Welcome
This page is a little different from a coaching session. In sessions, the time belongs to you — your stories, your questions, your process. Here, I want to give you a sense of who I actually am before we ever speak, so that if we do work together, you’re not starting from scratch.
The Short Version
I used to call myself a Life Coach / Executive Life Coach when I started over 15 years ago. Today, I’m a Self Leadership, Resilience and Executive Coach working with high-achieving people who are too hard on themselves — people who have accomplished real things and still can’t quite shake the sense that they’re not enough, not free, or not living as fully as they know they could be.
I know that territory from the inside. Personal development didn’t find me when things were going well. It found me when they weren’t — and it changed everything. Not by fixing me, but by helping me become more real than I’d ever allowed myself to be. That’s still the work I’m in, every day. And it’s the work I do with clients.
I’ve been coaching since 2009. Over 4,500 hours of client work. Credentialed through Adler International Learning — an ICF-certified program co-developed with the University of Toronto and Western University — and currently a candidate for the Master Certified Coach (MCC) designation, the highest credential the ICF offers.
Before I became a coach, I studied psychology, completed an MBA at one of Canada’s top programs, and spent nearly a decade building a web design and internet marketing business. That path taught me a great deal about business, about people, and about what it feels like to be successful on paper and still sense that something essential is missing. Eventually I stopped resisting what I’d known for years — that I was meant to be a coach — and made the leap.
I haven’t looked back. Much.
Why I Do This Work
I became a coach because I believe that most people are living a fraction of the life they’re capable of — not from lack of effort or intelligence, but because of what’s running beneath the surface. The fears they’ve never named. The beliefs they inherited and never examined. The parts of themselves they’ve been managing, suppressing, or working around for decades.
Coaching, done well, goes to those roots. It helps you understand what’s actually in the way — and builds the clarity, confidence, and self-trust to move forward from the inside out.
That’s what a coaching breakthrough actually is. Not a dramatic event, though sometimes it feels like one. More often it’s a quiet but profound shift in how you see yourself or your situation — a moment when something that was hidden becomes clear, and with that clarity comes a sense of possibility that wasn’t there before.
I’ve had those moments myself. I’ve watched clients have them. They’re why I do this.
A Note on HeartRich
Coaching Breakthroughs is where this work began. Over the years it has deepened considerably — in its frameworks, its approach, and its understanding of what genuine transformation actually requires. That evolution is reflected in my second coaching brand, HeartRich.ca — which represents where my work has grown and where I continue to develop it.
If what you’ve read here resonates and you want to explore the deeper end of this work, I’d encourage you to visit HeartRich. If you’re looking for a skilled, experienced coach to help you move forward with clarity and confidence, you’re already in the right place.
