About Me
Life Coach, ADDCA trained
Welcome! I am so grateful to have discovered my passion for coaching. My journey that brought me here was not easy,but it was an enlightening one!
I was a bright and cheerful child. I struggled in school , had mild dyslexia , was a south paw in a right handed world, and grew up believing I was not that smart. I was always wanting to please others, especially in order to avoid conflict. I was the third of five children , which allowed me to often have others do things for me or tell me I could not do it. I moved forward through life not believing in myself or my capabilities. Even my teachers had said that I did not "work to my full potential".
While my kids were young, as a mother I was fun, active, silly and creative. I loved using my own love of art to do crafts with the kids,especially for holidays. By the time I had my third child, my executive functions were really getting tested and by child number four, I was becoming very anxious to keep my life as orderly as possible. Then one of my children began to suffer from depression and anxiety, we also then found out that she had ADHD. Her moods and behaviour were all over the place and I was so distraught. Where had my little girl gone to? Who was this angry child in front of me? I mourned the loss of her innocence and happiness. Then I became so angry at her for her outbursts and disrespect. Finally, I became completely exhausted and was constantly forgetting things or appointments, not caring about my house being clean and just barely keeping my head above water. I decided I needed to get educated and supported in order to make it through these challenging times. I read books, attended parenting classes, I started seeing a psychologist and then a friend invited me to an ADHD parent support group session and it was there that I really began to understand my child and her issues. It lead to me getting coached and in doing so, I found my true authentic self that I had lost a long the way due to giving so much of myself to my family and others.I never in a million years would have thought that my child's challenges, would have lead me on my own path to self discovery!
It was from my commitment to my child and to myself, that I found my purpose. I knew I HAD to partner with others to walk alongside with them on their own path to self awareness, self worth, self love and self acceptance.