I was born in New Jersey and grew up in a working-class, blue-collar household. I studied hard, worked tirelessly, and became the first person in my family to go to college. After graduating from Rutgers University, I packed the car with a couple trash bags full of clothes and moved to Los Angeles in order to follow what I thought were my dreams of going to Berkeley Law School and becoming an environmental lawyer.

As fate would have it, law school fell by the wayside and I ended up spending the next two decades working as a sales and business development executive in corporate entertainment. To the casual observer, I was living the dream – big salary, big house, nice car, fancy dinners. Beneath the façade of success, however, I felt disenchanted, dissatisfied and disconnected from my true self.

I. Was. Utterly. Burnt. Out.

At the end of my rope, I experienced what I now like to call my “mid-life awakening”. I started working with a coach and started making changes. Big changes! I rediscovered my spirituality. I reconnected with my inner strengths and innate talents. I clarified my beliefs and values. I answered the “really big” questions about my life. I created my own, unique definition of success. Most importantly, I overcame my fears around money, my fear of the unknown, and my fear of what other people might think or say!

For the first time in my life, I believed wholeheartedly in myself. I stopped playing small and started playing big. I found my clarity, my mission and my calling in life: I wanted to help people live better, more fulfilling lives. I wanted to be a career and life purpose coach.

In short, I found my purpose! 

I quit my job and moved to Colorado in order to fulfill my calling as a career and life purpose coach and I’m happy to report that I’ve never been more joyful, successful and fulfilled. I can honestly say that I’m doing exactly what I was put on this earth to do. Most importantly, I am being 100% authentic and living a life of purpose! Now I pay forward my skills and hard-won experience to help other people find their purpose and live the lives they were born to lead.

Here’s the great news: YOU totally can do it too!

I invite you to embark on your own journey of awakening, purpose and fulfillment with me!

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