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Best for designers navigating parental leave, returning to work, or major life shifts. A practical, empathy-led partnership to design a transition that protects your boundaries without sacrificing your career goals. We focus on your environment—negotiating expectations and designing a narrative that positions your life changes as an evolution of your leadership rather than a pause.
A comprehensive return-to-work (or pivot) roadmap with defined boundaries and milestones.
A set of documented environment expectations to share with leadership to ensure a thriving context.
A refined leadership narrative that authentically integrates your life stage as a professional strength.
Coaching delivered via live sessions.
My coaching style is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in your lived experience. I don’t follow a fixed framework or offer one-size-fits-all advice. Instead, our sessions are shaped by what’s most present for you and what will create the most meaningful movement forward. We work by slowing down just enough to see clearly — naming patterns, tensions, and assumptions that may be influencing your choices. From there, we identify small, intentional shifts you can experiment with between sessions. These aren’t “assignments,” but invitations to notice what changes when you act with more clarity and agency. I bring structure where it’s helpful and spaciousness where it’s needed. I’ll reflect what I’m hearing, ask questions that open new perspective, and help you translate insight into action that fits your context. Throughout our work, the goal is not to fix or force outcomes, but to help you develop trust in your own decision-making and direction.
Services included:
Skill Building
Design Thinking
User Interface Design
User Experience Design
Promotion Strategy
Networking Strategy
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Joined March 2025
5.0
Designing resonance for your life’s work through strategic coaching
• 20+ years of design leadership, including 18 years at Google. • 10 years of in-industry coaching designers through leadership transitions, promotions, and pivots. • Practical, results-oriented approach rooted in real-world tech experience, using structured frameworks to drive career alignment and leadership growth. • Expertise in interaction design, design systems, and scaling frameworks within high-pressure, global organizations. • Multidisciplinary perspective with roots in Software Engineering and Product Management, providing a unique edge in cross-functional strategy.
6h - 8h of coaching