Private implementation partner for those navigating cancer or complex chronic disease.

THE REALITY

The Distance Between the Plan and Your Life

Clinical directives outline the path, our partnership provides the dedicated space to translate it into daily life.

Your medical team’s focus is treating the disease. You leave the clinic with a care plan often accompanied by dietary guidelines, lifestyle modifications, and treatment schedules.

Then, you return home.

Suddenly, you are left trying to manage treatment side effects, unpredictable waves of fatigue, and the quiet emotional weight of a diagnosis, all while attempting to weave clinical guidance into a high-demand life:

  • How do you translate medical protocols into a manageable daily flow that honors your current capacity?

  • How do you move through waves of anxiety, grief and uncertainty without allowing them to consume your energy?

  • How do you reclaim your sense of spirit and agency when so much focus is placed solely on the physical body?

The Solution

A dedicated implementation partner to bridge clinical care and daily life.

You do not need another directive, and you should not have to carry the integration alone.

True healing isn't about white-knuckling a rigid protocol; it’s about creating a responsive cadence that protects your peace, respects your limits, and keeps you deeply anchored throughout recovery.

The Environment

Beyond the structure, I bring an unshakeable presence to our work, meeting complexity and resistance with compassion.

My priority is to create a grounded, confidential space where you feel truly seen and understood. 

A place to exhale, restore clarity, and move at a pace that honors where you are today as we build for tomorrow.

Decade-plus experience at the intersection of integrative health, mindfulness-based behavior change, and accountability.

For over 20 years, my dedication to holistic health, from real food to mindfulness and behavioral change, has evolved into a practice designed specifically for those navigating serious medical concerns.

I bring an innate capacity to hold heavy spaces with steady, calming energy. When facing a cancer diagnosis or complex chronic condition, that presence provides vital stability, helping you absorb your care plan and translate it into clear, manageable pacing.

Trained at Duke Integrative Medicine and drawing on over a decade of coaching experience, I have built enduring partnerships as a core member of my clients' support teams.

Based in Asheville, NC, time beyond my career is spent traveling, practicing yoga, taking in the arts, collaborating with my husband on home design projects, and enjoying the outdoors.

Certified Integrative Health Coach (Duke Integrative Medicine)

Certificate in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (Duke Integrative Medicine)

200 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher (The Spirit of Yoga)

Co-Founder, Accountability Works® 

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Approach

Mindful Health Behavior Change

Built upon the integrative health coaching framework from Duke Integrative Medicine and refined through over a decade of practice, my approach moves far beyond willpower, restriction, or drastic overhauls. Together, we evaluate your care plan, real-world responsibilities, and treatment demands to create a fluid, responsive structure aligned with your health vision, ensuring this partnership always protects your energy and honors where you are.

What This Is:

  • Health is the Priority: Our work is singularly focused on your healing and well-being.

  • A Dedicated Implementation Partnership: Focused sessions to reflect, recalibrate, and set a clear, manageable direction for the days ahead.

  • Personalized Pacing: Choices crafted around your current life demands, treatment schedule (if relevant), and real-time capacity.

  • Reflection: Continuous observation of what is and is not working, using that insight to adapt your path and health strategy with clarity.

What This Is Not:

  • Clinical Diagnosis or Medical Treatment: I do not diagnose conditions, prescribe treatment, or replace your healthcare team. I partner with you to ensure their directives are thoughtfully integrated into daily life.

  • Rigid Diets or Meal Plans: I do not issue standardized meal plans. Instead, we focus on behavioral adjustments and nourishing choices aligned with your clinical care plan and health vision.

  • On-Demand Messaging: Support is intentionally contained within sessions, respecting your schedule and preserving the quiet, protected space you need for recovery.

  • This practice provides dedicated, high-touch implementation support for those navigating a serious diagnosis, active treatment, or complex recovery protocol alongside their clinical care.

    While every collaboration is tailored to the person, common contexts include:

    • Cancer Navigations: Integrating treatment regimens, managing unpredictable side effects and fatigue, implementing therapeutic nutrition and lifestyle guidelines, and protecting energy and agency through active treatment or post-treatment transitions.

    • Complex Chronic Conditions: Navigating multi-system diagnoses, autoimmune protocols, metabolic health, or long-term management plans that require significant daily behavioral and structural integration.

    I work directly with you to translate your team’s clinical directives into a sustainable, real-world cadence.

  • When navigating a serious diagnosis or complex health challenge, tension thrives in uncertainty. Purposeful action is the antidote. This practice is designed for those who are ready to channel energy into what remains within control, moving from passive compliance to active agency.

    True healing requires presence: staying anchored in the body and daily life rather than living in future-focused worry or getting lost in endless research and over-analyzing.

    This collaboration is ideal if you have clear health directives, a demanding schedule, and a desire for attentive, practical support. You are ready to prioritize your health, recognizing that knowing what to do is not the same as doing it.

  • I function as a dedicated implementation resource alongside your care team. Once your physicians establish your care plan, I help you translate those recommendations into a sustainable, real-world cadence aligned with your daily capacity and schedule.

    I welcome direct alignment with your oncologists, specialists, primary care team, and care coordinators. My role provides non-clinical support, focusing on lifestyle integration, protocol adherence, and balancing steady momentum with the deep rest and extra care your body requires between medical appointments.

  • Yes. Spouses, adult children, and primary caregivers frequently initiate contact on behalf of a loved one navigating treatment or recovery. This support is designed to ease the collective burden and bring stewardship to your entire family system.

    However, because this partnership relies on deep trust and personal resonance, the ultimate decision to engage rests entirely with the individual. I ensure our initial consultation is a warm, low-pressure conversation where your loved one can explore whether this alignment feels right for them, keeping their comfort, dignity, and autonomy at the center of every step.

  • No. My practice operates on a private-pay model and does not bill insurance directly.

    HSA / FSA Reimbursement

    While this is a private-pay engagement, HSA or FSA funds may be applied. When you have a Letter of Medical Necessity (LMN) signed by your treating physician or specialist, plan administrators may approve reimbursement.

    I am happy to provide detailed, itemized receipts and documentation for you to submit to your plan administrator.

  • Respect for client privacy and discretion is foundational to my practice. I do not publish testimonials, client stories, or case studies.

    The details of your health and our work together remain strictly confidential.

ESSENTIALS
EngagEments

Implementation Partnership

(Foundational Engagement)

Designed for individuals actively navigating a new diagnosis, active treatment, or a complex medical care plan.

We establish a high-touch engagement routine to translate your care plan into daily life, helping you navigate treatment side effects with greater ease, integrate sustainable habits, and anchor your sense of self beyond your diagnosis.

Continuity & Maintenance

(Available following foundational work)

Continued private guidance for long-term health stewardship, providing attentive, ongoing oversight through surveillance milestones, seasonal shifts, and the ongoing integration of your care.

We adapt our working structure as needed to sustain momentum, navigate transition points, and maintain deep alignment as your life and health move forward.

All sessions are conducted virtually via secure video allowing seamless connection regardless of location.

Because every clinical care plan is unique, specific scope and cadence are established after your consultation.

Begin with a Conversation

Consultations are scheduled thoughtfully so we can explore your context and if this partnership is the right fit.

Once a request has been submitted, you will receive a response within one to two business days.

Your privacy is paramount. Comprehensive health information is gathered via a secure, encrypted portal prior to our consultation.

A Statement of Commitment

Your health journey is profoundly personal. I hold myself to the highest standard of professional care, offering a quiet, protected space where you can speak candidly.

I enter every partnership with deep respect for your agency; you remain the ultimate decision-maker in your life and care. Whatever protocols or news you are navigating, I meet you with steady calm, clear presence, and practical guidance.

ORIGIN & PURPOSE

After more than two decades in holistic health and over a decade of coaching, I focus my practice exclusively on complex medical transitions for a simple reason:

Serious diagnoses require more than clinical advice. They require an implementation partner.

Over the years, I have seen highly capable individuals become overwhelmed in the space between medical directives and daily life. While your medical team directs the clinical protocol, the responsibility of integrating those directives into everyday life remains entirely yours.

By intentionally operating outside the clinical environment, my practice provides a natural complement to your medical care.