Welcome

I’m a clinician, author, speaker, and consultant with more than twenty-five years of experience helping individuals and organizations navigate complexity with clarity, purpose, and humanity. My work sits at the intersection of emotional health, identity, and high-performance environments, and I support people who are carrying a lot—professionally, personally, or both.

Whether I’m working with a client in transition, a leader under pressure, or a team seeking healthier ways of working, my goal is simple: to bring insight that’s both compassionate and candid, and to help people move toward lives and workplaces that feel more aligned, grounded, and meaningful.

About

A Career Bridging Multiple Worlds

Throughout my career, I’ve found myself bridging worlds that don’t always intersect: clinical and corporate, spiritual and secular, personal and systemic. I’ve served as a behavioral healthcare and leadership consultant across the U.S. and U.K., carried my message to more than 40 countries, and supported professionals in industries where the stakes are high and the support is often scarce.

With a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology and advanced credentials in addictions counseling, I’ve had the privilege of lecturing widely on mental health, recovery, spirituality, and culturally attuned care.

These experiences have shaped my ability to translate across roles, cultures, and contexts—helping people make sense of challenges that are complex, layered, and often unspoken.

Much of my work involves helping people navigate the pressures they carry quietly.

What I Do

A significant part of my work centers on helping people reconnect with meaning, values, and a deeper sense of purpose that often gets buried under the demands of daily life. I understand the quiet ache for “something more” beneath the 9-to-5 grind, and I’m committed to helping clients move from survival mode into a more grounded, intentional way of living.

I draw from clinical training, systems thinking, spiritual formation, and practical strategy to support:

Individuals navigating transition, identity, burnout, or caregiving
Professionals in law, finance, and other high-stakes fields
Organizations seeking to build cultures of clarity, resilience, and humanity
Communities exploring recovery, spirituality, and mental wellness
Helping professionals integrating spiritual worldviews into clinical practice

I’ve written two books—Live A Legacy: Spiritual Principles for Strategic Living and The Recovery-Minded Church—and I lead the Spiritual Care Network, a community for helping professionals who blend spiritual and clinical approaches to care.

Leadership & Advocacy

Today, I serve as President of Emerge EQ, where we provide wellness solutions to the legal, financial services, and professional sports industries. My work often focuses on the human cost of high achievement—supporting people whose responsibilities are immense but whose emotional support structures are limited.

I’ve spent much of my career advocating for the LGBTQ community, people of color, and others navigating identity, pressure, and belonging within corporate and institutional systems. I’m committed to ensuring that these conversations happen with honesty, courage, and deep respect.

I believe clarity and compassion are not opposites—they are partners in meaningful change.

How I Work

I speak plainly and without pretense, aiming to create environments—whether in coaching, consulting, or teaching—where truth and compassion can coexist. I approach people with a blend of candor, humility, and a genuine curiosity about what helps them live more consciously and sustainably.

I’m also very aware of my own tendencies: the impulse to over-function, over-give, or carry more responsibility than is mine. My ongoing personal work keeps me grounded, authentic, and able to accompany others without losing myself in the process.

This balance allows me to guide individuals and organizations with both steadiness and humanity.

What I Believe

People can change—and systems can too.
Resilience is built through progress, not perfection.
Meaning and purpose are essential, not optional.
Identity deserves space, nuance, and respect.
Well-being is both a personal journey and a collective responsibility.
Being clear, compassionate, and candid is an an act of care.
The work of becoming whole is ongoing.

Where I Am Now

I live in Midtown Manhattan, where I continue this work every day with curiosity, openness, and a deep commitment to helping people build lives—and workplaces—that feel more aligned, humane, and meaningful.

Services

Across all service areas, my work is guided by the belief that clarity is an act of care, that people and systems can change, and that becoming whole is both deeply human and deeply practical. My goal is to help clients—individuals and organizations alike—move toward lives and environments that feel more grounded, meaningful, and sustainable.

Professional Coaching

I offer coaching for individuals who are navigating transition, identity questions, burnout, recovery from substance use, or the deeper desire for meaning and purpose beyond the demands of daily life. My approach integrates evidence-based psychology, spiritual formation, and systems thinking to support:

Life transitions
Identity and belonging
Burnout, overwhelm, and emotional fatigue
Grief, loss, and relational complexities
Purpose, values, and meaning-making
Substance use recovery utilizing harm reduction, moderation management, or abstinence, based on client's goals

My work is non-shaming, grounded in clarity, compassion, and a deep respect for the complexity of modern life.

Consulting for Leaders and Organizations

I work with high-pressure industries—legal, financial services, healthcare, professional sports, and corporate environments—to improve well-being, communication, and culture. Services include:

Leadership development & executive coaching
Organizational wellness strategy
Crisis navigation and high-stakes decision support
Culture assessment & values alignment
Identity- and inclusive-informed workplace support
Resilience training for high-performance teams

My consulting blends clinical expertise with strategic insight to help organizations build environments where people can think clearly, lead authentically, and sustain performance without burning out.

Speaking and Workshops

I speak to global audiences on topics related to emotional health, recovery, identity, spirituality, and the human side of high-performance work. I bring a direct, compassionate voice to audiences navigating pressure, transition, or the need for meaningful change.

Topics include:

Navigating burnout in high-demand environments
The psychology of caregiving and the “sandwich generation”
LGBTQ+ identity, belonging, and well-being
Spirituality and mental health
Recovery-oriented leadership
Culturally attuned care in diverse systems
How meaning and purpose shape resilience

Talks are tailored for conferences, corporations, faith communities, and professional groups.

Training and Professional Development

I provide training for mental health practitioners, spiritual leaders, and helping professionals who want to integrate a spiritual worldview into clinical or care-oriented settings. This includes: