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For years, I thought success meant achievement. Climbing the corporate ladder. Leading teams. Building strategies. Protecting data for Fortune 500 clients. By every external measure, I was “there.” I served as a Director of IT, collaborating with executives, designing systems as a solution architect, and helping organizations stay secure and efficient. I was living the story I thought I was supposed to. 

Then, life unraveled. A painful divorce and a collapse in direction forced me to face a truth I’d spent years avoiding — I had built success on structure, not on self-understanding. When the illusion of the perfect life I thought I was living was shattered, it was the small moments where I got to pick up the pieces I wanted to use from old life, to build my new life.  In the silence that followed, I was left to ask a deeper question: 

Who am I when everything I’ve built disappears?

That question became my turning point.

Through meditation, reflection, and the long process of healing, I began to rebuild not just my life, but my identity — this time from the inside out. I turned to writing as a form of therapy, and my words found resonance with thousands who had faced their own silent battles. Essays like “Turning Pain Into Purpose” and “How Perspective Fuels Empathy and Connection” became reminders that vulnerability is not weakness — it’s the foundation of growth. That realization inspired me to use my voice to help others. 

Today, I’m an award-winning author, speaker, and coach, recognized by Brainz Magazine’s Global Top 500 for my entrepreneurial success and dedication to helping others transform through self-awareness and empathy.

My journey also led me to become a certified  NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) peer-to-peer leader — where I share my experience with mental health, resilience, and personal reinvention to help others reclaim hope and self-worth.

Professionally, my path came full circle when I began working with Dr. Katherine Jeffery PhD., founder and creator of the award-winning GenShift™ learning platform. Her research and ability to educate individuals, leaders, organizations and corporations led me to expanding the consulting side of the business. Together, we help organizations bridge communication gaps across generations — building understanding, respect, and collaboration among people who see the world differently. 

Our mission is simple: help leaders and teams speak the same language, even when their experiences couldn’t be more different.

That work inspired my TEDx Talk, “Unlocking Generational Communication,” where I introduced the R.A.M.P. Method — a framework built from both boardroom experience and personal transformation. It teaches people how to Remove their ego, Ask questions that add value, Mirror the conversation’s energy, and Pivot as necessary. It’s about learning to connect, not just communicate.

Today, I combine the logic of my 20+ years of IT background and Business with the empathy I gained through personal struggle — helping individuals and organizations master both connection and performance. Because whether it’s a marriage, a team, or a company culture, the root of every challenge is almost always the same: a breakdown in communication and perspective.

When I’m not writing, speaking or consulting, you can  usually find me walking our retired racing greyhound penelope — a thirteen-year-old couch potato who reminds me daily that stillness is a form of strength.

I’ve learned that success isn’t about what you build, but who you become in the process. And that mastery doesn’t come from control — it comes from awareness.

                                                                          Learn to master yourself, or the outside world will do it for you.