WHAT I’M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW

(Inspired by Derek Sivers)

Role: Executive & Leadership Coach — ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)

• After 18 months of additional client hours, supervision hours, session reviewing, and rigorous self-guided training and learning, I’ve passed my two video exams and my three-hour written exam and am now a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation.

• I am Mentor Coaching ACCs and PCC coaches for their credential renewals through December 2026. If this is you, contact me.

• I have a private Executive & Leadership coaching practice working with executives, C-suite, managers, senior leaders, and founders across sectors. I bring particular depth in two areas: healthcare and high-demand fields (drawing on two decades in the patient-advocacy and behavioral-health world) and creatives. Contact me about setting up a discovery session.

• May 2026, I was spotlighted by the International Coaching Federation New York City Chapter on LinkedIn as a Rising Member. Thank you ICF!

• I’m a pro-bono executive coach for Women’s Impact Alliance. I’m happy to work support executive C-suite women in NGOs and NPOs around the globe.

• In September 2025, I joined the leading online platform for consumer career coaching, supporting clients through career transitions.

• One of my professional coaching businesses, The Coaching Consortium, presented at this year’s Columbia University’s 2025 coaching conference in October. The whole conference was fab. I’m still unpacking all of my takeaways. Here’s a blog about one takeaway.

Role: Licensed Master Social Worker, Patient Advocate, Health Coach, Food Allergy Coach

• Since 2006, I've worked with private-practice clients on managing chronic medical conditions, life-threatening food allergies, and the anxiety that comes with them. I continue to see a limited number of private practice counseling clients navigating life with chronic medical conditions. If this is you, contact me about setting up a discovery session.

Role: Applied Improv Facilitator

• I facilitated writing and applied improv workshops at the Literary Arts Bridge at Dartmouth College in 2025 and 2026. I was honored to be interviewed by Dartmouth Alumni mag in May 2026 about my experience working with the Literary Arts Bridge at Dartmouth College in its inaugural year. The article will feature me as their lead story this Fall 2026.

• I’m currently booking additional corporate applied improvisation workshops Q4 2026.

Role: Writer/Editor

• My contemporary romance novel is in my agent’s hands for next steps. I’m working on a second contemporary romance novel. When I have a spare 30 minutes, that’s usually what I’m doing: writing or revising.

• I’ve started a Substack called 5 Things. Come on over!

• I’m a published nonfiction author (Wiley, 2011). I was nominated for a Pushcart for micro fiction. My poetry has been published in various journals.

• I have my MFA in Writing and Literature and teach writing and writing & improv workshops.

• For over 15 years, I’ve been a freelance editor, line editor, copy editor, and proofreader. Most recently, I worked for Medium.com and HelloFresh.

Role: Musical Improviser/Performer

• I’m taking online advance improv classes with WGIS to keep my skills sharp, meet a new community, play and have fun.

• Learning about and performing short form improv with Valley Improv since June 2025 has been so much fun. We have shows coming up at Sawtooth in Hanover, NH. Hope to see you at one of those!

• I’m a founding member of the musical improv team, Redshirts, who traveled the improv performance galaxy for 12 years. I’m also a founding member of The Bagelsteins & Close to Home. It’s a joy to play with them.

Role: Mentor

• I’ve been mentoring psychology majors (all women) heading to graduate programs at William Paterson University since 2014. It’s gratifying to support young women navigate school-life balance as well as prepare them for graduate school and their professional lives. After 12 years, my final student has finished her psych masters and my time with WPU has concluded.

Role: Master Home Chef & Pastry Chef (all dishes are nut-free, fish-free, and most are gluten-free)

• Two summers ago, I made this focaccia recipe, adding garlic-herb with four cheese and now my in-laws are so obsessed that I’ve been making it bi-weekly for two years!

• Last week, my partner said, “How can you get the cheese crispy in that rice dish?” I took the chopped up Parmesan and spread it on the hot sauté pan and melted it until it was cooked into a tuille. Once cooled, cut into squares, we sprinkled it on top. Now I’m making tuilles every meal!

(Current as of August 9, 2026)