You’re already smart and driven.

Let’s help you become wise and well.

Your brain is one of your biggest assets. You’ve got a strong analytical mind and it’s helped you succeed in countless ways. But you’re also running up against the limits of simply working harder to get everything done. You know you have a deeper wisdom that would not only support your career, but also your physical and emotional wellbeing. And you’re aware that many of the skills that have made you successful aren’t the right ones for accessing your inner depth, intuition, and ability to stay connected to yourself.

Is this you?

  • You tend to rely on mental effort and more self-discipline to meet tough challenges. This usually works, but often at a cost to your health and the rest of your life.

  • You have trouble turning your brain “off.”

  • You love learning and gravitate toward more stimulation—podcasts, books, videos—when you have down time.

  • You sometimes struggle to be fully present with people, including your loved ones, because there’s always so much to do (and think about).

  • You appreciate your mind’s (big) capacity but wish it didn’t always feel responsible for so much and that you and your brain could relax more.

If this sounds familiar, you’ve come to the right place. I understand these challenges because I’ve experienced them myself. I spent more than a decade unlearning old habits that had worked well to create conventional success often at the expense of my health and happiness, and I trained in new mindsets and practices that helped me find my way back to my wisdom and wellbeing.

Today, I help leaders with strong analytical minds access the deeper wisdom of a connected mind, body and spirit for a braver life and bigger social impact.

  • Working with Katy was transformational for me both as a person and as a leader of an organization dedicated to working with women of color. I was listened to deeply, and Katy showed me the ways in which I was failing myself and others by putting everyone else's needs and feelings ahead of my own. Katy reminded me that in order to care for others as well and completely as I want to, I needed to care for myself differently. She taught me philosophies and practices to steady myself as I continue to work toward righting wrongs in the world around me.

    - Leticia Landa, Executive Director, La Cocina

  • I was struggling greatly with overwork and burnout, feeling a lack of presence in daily life. This caused me a lot of anxiety and grief. I couldn’t access joy or rest. Today, I am able to see the value of connecting my feelings with my actions. I can identify my feelings, both emotional and physical, and make somatic connection with my experiences. This helps me actually experience my feelings instead of pushing them away. Working with Katy has changed my perspective on my work and the ability to value my own needs so that I can return to enjoying and thriving at work, at home, and in life. It's hard to describe how much these conversations and practices have meant to me.

    - Jakki Kelley-Widmer, Director of the Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic, Cornell University

  • When I started coaching with Katy, I was stuck in my work, but more crucially, in my body and spirit. It felt like there were various feelings of stress, overwhelm, fatigue that were pointing towards burnout and I couldn't see another path forward. Now I feel more able to face uncertainty and doubt with courage and kindness. I am not swimming in stress! I am grounded in daily practices of meditation, writing, and connection. I have been able to create space, ritual, and connection in my life that has helped me feel loved and grounded during difficult times. Life is simply more joyous. I feel like the physical body that I am in today is so different—lighter, happier and more aligned.

    - Nirali Desai, Dean of Students, Outer Coast

  • Working with Katy has changed so much for me. I have clearer boundaries and a stronger sense of what’s mine to carry and what’s not. I’ve stopped over explaining or trying to prove my value, and I make decisions with more confidence and calm. When things get hard, I can pause, regroup, and move forward without losing myself in the process. At work, I am more grounded in how I lead. At home, I’ve been able to reset some long-standing patterns that used to drain me. Overall, there’s a steadiness I didn’t have before. I trust myself again, and that trust has changed everything from how I handle conflict to how I show up in my own life. Katy has a way of calling things out with clarity and care, and through that, I’ve become someone who listens more, reacts less, and stays connected to what really matters.

    - Rose Carr, Senior Director of Program Impact, Compudopt

  • Collaborating with Katy has been an accelerated growth experience. The impacts of coaching have been transformative for me. I've developed new insights into myself, become more self-accepting, committed to daily meditation practice, navigated a challenging situation with work, and gotten more insight into my staff's needs and wants as well as strategies about how to respond without reactivity, and in a way that supports everyone concerned. I’m so grateful! I feel like I have new tools to advance my well being and my organization’s.

    - Yasmin Tong, Founder and President, CTY Housing

  • The narrative switched from "my career is on a downward trajectory that's going to end in misery" to "my career is going through a big change and I'm going to come out the other side with a job that aligns with my interests and feels aligned with what I'm supposed to do on this earth, in this life, and that transition will take however long it takes."

    - Zoë Schiffer, Author of Extremely Hardcore