The Stillpoint Coaching Partnership
Now that you've earned success the hard way, it's time to build it sustainably, without the burnout, blame or blind spots.
A private, high-impact session to get clear, grounded, and in motion.
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Welcome
I help high-capacity professionals reclaim the ground beneath their feet.
So that they can act with discernment under pressure, building a rhythm that sustains them beyond every deadline.
The Strategies That Got You Here
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.
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.”
The Emotional Atlas
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.”
The Steady Star
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.”
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.
Finding Your Stillpoint
Your Stillpoint is the ‘square’ you stand on when everything else is in motion.
Let’s take a high-altitude look at the process, and power, of finding your Stillpoint.
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?
Check out the Use-Cases Below
Use-cases
Not everyone aligns with my compassionate, but very direct, approach.
Those who do 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.”
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.
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
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 that might feel like.
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 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.
I am a guide
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
I’d like to invite you to a Turning Point Assessment Call to explore if my process is right for you.
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