Let’s Go Deeper

I think one of the reasons I do this work the way I do is because I know what it feels like to build a life that looks really good on paper and still wonder whether it feels good to live.

I’m from Memphis, and I carry that with me everywhere. The grit, the soul, the creativity, the edge, the warmth. I grew up learning to work hard, dream big, and make something out of whatever was in front of me. As a Black girl, I also learned early that I might have to work twice as hard to get half as much.

And whew, did I take that seriously.

For a long time, achievement became one of the ways I knew how to move through the world. I became an athlete, a doctor, a professor, a psychologist, an entrepreneur. I built businesses, earned accolades, stepped into rooms I once dreamed about entering, and accomplished things I am incredibly proud of.

But somewhere in all that becoming, I started asking myself a different question:

Does the life I’ve worked so hard to build actually feel like mine?

That question has changed me.

It has led me through seasons of letting go, slowing down, creating, traveling, loving, questioning, and unlearning some of the things that once made me incredibly successful but were no longer helping me feel whole.

I’m still ambitious as hell.

I still care deeply about my work.

I still dream big.

I just don’t believe we should have to lose ourselves in the pursuit of the lives we want.

These days, I care a lot about the conditions we grow within. I think about what we inherit, what we learn to survive, what we carry forward, and what we eventually decide to change.

I think about identity and culture. Relationships and belonging.

Our bodies.

Our stories.

The environments that nourish us and the ones that leave us depleted.

And I think about what becomes possible when we create enough space to actually hear ourselves again.

That is deeply connected to how I understand therapy, performance, relationships, leadership, and honestly, life.

I’m not interested in helping people become shinier, more productive versions of themselves. I’m interested in helping people know themselves deeply enough to make choices that feel like their own.

To pursue excellence without disappearing inside of it.

To make room for softness and ambition.

To change when change is calling.

To build lives that are not only impressive from the outside, but meaningful to the person actually living them.

I don’t have all of this figured out. I’m living many of these questions right alongside the people I work with.

And that’s part of what makes this work so meaningful to me.

I’m not standing on the other side of becoming.

I’m in it, too.

Who I’ve had the privilege of working with

My work has taken me into some pretty incredible spaces.

Over the years, I’ve worked across professional and elite sport, collegiate athletics, private practice, higher education, and community settings. I’ve had the opportunity to support professional and Olympic-level athletes, collegiate and developing athletes, coaches, teams, performers, executives, students, couples, and families.

In sport, my work has included serving as a mental health provider with the Denver Broncos and as a sport psychology consultant with USA Track & Field, alongside consulting and clinical work with athletes across sports and levels of competition. Having been an athlete myself, I understand that world from multiple angles—the pursuit of excellence, the pressure, the identity that can become wrapped up in what you do, and the very human life that continues beyond the field, track, court, or stage.

But sport has never been the entirety of my clinical work.

Some of the work closest to my heart happens within relationships and families.

I have specialized experience working with couples and families, helping people navigate communication, connection, conflict, changing roles, identity, intimacy, transitions, and the patterns we bring with us into our relationships.

I also have experience in perinatal mental health, supporting individuals and couples through the emotional and relational experiences surrounding pregnancy, postpartum, parenthood, and the many transitions that can come with growing a family.

These areas of my work may look different on the surface, but to me, they are deeply connected.

Whether I’m sitting with an athlete navigating the end of a career, a couple trying to find their way back to one another, a new parent figuring out who they are in this new season, or a high-achieving person realizing they can’t keep living at the pace they’ve been living, I’m often sitting with people in moments where something is changing.

And those moments invite us to ask some really important questions:

Who am I here?

What do I need now?

What am I carrying with me?

What needs to change?

What do I want this next season of my life, my relationship, or my work to feel like?

That is the work I absolutely love.

Helping people make sense of where they’ve been, become more aware of where they are, and intentionally cultivate what comes next.