A little bit about me, and
why I love the work I do.
I’ve spent a whole lot of years trying to be a human in this world myself.
And more than 20 years working with people as a clinical social worker.
I’m a mom of four and a mother to many.
There are dogs underfoot, cats prowling around, bees in the side yard, chickens that once roamed the backyard.
And I once almost had a baby cow for six weeks.
I do not live on a farm.
There are still places I dream of adventuring to. Things I have yet to try.
And a nearly endless curiosity about people, ideas, and how things work.
I’m proud of things I’ve done.
Some things I’ve done okay.
And there are definitely a few
I’d gladly take a mulligan on, if life handed those out.
I learned.
I’m not afraid to own my neurospicy self. I spent a lot of years apologizing for it. That was exhausting. And it didn’t change much.
So I changed.
I changed how I walk through this world. I changed how I care about what people think of me. And that changed the way I show up in this world.
I am mostly organized, and I am definitely capable in the ways that matter. I still have my moments when I come screeching in, sliding sideways, but almost always with a smile on my face and a laugh past my lips, carrying the things I meant to bring and maybe forgetting at least one somewhere along the way.
I don’t apologize for being human.
I own the moments when I know I could have done better, and I try hard not to repeat them.
But I also own who I am now.
And I like her.
I genuinely enjoy living my life right now.
Enjoyment doesn’t mean everything has gone according to plan. It hasn’t. And that’s okay.
Things we work hard for sometimes work out beautifully.
And sometimes they go horrifically wrong. Sometimes what we thought life was going to be changes.
Or gets ripped out from under us.
You can laugh while something is hard.
You can love what you have and still want
something different.
You can be disappointed and hopeful.
You can appreciate where you are and still work damn hard for somewhere you want to be.
Life can contain all of it.
You can still participate intentionally in what you want your life to become.
I’m really good at helping people figure out how to do that.
Check out the blog.
See how I think. How I hold complexity.
How I challenge gently, and what working with me looks like.