And so much more…

Hairapy Sessions

I began my professional career as a licensed  cosmetologist.  I chose this career when I was eleven-years-old because I fell in love with how I felt about myself when I met with my hair dresser and she worked on my look. I still have the journal entry saved where I wrote down that I wanted to be a hairdresser when I grew up. I only had my hair done two times in my childhood, but I loved the external (and internal) transformation I experienced.

When I became a cosmetologist, I fell in love with watching other women have that same experience. Each time I would style or blow-out their hair I would watch them transform emotionally (as they sat in my chair and allowed themselves to breathe) and physically (with a fresh new hairstyle that made them feel like a million bucks!). 

This is what I’ve come to call hair-apy and it’s what I love to do with my clients. Many of my clients come in and think that all they want and need is a quick blow-out or haircut—and many of them do need that—but I’ve learned over the years that what they really need is a safe place where they can take time and focus on themselves and who they want to become. 

Individual Coaching

I’m a mother of six children and a personal development coach. I love being a mother and have a deep passion for raising my children to become the best versions of themselves. I also find great joy in helping women—and especially mothers—become who they want to become. Becoming is about growth, and growth takes time, patience, and focus. 

I like to support my clients by sharing stories of real people in real life. I often use my personal experiences as a way to share concepts and ideas. For me, hearing the real-life stories of others helps me learn, reflect on my own life, and evaluate my own behavior. Stories are a powerful way to learn and remember specific values and principles.  

The longer I live, the more I recognize how deeply we — as humans — need to feel seen, heard, and loved. As a personal development coach focused on women’s issues and needs, I use the “hair chair” instead of a couch or a gym. This provides them with a safe, secure, and secluded environment where they can share their feelings, fears, frustrations, ambitions, challenges, hopes, dreams, and so much more. As I meet with women, we engage in meaningful discussions—discussions that provide them with perspective and tools on how to move forward with faith and grit. As they sit with me they have the opportunity to focus on who they are becoming. 

Groups

Women need women. I find great power and strength when we gather as women. The womens groups are a place for collaboration, support, encouragement and uplifting.

When a woman leaves our gatherings, she feels renewed and refreshed to be a better mother and person. There’s strength in numbers. One woman said, “It was truly an amazing meeting yesterday. I’ve already tried some new things with my kids today!”

Book Author

Have you ever had an idea or feeling that won’t leave you alone? It’s as if somehow a seed is planted within you and, no matter how hard you push it to the back of your mind or try to abandon it, the thought resurfaces over and over again. Some people refer to this persistent idea as inspiration, or the voice of God. Others define it as their calling. Psychologists would correlate these never-ending feelings or ideas to our subconscious minds and egos searching for meaning or legitimacy. Pragmatists and skeptics would merely define this never-ending thought as an annoyance. For me, it’s probably a mixture of all of these explanations.

This book is my imperfect attempt to act on what I have felt my mom has somehow repeatedly invited me to do. I have felt for many years that she wants me to share her story with as many women as possible — moms, widows, newlyweds, girls young and not so young. I believe my mom would like to help them avoid some of the pitfalls and mistakes she committed, as well as find security in the daily habits that brought her stability and hope throughout her life. 

The more women I’ve worked with in my coaching profession, the more impressed I’ve felt to share my mother’s life with them. I’ve found over the years that Mom’s life resonates with scores of women because she knew for herself the challenges and exhaustion that accompany pregnancy, bearing children, a mis-aligned marriage, the never-ending demands of children, financial scarcity, as well as spending her time serving others in her church and community.

My hope is that Mom’s story will inspire women and provide them with practical tools so they can improve the quality of their own lives.