About
“After navigating burnout, personal transitions, and leadership challenges on five continents, I’ve learned how to turn life’s toughest moments into catalysts for growth. Now, I help mission-driven women at crossroads do the same—with clarity, confidence, and purpose.”
My Vision
I see a world free of war and violence.
One where all cultures and religions are accepted.
Where all people are respected and treated with respect.
Where people live together in communities that model the values of contribution, collaboration, caring and connection.
Where people are truly connected with who they are and the gifts they have to share.
Where creativity is valued, and everyone knows how to tap into and express their creative side.
Where people have the courage to reach out for support when they need it.
I see a world where people trust their bodies, value
their own wisdom, and know when and how to say no.
One that believes in the power of groups and synergy, that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
A world where women and men stand together as partners.
My Core Values
- Making a Positive Difference
- Love of Learning
- Connection
- Creativity
- Freedom
- Adventure
(excerpted from Pamela Thompson, Learning to Dance with Life: A Guide for High Achieving Women, pp. 153 & 154)
Some Personal Facts
- Love nature and being in, on, or by water
- Medicine name from an Aboriginal elder is “Laughing Otter Heart”
- Have been practising yoga for 25 years
- Studied Mindfulness with Jack Kornfield
- From age 4 dreamt of travelling the world and experiencing different cultures and countries
- Mother of 2 grown kids I am SOoo proud of
- Nana of 4 precious grandchildren

Some Business-related Facts
- Have gleaned leadership lessons from more than 25 years of consulting and managing in a variety of organizations and cultures on 5 continents
- Lived and worked in the mountains of northern Colombia with a peasant farmer NGO in the late 1980s when Pablo Escobar was “running around” and Medellin Cartel was in full swing
- Supported the Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan to develop their first strategic plan and built the capacity of internal teams to do strategic and operational planning
- Served as a consultant with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Poland, Russia, Lithuania, and Central America
- Was commissioned by PAHO to research and write the program and policy document for Latin America and the Caribbean Health Promotion: Improving the Health Status of Women and Promoting Equity
- Was invited to design and conduct a webinar for the Medina Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (MILE.org) in Saudi Arabia on Balanced and Mindful Leadership
- Taught university for 5 years
- #1 Best selling author x 2
- Certified life and business coach
- Professional facilitator
- Global health and health promotion expert
- Have created two successful process/management consulting businesses since the early 1990s, and am currently President of Creative Life Coaching & Consulting.
- Named Ambassador for Canada of Female Wave of Change – a global movement that unites women (and some men) changing the world into a better place for future generations through authentic feminine leadership.
- Incorporated Female Wave of Change Canada, a national, member-based non-profit and diverse and welcoming community of heart-centred women leaders and change makers leading change toward a more conscious, equitable, just, sustainable and peaceful world.
- Faculty for Women Leading in Change a virtual leadership development program with students and faculty from around the globe.

