already inside me.
That revelation changed my relationships, and it’s the heart of everything I teach.
What I bring to this work:
My personal experience drew me here. My education is what guides my work.
My graduate studies in Applied Family Science allows me to incorporate the tools and skills that are drawn from decades of research into how families heal and how relationships actually change. This is not my opinion or intuition. It is a method grounded in what the research shows works.
I am not just here to listen and encourage you. I teach specific skills you can use in real conversations, real moments, with real people in your family. Because understanding your situation is only half the work. The other half is knowing what to do differently.
My specialty is helping parents see the patterns underneath the conflict, distance, and anxiety. Not to assign blame, but to find exactly where change becomes possible.
The Connection Community
You don't have to do this alone.
One of the hardest parts of this experience is how isolating it feels. The Connection Community is full of parents who understand exactly what you are carrying, because they’re carrying it too.
You don’t have to keep figuring this out on your own. Help is here when you’re ready.
You won’t have to explain yourself or brace for judgment.
You’ll be seen, heard, and taken seriously.
You’ll be surrounded by people who get it.
Join people just like you.
Free Resources to Help You Right Now.
If you are not ready to jump into a program yet, start here.
The Coaching Your Family Relationships Podcast gives you real, practical guidance on the exact situations you are facing with your adult child. Each episode is short and built around one specific challenge, so you can listen and use it right away.
It is not too late
You are not alone
The relationship can still change
Help is here when you are ready
The work starts with you
Ready to get started?
You have already spent enough time waiting, hoping, and wondering if things will ever change. If you are ready to stop the cycle and take a real step forward, everything you need to get started is one click away.
It is not too late
You are not alone
The relationship can still change
Help is here when you are ready
The work starts with you