Career & Leadership Coach

Helping ambitious professionals explore new career paths or maximize the path they're on.

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📍Based in NorCal

It’s time to bet on yourself. 

After over a decade of career mentorship experience spanning CPG and healthcare, I finally took the leap to focus on what really lights me up: people. I left the corporate world to pursue my dream of helping people figure out how to pursue what's next for them in their careers and broader lives.

As a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), I coach ambitious professionals on how to pivot career paths or maximize the one they’re on - all in service of finding more meaning and flexibility in their lives. When you work with me, you receive dedicated coaching sessions leveraging the Co-Active method, known as the most rigorous and respected in the industry. 

If you’ve made it this far, you owe it to yourself to consider what else might be waiting for you. You deserve to have clarity around your next big career move, and the confidence to overcome your inevitable swirl and self doubt.

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Testimonials

  • "Working with Karen has been one of the most transformative investments I’ve made in myself. She helped me get clear on my strengths, understand my core values, and most importantly learn how to recognize and assess those values in the opportunities and people around me. Her ability to combine big-picture perspective with grounded, personalized coaching is truly exceptional. When I was fortunate enough to receive multiple job offers, that’s when her brilliance really shined. Karen became the steady, insightful partner I didn’t know I needed—someone who understood exactly where I’d been and what I was trying to build in my career. She offered clarity when I felt overwhelmed, reassurance when I doubted myself, and gentle, grounded reminders of what truly mattered to me and my career. I walked away from every conversation feeling more confident, more centered, and more in control of my future. I genuinely cannot recommend working with her enough; it's been life-changing, and the impact keeps compounding."

    Berkeley, Head of Finance

  • "I was fortunate to have Karen as my coach through the transformative journey of stepping into motherhood and navigating the fertility process. She guided me during my most vulnerable time in life. The support was soul filling and she coaches from her heart and truly cares about you and your success more than anyone I have ever worked with." 

    Ashley, Founder & CEO

  • "I was resistant to getting a coach but knew I needed someone to hold me accountable to start my business. Karen was exactly the person to push me to achieve my goals. She really helped champion me as I began to build my own business. Honestly I don't know if I would have been brave enough otherwise. This was the best investment I've made in myself."

    Katie, Content Manager

  • "Working with Karen has been such a blessing! She listens intently and thoughtfully, pushes and challenges me in the right ways and is incredibly in-tune with me and empowers me to be my best. I have felt tremendous progress from working with Karen and I cannot speak more highly of her gifted coaching abilities! Anyone who is interested in learning more about themselves and who wants to operate at their highest potential would benefit from working with Karen."

    Maya, CPG Marketing

  • “I started working with Karen at the most serendipitous time. I had started in a new job and was in the midst of many changes that I was having a hard time navigating. Through my training, I learned how to get out of my head and into my body; most importantly realizing what I needed and the tools to get there, uncovering those already within me and identifying opportunities for growth. I am so grateful for this work we did together."

    Delaney, Advertising Executive

  • "Working with Karen has been an incredibly expansive experience. I came into coaching hoping to find a new job, but what I've really been learning from her is how to tap into what I want, what I excel at, and what lights me up. Karen is great at guiding you to your own conclusion, but helping you inform decisions based on what she sees as your strengths and weaknesses. If you're looking for someone to help you step into your next phase of growth and life, Karen is your person!"

    Ella, Marketing Director

  • " I'd highly recommend the experience of working with Karen to anyone who find themselves in a career rut. She has an efficient and effective coaching method that cuts to the heart of things while establishing a high-level, holistic view of one's set of skills, strengths, values, inclinations, saboteurs, etc. Emotions, life experiences, etc. are taken into consideration, analyzed, and re-framed where necessary. This approach is focused and aims to get you moving in the right direction (aligned between values and beliefs) with alacrity!"

    Joe, IT Lead

  • "Working with Karen has been a transformative experience for both me and my business. When we started, I felt stuck—unsure how to move forward or balance my personal life and professional goals. Karen helped me clarify my priorities and take actionable steps to get unstuck. Karen’s coaching is the perfect mix of strategic, empathetic, and empowering. Her structured approach—including tailored homework, thought-provoking questions, and practical tools—kept me accountable and motivated every step of the way. I highly recommend her to anyone who is ready to take their career or business to the next level. She’s not just a coach—she’s a cheerleader, mentor, and all-around game-changer."

    Amy, Founder & Influencer

  • "Karen is an incredible coach. She is almost like a therapist who knows the ins and outs of the business world, especially CPG. Coaching sessions with her will give you a sense of relief and renewed purpose to go out and do the things you already know how to do. Karen is an excellent listener and very empathetic. She sends detailed follow-ups of what is shared in sessions and will synchronize information to make things tangible. Working with her gave me back my energy /spark I was missing."

    Becca, Manager CPG

  • "Karen’s coaching style is almost like therapy for your career. She offered me a ton of helpful exercises to help me discover my strengths, values, tendencies and goals. Karen went deep; I talked to her about my career but also my goal of becoming a mom. She takes a holistic view of her clients and understands that everything in your life impacts each other. Working with Karen was like having my own personal cheerleader. Every session helped me rebuild my confidence."

    Ashley, Director Digital Media

  • "Forever grateful to Karen - for her guidance, her listening ear, and her much needed honesty. She helped me realize that there’s no going back or status quo for my next career move. She helped me not only realize what my true purpose is… but she helped me know that making my desired career shift is totally possible. I worked with Karen to break down what I needed to do to make this a reality."

    Megan, Senior Marketing Manager

  • "I initially sought coaching with the hope of landing a position at a specific company, but this journey turned out to be so much more transformative than I imagined. Working with Karen allowed me to confront my limiting beliefs and truly understand my unique value. I emerged from our sessions with newfound clarity and confidence about the next steps in my career, discovering roles that ignite my passion and enthusiasm like never before. Karen's guidance has been invaluable, and I'm excited about the path ahead!"

    Erin, Brand Strategist

  • "Working with Karen has been nothing short of transformative. During a difficult and isolating job search, Karen's been an incredible partner and unwavering cheerleader, helping me find clarity and momentum every step of the way. Her work weaves in a thoughtful suite of tools that has helped me refocus my career search in a way that truly aligns with my personal strengths, interests, and goals - a focus that can easily slip when life gets busy. Karen's unique ability to pair deep empathy with practical, actionable guidance is what makes her remarkable. With Karen, you don’t just feel heard, you feel empowered to move forward... in a way that aligns with your head AND your heart. I can’t recommend her highly enough."

    Brittany, Marketing Director

  • "Coaching was a transformative experience! It helped me reassess my priorities and recognize strengths I didn’t realize I had. Now, I’m approaching my job search with more clarity and intention. Overall, it felt like a real journey of rediscovery. I didn’t expect to grow so much personally. The self-reflection exercises helped me better understand not only my career goals but how I operate, what motivates me, and what I need to thrive in any environment."

    Emma, Research Manager

  • “Karen is the real deal - fun, no BS, and fully invested in YOU. She strikes this rare balance of caring deeply about both the personal me and the career me, and helping me blend the two in a way that feels true. She doesn’t just help you climb the ladder - she helps you figure out if it’s leaning against the right wall. Her approach is thoughtful, grounded, and always tailored to what you actually need.”

    Jane, Research Manager

  • "It’s hard to articulate how grateful I am for Karen. She has equipped me with tools I didn’t even know I needed to forge my own path with integrity and optimism. She has helped me rediscover my “gut” and identify what truly resonates for me. My journey is far from over, but I’m navigating it with purpose, thanks to Karen. Karen encouraged me to think about my life from a holistic lens, not just a career one. Most of all, she taught me how to always come back to myself amid the noise - to get in touch with my instincts, keep my values front and center, and follow what makes me feel alive. She is a living testament to the mindsets and tools she gives her own clients."

    - Maya, Brand Manager

  • "I came to Karen because I felt stuck in my career and needed help finding a way forward . . . without starting over. She's helped me distill my values, strengths, and options in a way that is both manageable and actionable. And she turns her careful listening into thoughtful jumping-off points that unblock the hardest part: getting started. I would absolutely recommend working with Karen. "

    Taylor, Program Manager

  • "I initially reached out to Karen for guidance navigating next steps in my career. Since then, we’ve tackled everything from personal development to professional goals, and I can confidently say that working with Karen has been a transformative experience. She listens deeply, understands me intuitively, and consistently challenges me to be my best self. Through our partnership, I’ve gained a clear sense of direction and the confidence to pursue my goals with purpose. I’m truly grateful for Karen’s support as I continue working toward building a life I’m excited about."

    Emma, University Admissions

  • “Karen has helped me solidify my values to better understand which paths in life would be most realistic and fulfilling. After just a few coaching sessions I had a strong sense of what my strengths are and how I should apply myself in a career. Karen immediately made me feel seen and created space to talk about anything that was on my mind.”

    Dorothy, Counseling Graduate Student

  • "Coaching helped me move out of feeling really stuck and into having much more clarity and confidence about what I want next. I have a better understanding of my values, the kind of work I want to do, and the types of organizations and cultures where I’d actually be happy. That clarity made things like networking and applying for jobs feel much less overwhelming. What surprised me most was how valuable the experience was even without immediately getting a new job. I gained structure, accountability, and confidence in my experience, and I feel much more comfortable going after roles that once felt out of reach. Looking back, it was absolutely worth the investment.”

    Mary, Director of Operations

  • "When we started working together, I was hoping to pressure test my career path and find more fulfillment in my existing work. What shifted was my entire framework for how I show up to work and deliver impact. The most valuable part of Karen's coaching was having an extraordinary thought partner who challenged me to see that WHERE I work matters as much as the work itself, helping me transform from leaving engagements drained to finishing them energized and growing. Karen's coaching is especially powerful for anyone at an inflection point—personally or professionally—who's reflecting on their accomplishments and checking in with their core values about future direction, because she reinforces that our lifetime of work should be meaningful, energizing, and aligned with who we truly are."

    Alissa, Founder + Managing Director

  • "When I started working with Karen, I was looking for clarity around the next stage of my career and a deeper understanding of what truly makes me happy and fulfilled. I knew that I wanted to make an impact, but I wasn't fully clear on what that should look like. Through our work together, I've gained meaningful clarity around how essential my creative side is to both my happiness and my career path. Karen helped me reconnect with that part of myself and see it as a strength to lean into, not something to sideline, as I think about what's next. What I've found most valuable about Karen's coaching is her ability to validate what I'm feeling while offering grounded, thoughtful perspective. She has a rare ability to reflect things back to me in a way that feels both affirming and clarifying, helping me look at relationships and career opportunities through an outside lens, one that truly understands what I want at a deeper level."

    Shauna, Senior Brand Marketing Leader

  • "Navigating a career change can be scary, and Karen makes it feel manageable. What I have appreciated most her ability to truly understand your individual strengths and motivations while challenging you to be true to your unique values. She provides the frameworks and structure to think thoughtfully and practically, while still creating space to dream big about what’s next. I walk away from every conversation feeling energized, grounded, and genuinely excited about what’s ahead."

    Brittany, Head of DTC & Performance Marketing

  • "I’ve been working with Karen for over six months, and she’s helped me to navigate both professional and personal challenges in a way that feels grounded and practical. She brings intuition, creativity, and positivity into every session, but she also knows how to challenge thinking and drive clarity. She’s not afraid to probe, ask the questions that really matter, and help land on clear, actionable solutions. Karen is highly organized, follows up without fail, and keeps accountability front and center. What truly sets her apart is how she makes vulnerability feel safer, which opens the door to more honest conversations and real growth. Working with Karen feels like having a trusted friend who genuinely wants to see you succeed. I can’t recommend her enough."

    Sarah, Director of Sales

  • "Working with Karen helped me move from feeling stuck and second-guessing myself to feeling clear, grounded, and confident in my next steps. When we started, I was hoping for direction and tangible guidance, but what I gained was much deeper clarity about what I actually want and the courage to move toward it. Karen has a way of asking thoughtful, powerful questions that gently cut through the noise and get to the heart of things. Our sessions felt both supportive and stretching in the best way. It truly felt like having someone in your corner. I’d especially recommend her to anyone navigating a transition or looking for clarity and momentum in their career."

    Hanna, Director of Operations

How coaching works

Start the work

We’ll kick off with a brief complimentary phone call to meet and discuss what a coaching partnership could look like together. From here, if it feels like a good fit, we’ll determine a cadence to meet and the right package to move forward with. We’ll begin our partnership with a deep dive Foundation Session where we’ll evaluate higher order goals and get into the good stuff.

Coaching process

We’ll meet virtually for 60-minute sessions as part of a structured, personalized coaching partnership. We’ll begin with foundational work to clarify your goals, strengths, values, and career direction.

From there, each session focuses on the real decisions, challenges, and opportunities in front of you. I’ll help you gain clarity, challenge limiting assumptions, and translate insight into concrete action.

You’ll have thoughtful exercises between sessions to deepen the work, and access to me for support along the way. This process helps you move forward with greater confidence, direction, and momentum.

Results

You will have a more clear understanding for what you really want next [in your career or personal life] and the actionable steps and confidence needed to bring you closer to it.