I am a builder.
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I grew up in a world where creativity was normal.
I learned early that if something didn’t exist, you made it. If it didn’t work, you tried again.
If it was messy, that was part of the process.
I help professionals and purpose-driven organizations restore their Playful Intelligence™ - their biological drive to play - so they can reconnect with themselves and each other, even in the midst of stress, change and overwhelm.
My work is grounded in neuroscience and compassion, showing how play can reset our nervous systems, spark creativity, and rebuild the connection we often lose under the weight of trying to perform perfectly under pressure.
My work is bold, deeply human, and like nothing you've never experienced before.
I'm here to remind you that play isn't the opposite of work, it's how you do your best work.
You can't play
in a show home.
I didn’t always understand how vital play was...
until I felt like mine was gone.
I was a college professor with tenure, presenting my work around the world, office with a window and my name on the door.
From the outside, everything looked polished and successful. But inside, I was struggling. I spent years performing perfectly, then closing my office door to quietly fall apart from the pressure of keeping it all together.
Eventually, I had to stop working.
And I was told I would never work full time again.
That experience taught me that life is not just a performance you put on for other people.
I’m here to help you reactivate the part of you that can take risks, make mistakes, laugh, connect, and create — the part that remembers how to play.
over 25 years of
EXPERIENCE
as an Award Winning College Professor and Entrepreneur
"I don’t help people become someone new.
I help them access what’s already there.”
I believe everything that lasts is built from the inside out.
So, the core of all of my work is rooted in..
The Brave Three
The Playful Intelligence™ Framework for Leadership and Life
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Brave Me
Brave me explores the individual, diverse strengths and gifts of each person in your organization and uncovers what makes them feel included, valued, motivated and playful.
Brave Us
Bravely share your diverse strengths and talents with the people you work with and for every day. Discover that sharing those improves trust and authentic collaboration and decreases feelings of isolation and disconnection.
Brave Work
Discover how to reach your organizational goals by implementing the first two steps in your employee wellness, recruitment, onboarding, retention and customer service strategy.
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