ABOUT ELISE

I know what it feels like to stand at a crossroads and not recognize the path forward.

I built a career in corporate communications until the industry shifted beneath my feet demanding a constant, performative presence that left no room for depth, meaning, or rest. So I pivoted. I moved into education, a field I loved, only to face a different kind of impossible: the cost of childcare outpacing what teaching paid, and two young children who needed me present in a way the classroom couldn't accommodate.

So I did what many women do. I adapted. I built a communications consultancy while raising my children, working with small businesses and nonprofits, volunteering in community organizations, and quietly keeping my purpose alive through every transition. I wrote. I created. I showed up even when I wasn't sure exactly where I was going.

The shift to coaching came from a deep hunger to go further. I didn't just want to help people communicate better; I wanted to help them understand themselves. Why they think the way they think. Why they feel what they feel. Why they keep making the same choices, or why they feel paralyzed when it's time to make new ones. I wanted to help build the kind of self-awareness that doesn't just change a career or a habit; it changes a life.

That work lights me up in a way nothing else has. And it led me here.

MY STORY

I'm a coach, a creator, a teacher, and a woman in transition. As each new chapter of my life opens, I find myself exactly where many of the people I serve find themselves: at a threshold, full of possibility, building something new.

Outside of my coaching work, I create constantly through yoga, watercolor, writing, and music. I find my clearest thinking in nature and my deepest joy in genuine human connection. I am a builder of communities, a believer in courage, and someone who will always meet you exactly where you are.

My goal is simple: to nourish healthy relationships — with yourself and with others — so that you can move through the world with clarity, confidence, and a story that is fully, unapologetically yours.

WHO I AM

I believe the wisdom lives within you, and that most of us have simply forgotten how to hear it.

I believe it is vital to slow down in order to listen to your inner knowing. In a world that rewards constant output, choosing to pause, reflect, and reconnect is one of the most courageous things you can do.

I believe that self-awareness is the foundation of everything: every relationship, every decision, every version of yourself you've ever wanted to become.

And I believe that transformation happens not when someone hands you the answers, but when the right questions finally give you permission to find your own.

WHAT I BELIEVE

credentials & training

  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC) — International Coaching Federation

  • EQ Coaching, Facilitation & Assessor Certification — Six Seconds

  • Positive Intelligence (PQ) Coach

  • 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher — Yoga Alliance

  • MS in Education, Queens College

  • BA in Journalism, University of Mississippi

  • Content Strategy — Northwestern Medill

  • Google Project Management Certification

  • MITx u.lab: Leading from the Emerging Future

  • Crash Course in Creativity — Stanford

  • Advanced Improv — Hideout Theater