For decades, I’ve dedicated my career to helping professionals, students, and parents overcome learning and executive function challenges. As a pioneer in the University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program, I studied under the field’s founding researchers, merging evidence-based insights with practical learning applications. Through my private coaching practice, books—including The Effort Myth—and dynamic speaking engagements, I’ve guided thousands to success by aligning strategies with their unique strengths. My expertise bridges the gap between positive psychology and specialized teaching, empowering individuals who think and work differently to thrive in their own way.
My approach is rooted in personalized solutions that challenge conventional wisdom about achievement. Instead of standardized techniques, I equip clients to confront limiting beliefs and create sustainable action plans tailored to their natural tendencies. This method is especially effective for those with learning, attention, and executive function challenges who find traditional systems restricting.
My methodology combines:
My client-centered focus fosters trust and long-term results. With more than half of my clients returning at different life stages or referring others, my practice exemplifies how individualized support drives lasting success.
Executive function skills include the ability to plan ahead, prioritize, stop and start activities, shift from one activity to another, and reflect on progress. People with executive function challenges might struggle at tasks that seem easy for other smart people, jeopardizing school now and college or work goals in the future. They can seem better at avoidance, pushback, and meltdowns. These are the signs of executive function burnout.
Do you (or someone you care about) struggle to…
Executive function challenges can also look like discipline problems, disorganization, or carelessness. Learning and attention factors can complicate the picture. The person who struggles needs support but can become sensitive to judgment for mistakes. They don’t necessarily outgrow these challenges.
That’s where I come in. I’ve broken most of the “rules” about learning and working, by helping people who naturally do things differently be successful in their own way. I can do this for you, too. If I don’t yet have a strategy you need, I can create a custom one.
Let’s uncover the gifts of greater motivation and focus that can help you decrease your procrastination, improve your competence, make more effective choices, and gain self-direction.
Our work together can help you:
Research studies based on millions of survey respondents conclude that our strengths
are wellsprings of future happiness, engagement, and success.
As recognized leader and mentor in my field, I keep up-to-date with research and professional trends. I’m a member of multiple mastermind groups, writer and facilitator for writer’s workshops, enthusiastic reader, and professional conference attendee. An author of several books, I also speak to varied audiences, am an inquisitive traveler, and mom of awesome grown children.
