I am leaving coaching...(kind of).

Time for something new. 💫

I have never made a decision in, what I consider to be, a normal fashion.

I have rarely weighed options, looked at the fine print, or thought ahead.

Some of this is due to the privilege of a wide and loving safety net, some of it may be due to some undiagnosed ADHD, but most of it is due to feeling something in my gut.

✔️ Added a teaching degree very last minute in college because it felt right.

✔️ Applied for my Master’s in Counseling during teaching because the high schoolers were asking me questions that required that kind of degree, and I thought, “hmmm, let’s do that.”

✔️Became a certified parent coach when I decided, one day, that I should make money for my expertise and not volunteer for the rest of my life (which so many women are expected to do).

✔️ Signed up for a YEARS LONG certification at the Neufeld Institute after a chance meeting with the man himself. I didn’t even go to hear him at the conference where I met him. Literally signed up three days later.

✔️Found a mentor and became a makeup artist after a car accident, pretty much because I felt called to do it after a Reiki session (don’t ask AND makeup has been my passion forever…ask an old friend). Became a yoga teacher to deepen my practice, decided that over a weekend (that was a helluva year).

And that is only the half of it.

(me performing at The Improv…2013?)

Everything from stand-up comedy to becoming sober to becoming a zen practitioner has hinged on a particular moment. An e-mail. A mention. A chance meeting.

So, it isn’t surprising when, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to call some people I know, inquiring about teaching positions in their preschools.

I have no doubt that my subconscious has been chewing on this for a while (there’s no such thing as a truly spontaneous decision), but I even shocked myself. Am I doing this?

Am I leaving coaching?

Yes. I am. Kind of.

Without being too "woo" about it, I feel called to have more routine and less hustle. More IRL community, less online.

I love my clients and I will always keep coaching spots open for them as long as I am breathing, and it is time for something else.

Working with two year old’s may not *look* easier, but while the physicality is obvious, the emotional work is cake to me.

Because of my training and coaching and studying and mothering, I understand young children’s behavior. And even when I don’t, I stay curious enough to watch the conclusions I may jump to. This is a sweet spot for me…the effort of no-effort.

Whereas running a business? The effort of too-much-effort.

I am tired, and if I am really honest, I finished writing a book and rolled right into Covid (the busiest time in my coaching life) and I don’t think I ever recovered.

Again, love the work, hate the hustle.

So, beginning in late August, I will be teaching two year old’s (insert screaming with excitement and nervousness here).

What does this mean for us?

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What stays the same?

✔️ Writing for The Washington Post

✔️ Online Classes

✔️ Talks at schools and groups

✔️ Mini-pod and AMA’s on Substack

What is changing?

✔️ Six session coaching packages will be available this July (into August), and then sporadically after that.

✔️ I will prioritize any former clients

✔️ All e-mails will come through Substack.

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This is a big deal for me and I am nervous.

I started this business almost 15 years ago and made my own dreams come true. I have supported thousands of families through writing and coaching and speaking gigs and unhinged FB posts.

Above all, I have been truly amazed and humbled by the caregivers I have met.

With only a couple of exceptions, every single parent I have met deeply loves their children and is trying their level best.

I don’t believe the trends and the books and hot-takes about how we are failing our kids…I see love on love on love.

Do we all need more skills? Sure. Are we facing some hard stuff? Yeah.

But I have never failed to feel inspired by the parents I meet and coach. I truly love them; these parents have made me a better parent and human.

So, I am not going anywhere…but I am changing my course. Stay tuned...

For now, you can find me sitting on the floor with some kiddos, singing Baby Beluga (again).

NOW: On to my favorite things right now! ⬇️⬇️⬇️