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The profiles below highlight common patterns among high-capacity professionals. You might see yourself in one, or recognize pieces of yourself across all three. There’s no need to fit into a box, just notice what resonates and let that be your starting point.

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The Emotional Atlas

  • Industry: Public Sector, Global Health, Education, Philanthropy

    Role: Regional Director, Policy Lead, ED

    Surface Persona: Informed, cross-cultural, carries emotional weight

  • Inner Tension: Burned out by unacknowledged grief/invisible labor

    Break Point: Physical symptoms or career frustration force a reckoning

  • Not So Secret Need: Safe space to be seen fully, process trauma, and lead from center

    Stillpoint Goal: “I need somewhere I’m not holding up the whole room, and doing everything others won’t.”

Reliable, composed, and always “the strong one.” Respected by others, but quietly worn down by the cost of holding it all together.

The Steady Star

  • Industry: Law, Consulting, Pharma, Governmental careerist

    Role: Director, VP, GC, Partner

    Surface Persona: Reliable, composed, overbooked, respected

  • Inner Tension: Feels invisible in life, resentful of being the “strong one”

    Break Point: Holding up the whole practice leads to burnout; urge to flee

  • Not So Secret Need: Emotional unburdening, truth recalibration, sustainable pace

    Stillpoint Goal: “I get to have peace in myself without feeling like I am taking something away from others.”

Visionary and fast-thinking, often misunderstood. Leads with brilliance but craves support from those who see the whole picture.

The Expansive Strategist

Einstein was right when he challenged us to address our problems with a different mindset than the one in which we created them. The next step on this path is finding where your Stillpoint is, how to manage it and how to profit, emotionally and in every other way, from being loyal to it.

  • Industry: Tech, Creative, Agency Lead, Entrepreneur

    Role: Founder, Principal, Product Lead

    Surface Persona: Visionary, fast-thinking, valued, but misunderstood

  • Inner Tension: Lonely at the top, lacks clean mirrors, decision fatigue

    Break Point: Team drama becomes soul-sucking; losing trust in instincts

  • Coaching Need: Reflective partner, pattern recognition, traction, intuitive encouragement

    Stillpoint Goal: “Finally, someone who doesn’t ask me to slow down, just to be honest with myself.”

Sharp, driven, and endlessly capable. Lonely at the top, seeking a clear mirror and fresh rhythm that sustains both growth and peace.

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Finding Your Stillpoint

The Stillpoint is your essential-neutral, the space between stimulus and response, where true freedom, clarity, and authentic decisions are born.

Let’s take a high-altitude look at the process, and power, of finding your Stillpoint.

You gain the power to choose your response instead of being swept away by the chaos of demands and responsibilities. In that space, you rise beyond ordinary expectations, return to center, and lead with clarity and ease.

The grind? It’s chaos with an agenda. Where inconvenience becomes crisis. Where a colleague, a look, even a throwaway conversation, can knock you off your center.

From your Stillpoint, you can take what you need, and leave the rest, without getting knocked over.

Recognition

Stability doesn’t require perfection. But, it does need a home base. Like dancers to center stage, or an actor ‘taking it from the top.’ You can stumble and still find your square again, quickly, cleanly and calmly.

From your Stillpoint, you make powerful choices.

Recalibration

From that grounded center, you decide, rather than react. You pull in what supports you, release what drains you, and act without being owned by the chaos. This is where sustainable success begins.

From your Stillpoint, success grows and prospers.

Renewal

Would it surprise you to hear that success is NOT about learning how to suffer better?

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Use-cases

My clients share one thing in common: they’ve outgrown struggling for struggle’s sake.

At the NSF, brilliant scientists and career civil servants clashed in an “us vs. them” dynamic. By naming the stuck energy and offering practical tools, I helped restore collaboration where misunderstandings had been choking innovation.

Identity clashes stall progress

Course Correction is Your Greatest Asset

For a law firm partner on the edge of burnout, the grind wasn’t sustainable anymore. Through coaching, they redefined success, avoided collapse, and reemerged with clarity and a sustainable rhythm for leadership.

A high-powered university leader called themselves “lazy” in nearly every session. By reflecting the truth of their situation, we unraveled a childhood pattern that had held them hostage for decades. The result? A late-life marriage, a renewed family dynamic, and an up-leveled life they never thought possible.

You Are Not the Story You Were Told

Marriage saved with a single hug

A couple came to me certain they were finished. By hearing their real needs, I uncovered their real disconnect. One simple question — “How do you like to be hugged?” — asked at the right moment, dissolved barriers and rebuilt their trust. Through tears, one partner said, “If I’d only known this, I'd have done it all along.”

At Stevenson University, after a racial slur inflamed tensions, my facilitation helped move leaders and students from defensiveness, to understanding and actionable goals. The result: a shift from surface level “diversity talk” to real, lived change. One participant said, “I didn’t realize until now how much I needed to say this out loud.”

Crisis demands clarity

True Strength Lies In Using Your Tools

A client called me after witnessing a public shooting, unsure if the shock “counted” as trauma. Through compassionate grounding and strategy, they named what was happening and began to heal. That night, they avoided years of untreated PTSD — and discovered resilience they could trust.

See the Pattern | Change the Pattern

One client was on the verge of a blow-up with a colleague. Remembering my “Sock Puppet Theatre of Life” metaphor, they stopped, reset, and shifted the moment. Later, they laughed and said, “I totally Bonny-ed her.” What could have been a career setback became a moment of unexpected leadership.

Back on Track After a Scandal

At USAID, I was brought in during a time of crisis, when tension and overwhelm had blocked communication. By holding calm space and asking precise questions, leaders moved from paralysis to alignment. One senior official told me afterward, “We are all making better decisions now.”

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If you’ve read the books, taken the courses, ‘talked it out’, and still feel like people just don’t get you, I’d love the chance to help you see what it feels like to be seen and understood.

Through listening deeply and grounding insight, into reality (Hint: being more realistic does not mean being more negative), I help clients find that space between confusion and resolution, where real change begins.

I am a mirror

I am a guide

I bring a rare combination of nervous system precision, grounded strategy, and rich emotional fluency. I’m often the person people call when they need to move from confusion to clarity, and from clarity to decisive action.

No pressure. Just true evolution.

When saving the world on a global level only got me so far, I channeled that drive into coaching, counseling, and emotional integration. For more than 25 years, I’ve supported high-functioning professionals at pivotal moments in their lives, careers, and self-awareness.

I am a mentor

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  • It’s true. I don’t do passive support. My approach is active, direct, and tailored. Think of me as an old-fashioned hardware store: overflowing with tools, and I help you choose what supports your needs. My approach is always practical and grounded, focused on what matters most to you.

  • With me, you get more than one title. You get what serves you best in the moment.

    • Therapist — we identify what has been holding you back.

    • Coach — we build on your strengths and move you into action.

    • Consultant — I provide tools, frameworks, and clear direction.

    • Mentor — I share lived wisdom and perspective from decades of practice

  • That’s perfect. It’s usually where we begin, because you don’t need the right words. I listen deeply and reflect what you might not see in yourself.

  • I’ve worked virtually for 23 years. Online is more productive and less stressful than fighting traffic or being concerned with what you wear. All you need is a quiet space. The car is fine, just be parked!

  • You’ll know. My clients often experience an immediate “yes” because they feel understood without overexplaining. If it doesn’t click, we’ll find what will serve you best.

  • I don’t participate in panels, that way, no outside entity dictates your care. I do provide receipts that are usually accepted for out-of-network reimbursement. If your employer has an employee assistance program, you may be able to apply for coaching support. For the self-employed, my services might be tax deductible as professional development. Check with your tax advisor.

  • That’s a sign you’re human. I won’t ask you to trust me, I’ll simply show you, session by session, that you can.

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