What is life story coaching?

Every life is a story in progress. Life story coaching helps you explore the deeper narratives that shape your sense of self – the ways you explain who you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re going. Together, we will uncover the patterns, beliefs, and turning points that have guided your story so far, and begin to rewrite them in ways that feel more authentic, compassionate, and empowered.

This work is especially powerful for people at transition points – after loss, change, or a period of uncertainty – who are ready to move from old scripts into new chapters.

What I can help with:

1. Understanding the personal myths and storylines that have shaped your identity

2. Reclaiming your authentic voice and expressing it with clarity and confidence

3. Making sense of pivotal life events and integrating them with meaning

4. Rewriting limiting or self-critical narratives into more truthful, empowering ones

5. Doing the inner psychological work that lays the foundation for writing a memoir or personal essay

6. Learning narrative tools that help you see your life with greater coherence, compassion, and agency

My background

I’m a narrative psychologist with eight years of experience studying and applying the psychology behind life stories. My research has spanned more than 900 personal narratives, helping me understand how people make sense of who they are through their stories.

Before coaching, I trained as a therapist, supporting clients in reworking the underlying stories beneath their challenges. I spent the last several years coaching college students at Georgia Institute of Technology to craft, share, and rewrite their life stories in psychologically empowering ways.

My career is devoted to one central belief: when we change the way we tell our story, we change the way we live it.

Credentials

PhD in Personality, Development, and Health Psychology — Northwestern University
MS in Clinical Psychology — Northwestern University
BS in Psychology — Scripps College
Life Story Coaching Certificate — Transformation Academy