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I help purpose-driven leaders flourish, and support teams in doing their best work together. Leaders who are connected to their purpose (what they uniquely have to contribute) lead better, build stronger teams, and navigate hard things with more confidence and clarity.
I pair the rigor of positive psychology, neuroscience, and organizational design research with two decades of experience working inside businesses, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and government agencies, helping leaders and teams navigate high-stakes, fast-moving environments where the quality of leadership is the linchpin to success.
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Overview
Build your next chapter with confidence. Get clear on what you’re uniquely meant to give your part of the world. Make decisions with more ease. See opportunities that are right for you.
Our 8-step process01 Understanding the ingredients of meaning in your life
02 Identifying your strengths through stories + experiences
03 Exploring your passions + core curiosities
04 Connecting with what matters most
05 Building a useful relationship to challenge and difficulty
06 Refining areas to help with in your corner of the world
07 Identifying your sense of purpose + learning to nourish it in everyday life
08 Flexibly designing your life in manageable timeframes
What to expectKick off
We’ll arrange a 30-minute kick-off call to understand your context and formulate a personalized coaching plan.Scheduling
We'll craft a schedule that suits us both, typically meeting every other week for 7-8 sessions total, with each session lasting 50-60 minutes.Meetings
Meetings can be held over Zoom, on the phone, or in person, tailored to your preference.Package
Personalized sessions tailored to your individual needs, designed to help you uncover your unique contribution and plug it into the world around you. You’ll receive a copy of my Purpose in Practice workbook.Approach
My coaching is warm and supportive, gently challenging and perspective-opening, always focused on making progress toward your goals.
Next StepsSchedule a session below to set up a 30-minute conversation where we will learn about your needs and come up with a plan tailored to you.
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Purpose in Practice Circle
Every one of us has something to give to the parts of the world we touch that only we can. Our work is to connect with what that is, and bring it forward wherever we show up.
The Purpose in Practice Circle is an 11-week guided community experience where a small group of people works through the Purpose in Practice workbook together, one chapter at a time, with me guiding every step.
We meet weekly for one hour on Zoom. Between sessions you'll have access to a private online community for resources, conversation, and session recordings. An optional introduction session and individual coaching session with me is also included.
Across the 11 weeks you'll:
Get clear on who you are and what you're really about
Know your highest and best, so you can wisely invest your time and energy
Recognize what's truly for you when opportunities come up and decisions need to be made
Take your next steps, with confidence and clarity
After the Circle wraps, you'll have access to optional boost sessions for ongoing support and connection.
The next Circle starts September 29, 2026. Pricing is $297. Click the link below to register, and feel free to share with someone who needs it. I can't wait to get started with you!
"Every single week I walked away feeling so lucky." — Fall 2025 Participant
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Purpose in Practice Retreats
The Purpose in Practice program makes for an exceptional leadership retreat. Using the Purpose in Practice workbook as our framework, retreats are customized to fit with your goals and timeline, from one-day explorations to 3-day immersive purpose experiences, when leaders are clear on who they are and what only they can give to their parts of the world, everyone benefits.
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OverviewIn a fast-paced world where change is the constant, doing great work together requires teams and organizations to be purpose-driven and “directionally correct”. A strategic compass helps you get and stay aligned as you move toward a shared vision of your future.
What we work toward:01 Building a shared story of your collective work and impact to create alignment across teams
02 Illuminating strengths and what matters most in your work together
03 Crafting a shared sense of vision and priorities going forward
04 Getting clear on your shared purpose + the impact you most want to make together
05 Creating and setting up a process to take priorities forward together
What to expectStrategic compass work can happen over a series of work sessions or in a retreat format.
We’ll craft a process and pace that works for you and your team.
Next StepsSchedule a session below to set up a 30-minute conversation where we will learn about your group’s needs and come up with a tailored plan.
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Connect With Your Purpose:
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Overview
Untangle the challenges of leading—learn tactics and strategies that work. Find confidence in your ability to lead well in every situation.
Ideas we may tackle01 Giving and receiving supportive feedback
02 Communication styles and collaboration
03 Building a culture of learning
04 Empowering and delegating
05 Building trust
06 Creating conditions for belonging
07 Inheriting challenging and struggling teams
08 Navigating change and transitions
What to expectKick off
We’ll arrange a 30 minute kick-off call to understand your context and formulate a personalized coaching plan.Scheduling
We'll craft a schedule that suits us both, typically meeting every week or two with sessions lasting 50-60 minutes.Meetings
Meetings can be held over Zoom, on the phone, or in person, tailored to your preference.Package
Personalized sessions tailored to your individual needs, designed to help you uncover tactics and language to support the people you lead.Approach
My coaching is warm and supportive, gently challenging and perspective-opening, always focused on making progress toward your goals.
Next StepsSchedule a session below to set up a 30 minute conversation where we will learn about your needs and come up with a plan tailored to you.
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Leadership development built on the science of how people workLeadership challenges are rarely generic. I build programs that meet your leaders where they are, take on the real questions and challenges they're wrestling with, and teach tools and strategies they can use the next day.
Approach
Many leadership programs teach theory and hope it translates. I roll up my sleeves with your leaders to work on real challenges, dynamics, and situations. Sessions are grounded in research from positive psychology, neuroscience, and organizational behavior, and delivered in a way that is practical, engaging, and immediately applicable.
How it works
01 Discover
We start with a conversation to understand your organization's context, your leaders' challenges, and what success looks like for you. Sometimes this includes interviews or surveys with participants.
02 Design
I design a program tailored to your goals, whether that's a single learning session, a multi-month or multi-year cohort experience, or an ongoing group coaching engagement. Format, pacing, and content are all built around what your leaders need.
03 Deliver
Sessions are facilitated in person or virtually, with follow-up resources and communications to keep learning active between meetings. I stay responsive throughout, adjusting as your leaders' needs evolve.
04 Measure
We track impact together through participant feedback, progress check-ins, and end-of-program evaluation so you always know what's working.
Areas we may work on together:
Leading with emotional intelligence and resilience
Communicating to build trust and alignment
Creating conditions for teams to do their best work
Navigating change with confidence
Building a culture of feedback and learning
Strengths-based leadership
The psychology of leading well
Supporting wellbeing and preventing burnout
Organizations I've worked with include leaders in:
Federal government and public agencies, healthcare and academic medicine, professional services, nonprofit and mission-driven organizations.
Let's talk
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OverviewEvery healthy team needs time away from day-to-day work to retreat. I work with teams to co-design and facilitate retreats of all kinds: visioning to learning to problem-solving. Let’s map out the retreat your team needs.
Ideas we may tackle01 Taking stock of where you’ve been to plan ahead
02 Healing from hard things individually and together + finding possibilities to move forward
03 Refreshing your organizational compass + renewing your purpose, vision and core values
04 Learning skills and practices together to support your work + success
05 Untangle problems + find solutions without the constraints of everyday work
06 Creating a new program, service or product
07 Reset + rejuvenate with mindfulness, reconnect with your brain and body
What to expectKick off
We’ll arrange a 30-minute call to understand your context and explore your team’s retreat needs.Scheduling
We’ll set up a schedule to co-design your retreat so it’s just right for your team. Retreats typically range from ½ day to 2 days.Meetings
Retreats can be held over Zoom or in-person, tailored to your team's preference. I always offer a follow-up coaching session to ensure the work of the retreat carries forward.Approach
I work to ensure retreats are meaningful, connecting, special times for your team to gather and nurture success together. Flexible retreat designs allow us to work with the group in real time. I often provide follow-up resources and materials to support your future work.
Next StepsSchedule a session below to set up a 30-minute conversation where we will learn about your team's needs and come up with a tailored plan.
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Elevate Your Leadership:
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Transitions can feel overwhelming—like the ground beneath you has shifted, and you’re left without a map. But here’s the good news: You don’t need a map. You have a compass.
Purpose in Practice is your guide to connecting with that internal compass and using it to navigate life’s biggest changes. Whether you’re stepping into a new role, facing unexpected challenges, or exploring uncharted possibilities, this workbook helps you uncover your unique purpose and chart a path forward.
You’ll discover:
How to connect with your purpose and make it your guiding light.
Tools to break down big goals into manageable, actionable steps.
Practices to stay grounded, even when the path forward feels uncertain.
Purpose in Practice is more than a workbook—it’s a resource to revisit whenever life feels shaky, offering clarity and inspiration for your purpose-driven journey.
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Join a global community of professionals interested in meaning + purpose every Wednesday at 9am ET
In collaboration with The Global Purpose School, every week I co-facilitate with Global Purpose School Founder Kiko Kislansky, a conversation that explores different questions, approaches, research and practices focused on meaning and purpose.
Some weeks we invite experts to share their ideas, research and teaching with us. Some weeks we engage in a community conversation about questions we’re interested in exploring together. Come join us!
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Bring purpose-driven leadership to your stage or eventI work with organizations, leadership teams, and conference audiences to bring to life engaging, useful, inspiring talks. I combine the latest research with practical, experience-based insights that stick. People leave with real tools and a stronger sense of what they uniquely have to offer their work and leadership
Signature talk:
Leading From The Inside Out: What science tells us about purpose, and why it changes everything about how you leadMost leaders are running on external signals. Goals set by others, metrics handed down, expectations they inherited. Leading from the inside out is an invitation to explore what happens when you tap into the power of your purpose. We all have a unique contribution to offer to our parts of the world, and as leaders, when we are clear on what that is, everyone benefits. Using your purpose as a compass to lead, make decisions and show up for your team allows you to work at your highest and best, support others in doing the same, experience more meaning in your work and life, and make the impact you’re meant to make with focus and clarity.
This session starts with the latest research in positive psychology and neuroscience to make the case for why purpose is one of the most important leadership advantages in the transformation our world is experiencing. Then we get practical, and explore key “signposts” into your own purpose, and practical suggestions for bringing more purpose into work.
Participants walk away with:
An understanding of the evidence behind the benefits of purpose-connected leadership
An exploration of their own purpose using a tried-and-true methodology
A framework to continue living into their purpose
Strategies to bring more purpose into work and life
Available formats:
60-minute keynote 90-minute workshop session Half-day leadership experience
Best suited for:
Women's leadership events, leadership development programs, ERG events, L&D conferences, Team offsitesWhat makes this different:
This is not a lecture. Every session includes active work time where participants begin to explore their own purpose using the methodology from my workbook, Purpose in Practice. It blends learning with personal discovery in a way that feels engaging and connecting. -
Collaboration is at the heart of everythingA core intention of Amberwood is to partner with exceptional individuals & organizations to co-create meaningful experiences that support leading and working with purpose.
Thrive at WorkI love collaborating with my colleagues at Thrive at Work where I get to coach leaders, design and teach about all things leadership as I support teams in making the impact they most want to make.
Global Purpose School
I have the honor of collaborating with The Global Purpose School to co-facilitate weekly Purpose Explorers calls where professionals interested in the practice and science of meaning and purpose gather on zoom every Wednesday for an hour of conversation, connection and learning.
Open CallIf you’re interested in collaborating I’d love to hear from you. Click the link below.