i help athletes perform like they practice.

I'm a Mental Performance Coach, with a M.S. in Sport Psychology, and a former professional athlete who trained for the 2008 Olympics in open water swimming. I've competed around the world — and I've felt the full weight of what happens when your mind works against you instead of for you.

As a collegiate athlete, I struggled with performance anxiety and a persistent sense of imposter syndrome. I knew I belonged…but I couldn't make myself believe it. I knew I was getting in my own way. I just didn't know how to stop.

When I started training professionally, I committed to doing the mental work as seriously as the physical. I devoured sports psychology books, worked with a mental skills coach, and began to understand what a strong mind could actually do. It changed everything.

The missing piece wasn't more training. It was learning to trust what was already there.

But when I retired from swimming, those skills didn't automatically carry over into the rest of my life. Like so many athletes, I struggled with the transition — with the identity question that no one prepares you for: Who am I, if I'm not an athlete?

That question led me on a long path of exploration. It was when I discovered meditation and began practicing mindfulness that everything clicked. I finally saw the bridge between the mental skills I'd been building and real life…and I understood why traditional sport psychology alone hadn't been enough for me. Mindfulness was the missing piece I desperately wished I'd had when I was competing.

Today, I hold a M.S. in Sport Psychology from CSULB and a Meditation Teacher Certification, and I work with elite athletes, collegiate teams, and high-achieving professionals. My approach is collaborative — because there's no one-size-fits-all formula for a strong mind. We find your recipe together.

If you're willing to do the work, I want to help you do it.