I’m a neuroscience‑informed coach, educator, and curriculum designer with nearly 20 years of experience helping youth, adults, and families build emotional regulation, resilience, and steady inner strength. My work blends evidence‑based science, practical tools, and the quiet, grounded wisdom that comes from lived experience and faith. I believe transformation is both a biological process and a spiritual journey, the brain rewiring and the heart awakening, step by step.
The RISE UP™ Method was born from this integration. It’s a structured, neuroscience‑aligned framework that helps individuals and families regulate their emotions, shift unhelpful patterns, strengthen communication, and build confidence from the inside out. It’s rooted in research, shaped by real‑world experience, and infused with the belief that every person is capable of rising into clarity, steadiness, and strength.
My story is woven into this work. Growing up in a military family, with a father who served 30 years in the Air Force, I learned early what it meant to adapt, to carry heavy loads, and to keep moving through uncertainty. Those years taught me the kind of resilience that doesn’t shout, but the kind that endures. That’s why the donkey is central to my brand. Donkeys are steady, sure‑footed, and wise. They don’t rush the climb; they take the next right step. They carry what matters. They move with quiet strength. That’s the heart of RISE UP™.
My faith is the foundation beneath it all. I’m grateful for the Lord’s guidance in every step of this mission - the doors opened, the clarity given, the strength renewed. I’m also a wife to my childhood sweetheart and a mom to our joyful two‑year‑old daughter, who inspires my passion for emotional intelligence, resilience, and generational transformation. She reminds me daily why this work matters.
When I’m not writing or teaching, you’ll often find me on a hiking trail. Hiking mirrors the transformation journey: steady upward movement, intentional steps, moments of breath, and the quiet realization that you’re stronger than you thought. It’s where science, faith, and metaphor meet... the brain calming, the Spirit speaking, the path rising beneath your feet.
If you’re here, you’re likely carrying more than people realize.
You’re ready for something to shift.
And you don’t have to walk this path alone.
I’m here to walk beside you — steady, grounded, faith‑anchored, and science‑informed — as you rise into clarity, confidence, and the strong, steady life you were created for.
