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Entrepreneur, mom-extraordinaire, corporate workplace survivor, ex-people pleaser, and conscious life designer.

 

I was born and raised in the USA. I was taught at a young age by my immigrant parents to work hard, get a good and stable job at a big company, not to rock the boat, and work up the corporate ranks so that I would gain success. So I did. 

 

I went to business school in New York City. I became a management consultant after I graduated. I was a corporate warrior in New York City for over a decade, working for some of the largest companies in the world.  I was a dutiful worker, and I climbed the corporate ladder. And then one day, I realised that I was miserable.

 

It didn't make any sense to me. I had all the things that society valued – a successful career, a new trendy condo I’d bought in a hip part of NYC, fashionable clothing,  expensive shoes and hand bags, a packed social calendar…but I wasn’t happy and I couldn’t understand why.

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I found ways to cope. I was addicted to retail therapy. I was a party girl and a high functioning alcoholic, binge drinking 2-3 times a week. I bounced from one unhealthy romantic relationship to another. When I took a hard look at my life, I'd realised on paper I was successful, but in real life, I felt like I was failing. Ticking all the boxes other people had told me were important had gotten me money I had no time to spend, shallow relationships, and meaningless work. 

 

I began to find more stillness to reflect on my life. In the space of that stillness, I began to realise that:

• I’d created a life based on what I thought society expected of me

• I had so many unspoken family and cultural “obligations” that I was trying to live up to that I didn’t actually agree with

• I was exhausted from meeting all these spoken and unspoken demands

• I was climbing a corporate ladder that never ended. I kept wondering "when will I have made it?"

• I didn’t even know how to answer what kind of life I wanted because I’d never felt like I had the permission to even ask (hell, I’d be accused of being selfish if I did!)

 

Does this sound at all like you? If it is, you'll know how terrifying this realisation is. It's like once you know, you can never go back. And that point, the knowing only grew bigger, which prompted me to make the boldest decision of my life. I decided to leave it all behind and start anew. My wild heart was begging me to leave NYC and look for something more authentic and true outside in the world. Without having ever been, I decided to move to Australia. 9 years later, I’ve built a successful company, completed my masters degree in a field I’m passionate about, married the love of my life, and became a mother and stepmother to 3 children.

 

I’m here to share my story and help you find what’s possible in your own life and design it with the care and intention your one life deserves. 

 

I know how scary change is, I’ve been through all the unknowns and doubts myself. I’ve heard from the haters, and I did it anyway. And I keep doing it. Every.single.day. It's not easy to fight against conventional norms that are subtly pressuring you everyday. I wish I'd had someone to guide me through it - it would have been a lot less stressful, and dare I say, fun.

 

Which is why At the Threshold was born - to help you consciously design and live your life now with the coaching, tools, and frameworks you need to define your own success. Whenever you're ready, I'll meet you at the threshold. 

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