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More About Me

The Full Story

As a kid, I was a natural leader and a second-string athlete (true story). Somewhere along the way, I realized that what people wanted was often inaccessible to them because getting there meant shoe-horning themselves into someone else's idea of what counts as "doing it right." It showed up in sports, it showed up at work, it showed up in relationships, and pretty much everywhere else. No one wants to feel like they don't fit in, and it's that very feeling that keeps us from going for something we really want, because we think "I am just not that kind of person." We end up settling for "good enough" and feeling somewhere between vague and total dissatisfaction. What if you could start exactly where you are and forge your own path? What if you could let go of everyone else's definition of what "enough" is and do what is right for you? What if you could do it with someone who will listen without judgement so you can hear your own thoughts? What if you had accountability built in? What if you started today?

The Experience

I spent 26 years at Half Price Books, working my way up from Bookseller to District Manager, with a good long stop as a Trainer along the way. I have taught group fitness since 2005. I've been running for fun and in races since 1988. I am also a mom. I can tell you more specifics if you're interested, but if I keep going, I might use a word like "optimized," and no one wants that.

The Education

I am an ICF Associate Certified Coach and an iPEC Certified Professional Coach / ELI Master Practitioner, which means I went through an accredited coaching program to learn how to help people set and meet their goals. It also means I am bound by the ICF Code of Ethics to ensure I don't do stupid things with my clients. I am also a UESCA Certified Running Coach, which means I am qualified to coach people in running, strength training, and mobility work. I have a BA in English from Kenyon College, which means I read a variety of books and wrote passable papers about a lot of them.

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A Little Something About This Website

I made this website all by myself. I used some Wix templates, but I wrote it all myself, which means all copy-editing errors and any terrible layout decisions are mine. All photographs not of me are by me. The head shot that looks very Linked-In-ish is by my friend, Andrew in exchange for a bottle of gin. The one of me crossing the finish line while saying the F word was provided by The Decker Challenge for free just for running their painfully hilly half marathon. I have now done it 7 times, the third time being the one pictured. 

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