Highlights:

• Started coaching at age 5, yea I know
• Corporate outsider
• Licensed Psychotherapist
• Finding his Niche early on
• www.blackexecutivemen.com
• Therapy vs coaching
• Jewels clients see themselves in him
• Passionate about growth and professional success
• Clarity and the puzzle pieces, getting them all on the table
• His Process = Clarity / Decisions / Actions
• Working with his own coach to get the confidence he needed
• Creating a Buddy System with his clients
• Coming from tissues, tears and trauma
• Daily Newsletter

Question Summaries

1️⃣ Best coaching advice you’ve gotten

• “It doesn’t have to be about who — it can be about what.”
• Freed her from the pressure to niche by audience; she leaned into values.
• Shifted her entire perspective on what authentic coaching looks like.

2️⃣ What are you still trying to improve about your coaching?

• Learning to embrace silence rather than fill it.
• Recognizing her own “know-it-all” tendencies and stepping back.
• Seeing pauses as productive — where the client’s best thinking happens.

3️⃣ Most outrageous thing you’ve done, tried, or said in a session

• Calling BS when clients hide behind surface-level stories.
• Pushes hard — but only when deep trust exists.
• Trusts her instincts to dance between mentor, consultant, and coach.

4️⃣ What still makes you squirm or uncomfortable?

• Talking about money and “selling” her value.
• Learning to see pricing as respect for her own worth.
• Embracing “Hell yes or Hell no” as her filter — no “Hell maybes.”

5️⃣ Advice for someone new to coaching

• “You have to break yourself open to become a great coach.”
• True learning comes from going inward and unlearning old habits.
• Coaching is an inside-out profession — not a set of tools.

6️⃣ What have you had to conquer on your path to being a great coach?

• Releasing the need to fix others (and her kids).
• Choosing curiosity over control, especially as a parent.
• Accepting that not everyone wants to grow — and that’s okay.

7️⃣ Are you using AI in your coaching practice?

• Uses AI as a thought partner to spark creativity and expand thinking.
• Blends AI with tools like Enneagram and Positive Intelligence for depth.
• Encourages clients to ask AI, “How should I use a coach?”

8️⃣ What have you learned about yourself through coaching?

• A lifelong fascination with human consciousness.
• Rediscovered her teenage love of psychology and helping people grow.
• Realized her impact comes from curiosity, connection, and consciousness.

🎬 Fun Stuff Question

• Guilty pleasure: playing with the snarky “Monday” GPT for humor and insight.
• Loves how it’s both validating and thought-provoking.
• Proof that self-discovery can come with sarcasm.

. Best coaching advice you’ve gotten?

• “What would it take to let it go?” – helped her shed self-limiting beliefs.
• Learned during a Georgetown fishbowl coaching session.
• Empowered her to define herself and step into a bigger space.

2. What are you still trying to improve?

• Contracting with clients to avoid misalignment.
• Daily work on presence—removing the “static.”
• Asking, “Are we still in the right conversation?”

3. Most outrageous/courageous thing you’ve done in a session?

• Telling a client they might need more support beyond coaching.
• Delivering hard truths with subtlety and courage.
• Felt “the clench” but leaned into trust and honesty.

4. What still makes you squirm?

• Clients showing up with “I don’t know.”
• Managing the pressure to “perform.”
• Using honesty and redirection to stay in alignment.

5. Advice to new coaches?

• Get into supervision—it’s essential support.
• Coaching can be lonely without intentional community.
• Keeps coaches anchored, self-aware, and growing.

6. Something you’ve had to conquer?

• Transitioning from corporate to private practice.
• Proving to herself (and her husband) she could sustain independence.
• Leaning on referrals and relationships rather than sales.

7. Are you using AI in your practice?

• Not directly in sessions, but useful for writing and teaching.
• Encourages her daughter to use it for transactional challenges.
• Sees AI as a supportive tool, not a threat.

8. What have you learned about yourself?

• She can do hard things and thrive as a solopreneur.
• Built a sustainable practice without business development.
• Relationships and trust drive her long-term success.

Fun Stuff: Favorite Movie

• Rocky IV (music, energy, inspiration).
• Pitch Perfect 2 and The Greatest Showman.
• Loves movies with music and strong dialogue—even if “questionable.”