Spending time with my family, sharing thoughtful posts on Instagram, or talking with clients on coaching calls.

YOU CAN FIND ME:

Straight talk, strong drinks, short emails, and cutting out the fluff to make room for the very best.

I'm NOT ABOUT:

Straight talk, strong drinks, short emails, data, and cutting out the 'meh' to make room for the very best.

I BELIEVE IN:

So I built the Steady + Connected (S+C) Parenting™ framework, a relational, regulation-rooted approach that helps parents shift from reactivity to steadiness and from control to connection.

How we parent in middle school lays the foundation for our lifelong relationship with our kids. If we can hold steady and stay connected now, we set the stage for trust, closeness, and resilience well into the teen years and beyond.

Along the way, I noticed a huge gap: most parenting resources focused only on how to manage kids’ behavior, not on what’s happening inside the parent. That’s where disconnection begins.

Parenting a tween can feel like riding a rollercoaster with no seatbelt. I know this both personally (raising seven kids from early childhood through young adulthood) and professionally. With a law degree from Stanford University and a master’s in couple and family therapy, I bring both analytical clarity and deep emotional insight into my work with families.