When I work with someone through education and therapy, I’m helping them make changes that make a remarkable impact on their life. Helping someone achieve the connectedness, joy, and clarity from engaging their whole self in their life and communication with others is incredibly rewarding and motivates me to continue this work. 

It’s not just an outside interest either. It’s personal. Progressive neurological diseases run in my family. As I’ve watched people I love change, I’ve watched the people around them struggle to know what to say or do. What I’ve learned over and over, even when the brain is continuing to decline, there’s still joy to be found in those relationships through real moments of connection that are possible if you know how to find them. 

I also know brain fog and executive function struggles firsthand from my own life and people close to me. I’ve experienced what it’s like when your brain doesn’t feel as sharp or quick as you want it to be and when it seemingly stops working after you’ve done too much. I’ve watched cognitive-communication differences like ADHD play out in the workplace, when people are written off as unmotivated when what they actually needed was a different strategy. 

Addressing communication is more than finding the right diagnosis; it’s finding strategies that allow people to connect with themselves and others. To empower people with this knowledge is an absolute honor!