Stop managing your life.
Start leading it.
Unlock the tools to shift how you feel, how you show up, and what becomes possible in your life.
Inner life coaching to help you untangle the patterns that keep you stressed, stuck, or disconnected—so you can deeply enjoy your life and confidently create what’s next
There’s a difference between living your life and managing it.
And you can feel it.
You’re keeping things moving, handling what needs to be handled, and thinking about what’s next before you’ve had a chance to enjoy what’s here.
You may have called it stress, burnout, restlessness, or feeling stuck. But underneath it is something harder to name: you’ve become so practiced at managing your life that you’ve lost access to yourself inside of it.
You don’t need to get better at holding it all together.
You need a way back to yourself.
You already know how you want to show up.
You want to be grounded when things feel uncertain.
Present with the people you love.
Confident in what you know.
Open when it would be easier to shut down.
Brave enough to go after what matters to you.
The hard part is accessing that version of yourself when you’re stressed, hurt, afraid, or under pressure.
My work helps you untangle what takes over in those moments so more of you becomes available—not just when life is easy, but when it matters most.
This is the bridge between knowing how you want to live and actually being able to live it.
Build the capacity to show up as the person you want to be.
Closing the gap between knowing and living requires more than insight.
My unique process is designed to help you get to the root of what’s running you, reclaim your inner authority, and build the capacity to live and lead as the person you want to be—even when life gets hard.
From being caught off guard by your reactions → understanding what’s beneath them
From beating yourself up → to having as much compassion for yourself as you do for others
From avoiding discomfort → to knowing you can handle any feeling
From just trying to keep it all together → to becoming the leader of your own life
Ways We Can Work Together
Inner Life Coaching
For the way you feel, relate, and experience your life.Whether you’re navigating a change, struggling in an important relationship, questioning what you truly want, or ready to stop repeating an old pattern, we begin with what’s happening within you.
Together, we untangle what’s keeping you stuck so you can trust yourself, show up differently, and feel more fully present in the life you’re living.
For the way you lead yourself and others.Leadership Coaching
Whether you’re carrying too much, second-guessing yourself, avoiding a difficult conversation, or trying to lead well without losing yourself in the pressure, we begin with the person beneath the role.
Together, we strengthen the inner foundation of your leadership so you can communicate clearly, make confident decisions, and bring out the best in the people you lead.
Why Clients Work With Me
Many of my clients come to coaching because they want clarity on a decision, support through a challenge, the confidence to go for something, or help figuring out what comes next.
As we work together, they often discover that the issue in front of them is connected to something deeper: a pattern, belief, or way of operating that has quietly shaped how they feel, relate, work, and lead for years.
My gift is bringing those patterns into view and helping you create a new way forward—one that is both deeply nurturing and effective in real life. We make space for the inner work without losing sight of the conversation, decision, relationship, or change that brought you to coaching in the first place.
I bring a BA in Psychology and Communication, an MBA, more than 500 hours of advanced coach training, and three years of experience as a Mentor Coach and staff member with the Institute for Coaching Mastery. I’ve also spent 17 years as an entrepreneur and have coached individuals, leaders, teams, and organizations.
That combination allows me to see both the person and the bigger picture—and help you create change that reaches far beyond the problem you came in to solve.
MBA • BA in Psychology & Communication • Certified Mastery Method Coach • Mentor Coach at the Institute for Coaching Mastery
What my clients are saying
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Grounded Through Uncertainty
I am so grateful my path crossed with Kara's. It truly felt like serendipity to meet her during a time of career transition. She provided the guidance I needed to step into a new chapter with clarity and a sense of peace about the past. Being an executive female, she equipped me with the tools to stay grounded through uncertainty and self-doubt, to be able to show up with authenticity and confidence.
I would highly recommend Kara to anyone looking for a safe, trusted space to learn more about themselves, deepen & grow.
Talitha C - Sr Director Enterprise Sales
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Navigating a Pivot
I had the great pleasure to work with Kara as a coach. Kara helped me explore and reframe some of the past trauma I had, that was negatively impacting how I was interacting at both work and in my personal life.
In Kara’s empathetic, respectful, open, and joyful guidance, I also navigated a pivot point in my career I was exploring. I was approaching things from an all or nothing lens, and she helped me look at things from a place of abundance. It grounded me and allowed me to move forward.
I have recommended Kara to other colleagues and friends. The benefit I experienced from her coaching was not only felt by me, but also seen by my supervisor.
HR Director - Portland, OR
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Life After Success
I started working with Kara during a significant period of transition in my life. My career, as I had known it for years, was shifting. My board positions were winding down, and my kids were growing up and heading off to college. I felt unanchored and uncertain about what was next.
Through our work together, Kara helped me find solid footing and reorient myself for this next phase of life. She guided me with compassion, clarity, and insight, helping me reconnect with my true north. Most importantly, she helped me learn how to be present—with myself, my choices, and the moment I’m in.
I’m leaving this experience feeling grounded, empowered, and ready for what’s next. I’m deeply grateful for her support and would recommend her wholeheartedly to anyone navigating change.
Dolly - Entrepreneur & Founder
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From Anxiety to Joy
I came to Kara needing help with the very anxious decision to change my career. Kara helped me immediately with tools I could use on myself. By the end of the first meeting, I was focused without any feeling of anxiety. With Kara’s coaching tools and kind encouraging support I see that anxiety may be with me any given day but so are my gratefulness and my joy and MY LIFE!
Gina - Business Owner
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Confident, Empowered, Steady
Coaching with Kara was such an incredible experience. Her presence is loving, integrous, and sincerely genuine. You can tell that Kara really cares and is also so knowledgeable and so experienced in her coaching skills. I came to her feeling incongruent with the pricing for my business. I left feeling confidence, empowered, and steady in asking for the true value of my work. Immediately, I noticed a shift from our session and was able to execute on the actions that she and I had discussed. I highly recommend Kara for coaching.
Deanna T - Love, Life & Dating Coach
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Aligned with My Purpose
I am approaching life in a whole new way that has helped me stop procrastinating, break bad habits, and just live with more joy and purpose. Kara was what I needed at a point in my life where things felt unstable and inconsistent.
If you are looking to "get your shit together," then check her out. Invest in yourself and follow her flow and you will see changes in your life.
The four months with Kara were life changing. Not just because of what we did in those four months, but because she taught me a different way of thinking, I can continue to grow and keep my mind open to what it can do.
Our work together has brought me to a place where I am working hard and hustling, but it feels so good to do it now that my life is aligned with my purpose.
Eloise - CEO The High-Achieving Housewife Podcast
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Surprisingly Effective
I had a powerful coaching session with Kara where she introduced me to the concept of embodied decision making. I’ve read books and heard podcasts about listening to the body’s wisdom - but I’d never used my body to guide a decision that wasn’t health related. This was different. And surprisingly effective. It became clear which path felt right for me.
Senior Partner & Marketing Executive and Business Development Leader - Portland, OR
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From Stress to Joy
Kara was welcoming and created a calm and supportive environment (even virtually) right from the start. She was the perfect balance of going at my pace while also providing proactive activities that I needed to reflect and hold myself accountable to healthier habits. Kara was able to highlight thought patterns and help me make a shift to actively rooting my busy stressful life in joy everyday.
Lisa C - Social Worker
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Trust Myself
When you welcome Kara into your life as a coach, you will leave every session feeling uplifted, loved, understood and supported. I came to her really struggling to trust myself and my own intuition, and she gave me the tools to listen, believe in me, and to forgive parts of my past that were holding me back from a future filled with hope and beauty. Kara is amazing and will walk you through every step comfortably and genuinely. 100% recommendation!!!
Rachel - Rebuilding after Divorce
THE HEART BEHIND WHAT I DO
This is my life’s work and my soul’s calling. It brings me joy, lights me up, and creates a ripple of change that reaches far beyond what happens in a single coaching session.
I believe the world needs more people—and especially more women—who are deeply connected to their wisdom, anchored in their worth, and free to bring their full gifts into their relationships, families, work, and communities.
My gift is seeing the patterns and hidden blocks that are hard to see on your own. The ones shaping your choices, keeping you in old roles, and making it difficult to access the person you know you can be.
This work is about more than changing an individual life. When you heal and come home to yourself, it changes what you bring to the people around you—and what gets carried forward into the next generation.
That is why this work matters so deeply to me.