When my youngest child started school, I signed up for certification with the Myers Briggs company, and learned to be a personality consultant.

I loved it! For me, people, and why we do the things we do, is the most fascinating course of study in the universe. It was so fulfilling to help people understand themselves better and recognize their gifts and talents.

After that, I couldn’t stop looking for other theories about human psychology, other systems and programs that help people be happier. And I found so many!

The person I ended up helping the most was myself. I learned that I had gifts and talents that I had never realized or put a name to. I learned why I thought the way I did, and about the lies that I believe are true that are my biggest obstacles to happiness. I read a description of my best, most healthy self, and I felt inspired in a way I had never felt before.

I started a program with my friends, where we met each month and I taught them the different theories and systems. Again, it was so fulfilling, but I felt a lack. I could help them all see who they were, and where they were, but I didn’t have the skills to help them internalize all of these truths about themselves. I wanted to help people change.

Then I found The Life Coach School.

I learned how our brains work, and that we don’t have to accept as truth every thought that they offer up to us. We can manage our brains instead of letting them manage us. I learned about feelings, and how to handle the ones we don’t like. I learned about setting goals that work, how to love unconditionally, and how to set boundaries. And I learned how to help other people do these things.

I feel like a new person, with a confidence and purpose that make me excited to face each new day.

I have skills and tools to help you create your happiest life! The answers are all inside you, just waiting to come out.

So here’s the end of my story so far: My husband and I now have six great children, five of whom are married—to amazing people, and six darling grandchildren. My life has been mostly good and sometimes hard. I have lived through the accidental death of a baby brother, long term depression in my family of origin and at times in myself, and perfectionism. I have supported several friends through divorce and survived a myriad of health problems, a crisis of faith, and just in case you forgot, raising six children. My life experiences have led me to the solutions I offer.