My Mission
To use my insight, creativity and resourcefulness to support and inspire others to connect with their passion, clarify their purpose, overcome limiting beliefs, achieve success and create the life of their dreams!

My Work
I provide one-on-one and group coaching, training, facilitation and consulting services to teens and young adults as well as the parents, adults, professionals, groups, organizations and agencies that support, encourage and inspire and them to be the best they can be.

I specialize in coaching teens and young women to define success according to their passion, core values, vision and unique life purpose. I help them define goals and develop a blueprint for success while providing support, structure, and accountability for implementing action plans to help create a life of balance, purpose, prosperity and fulfillment. 

In addition, as a RIM Facilitator, I help clients harness the power of the subconscious mind to overcome blocks, destructive patterns and limiting beliefs to support goal achievement and promote success.

My Approach
The foundation of my work is based on:

• the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets for healthy youth development
• Jack Canfield's Success Principles
• the RIM (Regenerating Images in Memory) brief intervention technique
• a passion for, interest in and keen understanding of the heart, the brain and power of both the conscious and subconscious mind

My Unique Perspective
I have experienced major life transition. My journey took me through the devastating consequences of my husband's addiction, coming face to face with a family history of alcoholism, financial struggle, divorce and spiritual breakdown. I recently lost my Mom after the complications of several strokes. Six months later, I lost my younger brother to terminal brain cancer. And on the day after my brother passed away, my Dad experienced cardiac arrest and ended up on a ventilator which required me to take on the role of his medical proxy and make some very challenging decisions without knowing the long term outcomes. Each of us has our unique story. Those of us who are the most fortunate are able to transform our pain into gratitude, love, compassion and joy. I look back now and credit my worst and most painful experiences as providing the greatest, most profound and everlasting gifts.

Through my inner and outer personal and spiritual recovery, I have discovered my life work and soul purpose. I have been in some of those dark places and therefore, I understand. In addition, I have vast professional experience, knowledge and training to support me in the work I do with women, teens and families. My passion for my life and my work, keen intuition, a deep understanding of the Law of Attraction, a powerful connection to Source and immense gratitude allow me to be present, patient and nonjudgmental while providing clients with useful feedback, tips, tools and resources to live their best lives.

For the past 20 years I've worked with teens and young adults around sexuality, substance use and drop-out prevention. The majority of my work has been regulated by laws that allow me to connect with teenagers around sexuality and substance issues confidentiality and protected by confidentiality laws when no evidence of harm to self or others is evident. This has helped me learn how to establish rapport quickly, get past the usual barriers that exist between teens and adults and, quickly and effectively, get down deep into the hearts and minds of teens. 

This makes it easy for me support teens as well as to help parents, educators and youth serving professionals understand and connect with teens on new levels that help to transcend barriers, facilitate effective communication and shared understanding and find peaceful solutions to conflict and resistance that often exists naturally between teens and adults.

Having served in my field for so long, I have the luxury of seeing many of my young teens grow into adulthood and provide feedback about the impact my work has had on their life. There truly is no greater joy than to know that I and the work I do has made a difference in someone's life.

Trisha and Jack Canfield, the Chicken Soup for the Soul guy

Pathways to Success for Youth Team