My work is rooted in evidence-based coaching¹, adult development theory, and leadership frameworks I’ve studied, tested, and taught. I bring structure², research, and creativity to co-create³ space for your actions to align with your values.

1—I’m a Master Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). That means 2,500+ hours of coaching, rigorous testing, and demonstrated fluency in human complexity.

2—No two sessions are the same. I bring a well-tested toolbox, but we choose the approach together based on what you're navigating and how you work best.

3—Research matters. So does fun. We laugh. We improv. We get playful. We take the work seriously... ourselves, a little less so.


Other coaches offer indiscriminate, generic processes.

I offer my clients real partnership grounded in evidence-based methodology, creative energy, and a sharp eye for what matters.

My practice combines structure with inspiration, helping you reflect, realign, and move forward with renewed clarity. As a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation my approach is rooted in trust, depth, individuality, and mutual respect.

4—A credential recognizing “seasoned coaches who have built their careers around excellence and impact. To qualify, [coaches] need to show 200 hours of coach-specific education and 2,500 hours of coaching experience, [representing] mastery of the ICF Core Competencies and ICF Code of Ethics.


5—Coaching, after all, is less about handing you answers and more about helping you hear the ones you already hold.


The Three Anchors of My Approach

Co-Active Coaching
& Adaptive Leadership

At the heart of my work is my coaching and leadership training with the Co-Active Training Institute, which asserts that people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. It creates space for deep listening, choice, and growth—balancing “being” and “doing” in service of what really matters to you.

I also leverage my experience in Adaptive Leadership to help you lead through complexity, not just around it. That means mobilizing others through uncertainty, staying steady when the ground shifts under your feet, and making progress on our toughest challenges through iterative experiments.

When your context is changing faster than your to-do list can keep up, individual resourcefulness and adaptive capacity can become a powerful lifeline towards a life well-lived.

Improv & Play

Improv teaches you to stay present. To notice instead of judge. To collaborate rather than control. As an improviser, I’ve learned that the best experiences come not from sticking to a script, but from showing up fully and responding to what’s alive in the moment.

In coaching (and life), this looks like pivoting, breaking free from overthinking, and experimenting boldly without fear of getting it “wrong.” Laughter is welcome in our work together—not because we’re avoiding hard things, but because lightness helps us move through them.

Improv principles like Yes, and... become effective tenets for collaboration, non-attachment, and forward motion in our work together.

2—Kelly, Kip. Leadership Agility: Using Improv to Build Critical Skills. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Executive Development, UNC Kenan‑Flagler Business School. White paper. 2012.

Narrative Acumen

Your story is powerful. Let’s make it intentional.

With an MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing, I bring narrative acumen into every session. Together, we’ll surface the stories you’re telling yourself (and others), explore the threads that need to evolve, and craft a new throughline that reflects who you truly are and want to be.

Whether you’re shaping a keynote, planning a career move, or just making sense of the past few years to chart a purposeful path forward, we’ll work with language in a way that creates insight, alignment, and momentum—for you and those you lead.

Your story doesn’t need to be perfect—it needs to be true, resonant, and yours.

7—Cron, Lisa. Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence. New York: Ten Speed Press, 2012.

8—Simmons, Annette. The Story Factor: Secrets of Influence from the Art of Storytelling, rev. ed. New York: Basic Books, 2006.

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Work with Katy

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