About Amy

This Is Why I’m Here

I created Ovation Coaching based on the understanding that throughout our lives we become conditioned against ourselves in various, specific ways.

We’ve all experienced difficult relationships. We carry emotional memories with us, like the disappointment or disapproval we’ve seen on a parent’s face. We remember the sting of our failed efforts to please teachers, win over difficult bosses, placate judgmental friends or appease controlling partners.

Over time, in an effort to get it right for them, we’ve unconsciously adopted beliefs that affect our behavior, especially our ability to communicate clearly, set solid boundaries, and be truthful about what we really feel and who we truly are.

We bring these beliefs about getting it right, and the emotional triggers tied to these beliefs, to every circumstance in our lives. At work and at home—every situation, every day.

Whatever we don’t work through keeps us stuck and confused.

I’m here to help you find clarity, change your perspective, and take inspired action.

You’ll restore yourself to wholeness, lead with confidence, and feel prepared for the pivotal moments life throws your way. 

These are my unofficial qualifications

I’ve worked with over 200 individual and corporate clients. They got great results because we had solid relationships, and the process works.

I’ve lived through my share of trauma, disappointment, and failure. I know what it’s like to feel scared, stuck, judged, and ashamed. The last thing anyone needs while they’re feeling off-balance is to feel unsafe, so I became a stickler for safe space.

I’ve pitched my share of hissy fits and spent enough time in the Drama Triangle (victim, villain, hero) to know that I have better places to be. And so do you.

I spent 30 years in corporate environments and learned as much from my mistakes, and those of others, as I did from the triumphs. Probably more.

I experienced corporate trainings that were a massive waste of resources, and promise never to come in unprepared, uninspired or irrelevant. I will, however, come in like a breath of fresh air direct from the Tetons, where I learned to snowboard in powder way too deep for a beginner.

And while snowboarding in no way qualifies me as a coach, learning to persist when the learning curve is as steep and treacherous as a double-black run made me a better one.

I’ve got a thing for metaphors, and for the neuroscience that supports using them as a coaching tool. I read everything I can get my hands on related both of those, as well as the best in personal and professional development, so there’s always something new in my toolbox.