I'm a board-certified health and wellness coach, and I help people find their footing before and after orthopedic surgery. Being cleared by your surgeon and feeling like yourself again are two different things. That gap is where I work.

The gap is one I know well. I had seven surgeries before I turned 40, and a few other health curveballs after that. Sitting at home, fine on paper, I kept wondering when life would feel like mine again. Nobody handed me a plan for that part, so I made my own.

Before coaching, I spent over 20 years supporting college students and families through big changes and hard seasons. That work taught me to see the whole person behind the chart. When I trained as a coach at Duke Integrative Medicine, I found a way to blend my experience and training with my passion for walking beside others through their own health struggles.  

Now I run Turnstone Wellness, and sit with people in that in-between space. I bring a background in psychology and education, along with evidence-based coaching strategies. Most of all, I've stood in that gap myself and found the way through.