“With Cathy, I improved my effectiveness as an executive. I’m better able to harness my inherent strengths, engage with ease in difficult conversations, trust my instincts, and ultimately achieve a happier, more fulfilling work life.”

“I got a standing ovation—for the first time in my life. Before coaching, I struggled to present myself effectively in front of senior leadership. I knew my content—but I didn’t know how to land it with executive presence or influence.

One breakthrough moment came during a high-stakes presentation to onboard a newly integrated team. I wasn’t just presenting slides—I was weaving a story that connected the dots across our entire organization. While many others spoke that day, I stood out by making the complex simple and the fragmented whole. That moment changed something in me. I finally felt like a leader who belonged at the table.”

“Your ability to truly listen and reflect back what you hear has been more effective than any coach or therapist I’ve worked with lately—including someone I deeply respect with a PhD and strong credentials. You bring serious horsepower. What sets you apart is your rare ability to be fully authentic and present. That level of deep listening is something most therapists are still striving to master. But you already embody it.”

“Cathy is perceptive and radically candid in her approach. Her thoughtful questions helped me find my voice while honing my delivery. Cathy is incisive, humane and humorous.”

“I carried a quiet shame about my education that I had never voiced—until I said it to you. You helped me understand the deeper cultural dynamics behind that self-doubt. You didn’t try to fix it—you helped me feel it. That shift helped me lead with more calm, more presence, more trust and tolerance for myself and for others.”

“Working with Cathy helped us explore both personal and group boundaries—and come together as a more engaged, aligned team. What made it even more powerful was how the work reached across all levels of the organization. It helped seed shared values and anchor us in a common vision.”

“Learning to befriend conflict was a powerful experience that helped me better understand myself and others. I learned that conflict isn’t something to avoid or jump into—it requires curiosity and awareness about why it exists in the first place. We need to step into the perspective of the other person involved to handle conflict more effectively.”

“Thank you for your powerful keynote at our first in-person conference since 2019! Your ability to guide us through deep inner work with such clarity, warmth, and courage was a gift to every coach in the room. You invited us to look inward with honesty, and in doing so, modeled what it means to lead with emotional intelligence. Your sharing made the abstract tangible and created a space for our growth.”

“Cathy is a very skilled facilitator. She has a deep compassion for the human condition, and a deep understanding of psychological process. She brings this compassion and understanding to her work with people and with groups. I have found her to be very present and able to confront and to be with each situation as it arises.”

“Some of the qualities that Cathy possesses that made for a profound experience are: the ability to create a container for the group that allowed for challenging conversations, her ability to deepen when the group was cycling around an issue, her ability to help the group see the patterns and blind spots that get in the way of deeper insights.”

“I learned how rank—both formal and informal—shapes every interaction at work. I’ve become more aware of how my own rank affects others, and I now recognize what I call ‘SME-rank’—the power that comes from deep subject expertise. I remind my staff they often hold that rank over me, and I’ve learned to use mine more consciously when guiding senior leaders who rely on my insight to make decisions.”

“Thank you for your part in helping us “raise” the next generation of executives at NASA. In addition to the amazing content around power, you brought a steadiness and calm to the participants that was a rich model. I hope we get to play together more.”

“My biggest takeaway was the Inner Critic: I felt connected to it and saw more of the emotional roller coaster going on. I learned that I can step back and see how I’m feeling—more self-aware. This course taught me that it’s good to feel all emotions, and when feeling down, not to fret over it but have emotional regulation about it. This course has stretched my bandwidth beyond the bond we have created.”

“One thing that’s changed the way I lead is realizing how powerful it is to simply acknowledge what someone says, especially when you don’t agree. I learned to pause, show I’d really heard the other person, and only then share my perspective. That small shift changed how people responded—and made tough conversations more productive.”

“I developed a deeper self-awareness: that leadership isn’t about avoiding or engaging in conflict—it’s about learning to befriend it. That’s now my challenge—figuring out how to live that practice, both in my career and in my personal life.”