HALL PASS TO WHOLENESS™ Coaching

Untangle the stories that keep you stuck and move forward as the person you were always meant to be.

I work with people who feel stuck in patterns, beliefs, and stories shaped by what they have lived through. You may be carrying anger, shame, grief, self-doubt, or the feeling that you have lost touch with who you really are.

Through one-to-one coaching and my Hall Pass to Wholeness™ framework, I help you understand what is keeping you stuck, reconnect with your own voice, and begin moving forward with greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust.

My approach is grounded in more than 40 years of mentoring people through life’s difficult transitions, along with the wisdom gained from navigating my own.

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Adoption-Informed Coaching

Adoption can shape identity, belonging, relationships, grief, and self-worth in ways that are not always recognized or understood.

As both an adoptee and a birth mother who reunited with my daughter and members of my biological family, I bring lived experience and a deeply personal understanding of these complexities. I offer adoption-informed coaching for adoptees, birth and first parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, and kinship families navigating identity, relinquishment, reunion, grief, and changing family relationships.

Areas We May Explore

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Adoption

As an adoptee and someone who relinquished a child for adoption, I have a unique perspective on different aspects of the adoption cycle.

  • My Adoption Story

  • Relinquishing a Child for Adoption

  • Why Adopted Kids Are More Likely to Have Drug and Alcohol Issues

  • Meeting my Birth Family

  • Meeting My Daughter

  • The Complexities Within the Adoption Constellation

  • Discovering My Indigenous Roots

  • Navigating the Grief of Adoption

  • The Process of Writing My Life Story

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Healing from Trauma

I’ve had to figure out a lot of things along the way, and one of my greatest joys is now getting to help others navigate their healing journey.

  • Forgiveness of Yourself and Others

  • Letting Go of Anger

  • Replacing Anger with Compassion

  • Learning to Have Empathy

  • Trauma Makes Us Sick - divorce, illness, unhealthy behaviors

  • Breaking Generational Cycles of Trauma

  • Overcoming Assault and Rape

  • How I Healed Through Writing

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Finding Your True Identity

Searching for who you truly are can be exhausting and upsetting at times, but it’s easier when you have the right community around you.

  • Reshaping Your Narrative

  • Changing Your Mindset

  • Reprogramming Your Brain

  • Becoming More Self-Aware

  • How to Get Off Autopilot Mode

  • Listening to Your Body and Emotions

  • Learning Self-Love

  • How Writing Can Help You Figure Out Who You Are

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Spirituality

I don’t care what you call it, but I believe in believing in something bigger than all of us.

  • Living a More Meaningful, Purposeful, Joyful Life

  • Understanding the Power of the Divine

  • The Power of Gratitude

  • Manifest a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

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I understand what it feels like to lose yourself in what happened to you.

Anger. Shame. Grief. Confusion. Loneliness.

I’ve carried them too. They are part of my story, but they are not the whole of who I am.

My life has included adoption, relinquishing a child, trauma, addiction and recovery, difficult relationships, business success, and devastating loss.

For years, I carried beliefs about myself that were shaped by those experiences. Healing began when I learned to separate who I am from what happened to me.

What happened to you matters. But it does not have to define the rest of your life.

Through Hall Pass to Wholeness™, I help you uncover the beliefs and patterns keeping you stuck, reconnect with your own voice, and make choices that reflect who you are today.

If you’re ready to understand what you’re carrying and begin moving forward, your Hall Pass begins now.