Trusted by Organizations and Audiences Across Canada
✔ 25+ years as a successful entrepreneur
✔ Bestselling author of We Are Unbreakable and Fierce & Fabulous: A Self-Love Journal
✔ Four-time RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award nominee
✔ Featured on CBC, Global TV, CTV Atlantic, and Eastlink’s Women Now
✔ Delivered keynotes and workshops for leading organizations across Canada
✔ Raised $96,000 for the Stronger Together Nova Scotia Fund
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Why My Approach Works
Because I’ve lived it.
I don’t teach resilience from research — I teach it from real life.
I’ve faced abuse, loss, betrayal, solo parenting, chronic illness, and the challenges of entrepreneurship.
I’ve fallen down, rebuilt, and learned that strength isn’t about never breaking — it’s about knowing how to rebuild every single time.
That’s why my approach blends compassion with accountability, empathy with strategy, and storytelling with truth.
It’s not about pretending everything’s fine.
It’s about finding the courage to rebuild what’s next.
What I Offer
I help people and workplaces get mentally stronger — with real tools, real talk, and real results.
As a Resilience Expert, Inspiring Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Bestselling Author, I draw from more than 25 years of lived experience leading businesses, raising a family on my own, and navigating life’s toughest challenges. My work is all about helping others find their strength again — especially when life, work, or the world feels like too much.
Keynotes and Workshops
I speak at conferences and within organizations that want to create stronger, healthier, more human workplaces. My sessions blend powerful storytelling with practical, actionable tools that help teams build mental fitness, emotional capacity, and resilience — so they can thrive through change, not just survive it.
When people hear me speak, they don’t just walk away inspired — they walk away with strategies they’ll still be talking about months later.
Coaching for Individuals and Groups
I offer both individual and group coaching experiences designed to meet people where they are. Every session is customized — because no two situations, stories, or challenges are the same. Together, we focus on what matters most to you or your team — whether that’s setting boundaries, rebuilding confidence, improving communication, or simply finding the space to breathe again.
My approach is honest, compassionate, and rooted in lived experience — with strategies that actually make a difference in real life, not just on paper.
What Success Looks Like
My clients’ success doesn’t come with a trophy — it shows up in their everyday lives.
It looks like calmer mornings, stronger teams, and lighter hearts.
It’s leaders who finally have the tools to support their people, and women who finally feel like themselves again.
It’s watching someone shift from barely holding it together to standing taller, smiling more, and remembering just how capable they really are.
Whether I’m on a stage, in a boardroom, or sitting across from someone in a coaching session, my goal is always the same: to remind people that no matter what they’ve been through, they are unbreakable — and their next chapter can be even stronger.
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