Finding Clarity
I've spent my life learning how to take complex, overwhelming things and make them manageable. I find clarity and see the patterns and systems in noise and chaos regardless of what it is. When someone is stuck and doesn't know why, I ask questions that help them see things in a different way - the patterns in their thinking, the clarity beneath the overwhelm. I love systems: Identifying existing systems that might need to be changed and building new systems that help bring order to chaos and that make complex information more understandable and accessible.
Here's what that looks like:
Facilitation: I work with business people looking to get unstuck - identifying obstacles and options and a path forward. I also work with women looking to find clarity in their lives amid personal struggles using art as a tool. I reflect with them, so they can find a deeper connection with themselves and cut through the overwhelm. No fixing, just understanding.
Instructional Design: I've been writing courses since my academic days—linguistics, ESL, color theory, art critique, public speaking, happiness, online business setup. Currently, I develop systems for helping people learn, build and use complex technology.
Community Development: I work with content creators to build online communities where members can share ideas, get support, and connect. These communities include multiple layers of engagement, monthly challenges, mini courses, and fully developed onboarding systems.
Writing: I write deeply personal poetry about surviving, living with, and healing from trauma. If anything, this is most illustrative of my ability to find clarity in chaos. I've also written a daily blog about country life and beekeeping (8 years), and spent a year writing weekly personal essays on mindset.
The Foundation: PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University (1992), specialty in conversation analysis. Taught at IU until 2013. I've also taught color theory to help artists not be overwhelmed by color in their work.
What I do
Sit Down & Talk
I spend time with business people helping them think through places where they feel stuck. No pressure. No fixing. Just clarity.
Communities
The power of healthy communities cannot be overstated. I build online communities with a structure that is easy to manage and easy to use, even for tech shy members.
Instructional Design
You’ve got content and you want to get it out there. I polish existing content or build courses from scratch and get them on a platform where you can easily sell and manage them.
Artwork