I help leaders stop sacrificing their wellbeing to their purpose, so they can have more of both

You’ve come to the right place if you know something has to change, but scaling back on your purpose isn’t it.

You’re not afraid of intensity, working hard, or pursuing a big vision—this is part of what makes you you. But you’re ready to trade in the feelings of exhaustion, or never quite giving enough to everyone, or fear about how you’ll manage to go at this pace for the rest of your life—you’re ready to trade these in for an unshakeable sense of wellbeing. A wellbeing so grounded in who you are and how you operate that it will sustain you through anything, including your pursuit of a big dream or purpose. This is what my clients achieve.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • My work with Katy has helped draw forth and clarify goals and processes. She does this through asking critical questions, encouraging practices aimed at furthering my exploration, and holding me accountable for committing to practices that are important to self-understanding. It is an evolving process that is sensitive to changes that occur along the way.  It is also very much a relationship – I experience Katy as attuned, sensitive to changes that happen for me, and able to adjust to take me to the next place I need to go.

    - MJ, Director of Ivy League Psychology Program