About Bridget
I am a mental fitness coach, corporate Learning and Development leader, competitive runner, food lover, fun finder, and comedy enthusiast. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and live in Berkeley, California.
I have had a lifelong interest in helping others and started my career working at an international non-profit. While getting my master’s degree in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco, I shifted my focus from non-profit work to corporate Learning and Development. In the corporate realm, I support individuals, teams, and organizations to learn, grow, and succeed by creating and managing strategic Learning and Development programs.
I believe every individual is inherently valuable and I work to help magnify that worth for the good of the individual, the team, the organization, and society.
In 2014, I participated in a life coaching workshop offered through my office followed by a 1:1 coaching session with the coach who facilitated the workshop. After that discovery call with her, I thought, “once I have more work experience, I want to do THAT!” I loved the group workshop experience and the opportunity to connect and explore 1:1. In November 2021, I started my coaching certification program through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. I started working with my first client one month later. I completed the program in December 2022 and now have over 350 hours of coaching training and practice.
I love helping other people find the tools and belief in themselves to navigate, and sometimes initiate, life’s ongoing transitions. I learned through my coach training that I love supporting others to find the right answers for themselves when moving through life transitions.
My job as a coach is to work with growth-minded people to run their life transitions in work, life, and love. I am a resource for my clients, whether they find themselves in a situation they didn’t plan, or are gearing up to instigate a shift, or want support to gradually move from being a type of person who thinks/feels/believes/does ‘X’ to a person who thinks/feels/believes does ‘Y’.
My own life experiences allow me to relate to what clients are undertaking.
Examples of transitions that impacted my own life:
switching elementary schools as a kid
deciding to study abroad in India for my first international trip
quitting a stable job to try to launch a women’s cycling apparel company with a friend
going to grad school while working full time
loving wholeheartedly in a few long term relationships and navigating the turmoil of the end of those relationships
leaving a job after seven months because of a psychologically abusive boss
working through the loss of a parent
deciding to get my coaching certification while working full time
In addition to the bigger changes I’ve tackled, I continually focus on self-reflection and self-improvement, such as:
learning techniques and gaining the confidence to give and receive feedback at work
creating practices to give myself care and love regularly
releasing my sense of responsibility for my parents’ happiness
chipping away at my marathon time over years of training to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2020
learning how to ask for what I want/need in relationships that previously lacked boundaries
taking on a management role in my corporate job
My path to coaching
