I have been very stuck in my life.  But I’m not anymore. 

My pinnacle of stuck-ness was Labor Day 2020; 
6 months into a global pandemic working as a doctor in NYC (already disgruntled in my career), struggling in my marriage, drinking every day, and feeling lost…I joined a coaching program for women doctors recommended by a friend.  That program, Empowering Women Physicians, did just that.  The focus on self-discovery, self-compassion, self-agency, and the power to change our experience through the thoughts that we practice every day, blew open the door to the rest of my life.  I was fired up about learning again after years of stagnation,  and excited to explore what else my life could become.  I realized that I was not trapped. 
No one is.

But many women do feel trapped, especially during midlife. In midlife and around menopause, there are real, often uncomfortable physiologic changes happening in our bodies, often coinciding with some degree of existential turmoil; Many of us start questioning our roles and responsibilities within families and the larger society, our careers, interpersonal relationships, basic desires, motivations, goals, and even our fundamental identities.  

Coaching can have such a profound impact at this moment.  My passion has become helping my clients get to the root of where they feel stuck and dissatisfied, and harness their own power to make change.  Sometimes that is external–moving house, leaving a relationship, or changing careers.  And other times, it is internal–re-deciding to commit to the circumstances already here, but with renewed honesty and agency.  

I am not exaggerating when I say that learning to decide what to think on purpose is the secret to life!  Let’s get started…