Meet Your Coach

Paula loves supporting leaders in healthcare to find their inner resilience, explore and refine their life/work vision and  show up in the way that enables them to be there for themselves and others. She draws from the craft of Coaching, Nonviolent Communication, Mindfulness as well as a degree in Health Administration.

Paula became a Certified Professional Coach in 2020 through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching where she also received the qualification of an Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner. Prior to this she owned two Urgent Care clinics which she took from start up to sale over 7 years. This part of her journey was enabled by having received her Postgraduate Diploma in Health Management from Canterbury University and 15 years of working as an RN in Intensive Care and Coronary Care units in New Zealand, United Kingdom and USA followed by 8 years in hospital management. She also worked as a senior executive running prehospital Emergency services for the South Island of New Zealand.Her recent training through Brown University has enabled her to now offer the famous Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction 8 week Jon Kabat ZInn course and she weaves this knowledge into helping people become Mindful Leaders

Outside of work Paula was an avid rock and alpine climber having climbed walls in Yosemite and peaks in Peru, Bolivia and New Zealand. She now resides in Durango, Colorado  in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, where she raised her two children. Her passions now include meditation, back country skiing, pilates and coaching. 

Paula is passionate about supporting people to show up as their best selves in whatever situations they find themselves. She believes change is constant and the choices we make to respond to change leads us to  thrive. Paula walks with people while they make choices from their inner wisdom rather than fear, doubt and other limiting mindsets. She loves helping people turn visions into reality and organization teams into places that draw top performers. Paula’s philosophy of ‘walking with’ her clients make this a transformational and co-created journey. Contact her for a free 90 minute session to explore these services for you and your organization.