I didn’t become a coach because I had it all figured out.

It may have looked like I did.

I was starring in a TV show, living in the Hollywood Hills, hanging out with the rich and famous (always an important pastime), and had just celebrated being five years sober… all the things that everyone said would make me happy.

But it wasn’t working.

I couldn’t sit still, both in my mind and life. A life I’d constructed on overdrive, making one “non-present” decision after another. Or sometimes not making any decisions at all…

Then I met Dr. Phil Stutz.

After about two minutes of rambling on about my tough childhood, Stutz barked, “Okay, shut the f**k up.” His blunt honesty was exactly what I needed. I wasn’t offended – I was deeply relieved.

Dr. Stutz introduced me to The Tools®. With the help of these simple, practical techniques, my life slowly began to transform. I began to live with intention.

I started my own acting studio. Became an adjunct professor at Cal State Northridge teaching dramatic literature and theater studies. Gave performance seminars at Pen USA and the SAG Foundation. Coached screenwriters, lawyers, and Moth storytellers, to help them overcome the panic of public speaking. I wrote a memoir/self-help book about the dance of the masculine and feminine archetypes as exemplified in the Argentine tango.

Then one day, a few decades after I’d begun working with him, Phil said, “You’re ready to share what you know.” We started doing workshops and seminars together and I began my life as a mindset coach and Tools® practitioner.