Summary:

• Registered Nurse, graduated 1977 (Specialized in Intensive Care, the epitome of being motivated by stress. This has its limitations, as I found, deciding then to pursue solutions and strategies for stress relief!)
• MA in Clinical Psychology, Loyola College, Baltimore , MD, 1992
  • Research on Stress among Nurses, 1989 (Master's Thesis, Clinical Psychology)
  • The Moderating Effect of Assertiveness on Stress
• PhD Human Development, University of Maryland College Park, MD.
  • Focus on changing behavior, "Self" development
  • Researched behavior change among MD's in the early years of standardized care
  • Researched the impact on nursing ( ability to engage and care) during restructuring of Healthcare in the 90's, 1992-1998 (Doctoral Dissertation, Human Development)
• Performance Improvement Consultant, Healthcare Agencies 1994-1996
• Worked with organization's to improve outcomes, provided support for Accreditation process
• Private Practice while in Graduate School, 1992-1998
  • Stress Management; Whole Person Health integrating thoughts, beliefs and attitudes and their impact on the body and one's life.
  • Team building, using MBTI (Myers Briggs), Firo B, Cpi
  • Individual Coaching

• Training/Certifications
• Hypnosis and Mind Body healing, hundreds of hours of training
• Freeze Frame, Heartmath™ Tools
• Masters level EFT, Tapping Techniques
• Taught "Tapping Techniques" to DDS, Social Workers and Therapists
• EDxTM
• Aromatherapy
• Reflexology, Advanced Certification
• Taught Reflexology to "Spa" Centers
• Energy Psychology,1998, Private Practice
  • Whole Person Health, online Coaching, 2 offices Maryland and the Eastern Shore
  • Specialized in rapid release technologies, integrated "energy" based modalities with traditional Coaching
  • Functional Nutrition
  • Heart based tools
  • Chakra Balancing, Reiki Master
  • NAET, Advanced Practitioner
• Closed physical offices, 2009; continued online Coaching practice
  • Program Development:  Stress Strategies; Authentic Connections; Elements of Care (Team Building Stress Strategy)
• 2010, Licensed as HeartMath Provider
• 2011, Launched online Wellness sites

Blending the "energy modalities" with traditional methods in Coaching enhanced my ability to tune in quickly to my clients.  I consistently saw amazing results when a client made an authentic connection within.  Having the privilege to work with scores of people in my early private practice, I facilitated positive outcomes by integrating intention, focus and balance.  My approach blended a heart centered approach to wholeness with a targeted  nutritional focus.

It is my  intention to work with people who have an interest in having more - success, health, wealth and opportunity - and are tired of just getting by.  If  you want to stand out and not burn out, you want to learn how to make stress work for you.  Life happens, and stress is a function of living. The word itself has lost so much meaning because it is used for everything from getting stuck in rush hour traffic to serious challenges personally and professionally. Stress is an actual syndrome that has negative consequences and contributes to premature aging.  When I hear people talk about feeling stressed, I hear "my problems are bigger than I am and I doubt if I am up to the challenge."   Let me help you unhook from the chaos so common in the stress response. The very nature of stress is a hypervigilance and a cascade of reactions that either motivate you toward your goal or stop you in your tracks. 

It is your brain and the repetitive thinking stimulated by the stress response that gets you into trouble. Once activated, you cannot think your way out of the stress response.  I will show you how to engage the intelligence of your heart, to connect to your intuition and your core for more creative solutions, greater resilience and much more fun in your personal and professional life.