Meet Valerie

I’m a personal development and professional coach, mindfulness meditator and mentor, DEI consultant to nonprofit leaders, and writer.

I’m passionate about helping women 40+ navigate the consequences of workplace bullying and abuse, past and present. My lived experience of workplace bullying and intimate partner violence, as well as the fruits of my ongoing healing journey, are the core of my work. Personal and professional clients come to me to help them navigate life and work transitions, which includes grief and loss.

I draw on a 30+ year mindfulness meditation practice, including extensive silent retreat experience, and learned that deep, sustainable change comes from self-awareness, which generates self-compassion, which leads to loving self-care, confidence and joy. With time, dedication and patience It’s possible to flourish—to find the purpose and meaning you thought you lost!

It’s a joy to also share a wide variety of creative self-awareness practices that include journaling, the visual arts, movement, sound healing and more.

I’m a mother, daughter, sister, aunt and niece, and love to garden, hike, bike, walk, wander, daydream and play with children.

For details of my multifaceted career as a communications professional, wellness entrepreneur (co-founded a pioneering doula service), and public health and nonprofit leader, check my LinkedIn profile.