Meet Deborah

If you’re standing in the space between who you were and who you are becoming, I’d welcome the chance to explore that with you.

Certified GAJA Mind-Body-Spirit Coach®

Certified YOGABODY Yoga Breath Coach®

Brainz Magazine Executive Contributor

I’ve spent most of my career working inside complexity.

For decades, I helped organizations build structure — financial systems, reporting frameworks, leadership alignment during acquisitions, founder transitions, and rapid growth. My work required clarity, pattern recognition, and the ability to see what wasn’t being said.

Over time, I began to notice a pattern I couldn’t ignore.

Behind every operational challenge was a human one. Behind every stalled decision was a nervous system under strain. Behind every “strategic issue” was often an identity shift no one wanted to name. That observation made me more interested in people than in process.

And that realization shifted the direction of my work.

Today, I work more directly with people — individuals navigating transition, leaders recalibrating their lives, and those standing in the space between who they were and who they are becoming.

I am a Presence Practitioner. That means my work is less about pushing outcomes and more about restoring coherence — mentally, emotionally, physically, and practically. I draw from breathwork, contemplative practice, nervous system regulation, and decades of experience working inside real-world change — but I approach each person without assumption. No two transitions unfold the same way.

Writing and photography remain central to my life. Both require recognizing patterns in words and in images and how to communicate from spirit, not mind. Both are practices of attention — ways of asking, “What’s really here?” before deciding what it means. They remind me that clarity comes not from force, but from looking closely and honestly.

Across all forms of my practice, my intention is simple:

To help people slow down enough to see clearly.
To make decisions they can live with.
To build lives that feel sustainable from the inside out.

If you are in transition — personally or professionally — and something in your life no longer fits, I’m curious about what is beginning to shift for you.

I believe a sustainable life begins with presence.