The Shift: From CEO to the Healing Table
There’s a strange silence that follows the unraveling of everything you thought you were.
For over a decade, I was in the driver’s seat. As CEO of a thriving staffing firm just outside of New York City, I knew the terrain. I was respected, successful, and profitable. My phone rang constantly. My calendar was packed. I had built something from scratch and watched it flourish.
And then—like so many others—my world changed after 9/11.
In the quiet that followed the chaos, I began asking deeper questions:
Is this what I’m meant to keep doing? What truly matters now?
What came next surprised even me.
I traded boardrooms for a massage table; commission checks for client healing sessions. I walked away from what I knew — business strategy, hiring metrics, high-rise offices — and stepped into the world of therapeutic bodywork and holistic healing. It wasn’t a lateral move. It was a total identity shift.
The truth is, I had always been drawn to the healing arts. For years, there had been a quiet voice in me that said, “If I come back in another life, I’ll be a healer.” I never imagined I’d be called to do it in this one. But when the world paused, I couldn’t un-hear that whisper anymore. It was as if life had cleared a path I never thought I’d have the courage to follow — and for once, I did.
I remember my first months in massage school feeling like I had shown up naked to a party where everyone else knew the dress code. I had to learn anatomy, pressure points, energy flow — and most of all, how to hold space in an entirely different way. There was no “power suit” to hide behind. No staff meetings to lead. Just me, a quiet room, and the vulnerability of a new beginning.
But here's the thing about starting over: it strips you down, yes — but it also builds something deeper in you. Something quieter and more grounded.
My time as a CEO taught me how to lead.
My time as a healer taught me how to listen.
The Shift, for me, wasn’t just about career change. It was about surrendering to the unknown, trusting the whisper that says there’s something else you’re here to do.
And in doing so, I discovered a kind of success that doesn’t come with a bonus check — the kind that feels like peace.
This was just one of many chapters where life handed me lemons, and I had to choose whether to retreat in fear or rise into a new version of myself. Reinvention hasn’t always been part of the plan — but it has always asked me to be brave, to listen more deeply, and to trust what was calling me forward.
Today, so many of my coaching clients come to me at a similar crossroads — not necessarily because they’re unhappy, but because something inside them is stirring. Sometimes the shift is chosen. Sometimes it arrives uninvited. Either way, they’re standing at a threshold between what’s familiar and what’s possible.
If that’s you, let this be a reminder:
You’re allowed to outgrow your former self.
You’re allowed to pivot.
And you don’t have to have it all figured out to begin again.
Sometimes, your second act is where your soul finally gets a microphone.
💛 A Gentle Invitation
If you're standing in that quiet space between chapters — wondering what’s next, questioning whether you’re allowed to start over — know this: you don’t have to navigate that uncertainty alone.
I support clients who are ready to reconnect with their purpose, release what no longer fits, and create the next chapter of their life or career from a place of clarity and soul-alignment.
Let’s make space for the version of you that’s ready to emerge.
