
My career began on the opera stage, where I spent two decades learning how deliberate practice builds presence and peak performance. Detours to rural China and Denmark deepened my understanding of culture, context, and how to notice and cultivate what's ready to emerge rather than force change.
I brought this perspective into entrepreneurship as co-founder and COO of a talent acquisition agency serving early-stage startups, then into advising founders and executives on team growth and dynamics. These paths converged into executive coaching, where I help leaders cultivate presence, navigate transitions, and replace self-imposed limits with grounded possibility.
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