ABOUT JODI
I DON’T HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT EITHER
I've spent a lot of my life navigating change—some I chose, some I didn't, and some I never saw coming.
I've built a career, stepped away from one, gone back to school as an adult, returned to the corporate world, lost a job, changed direction, raised three daughters, lost both of my parents before I was 40, became an empty nester and, eventually, a grandmother eight times over.
And through more than one of those chapters, I've found myself asking the same questions I hear from the people I coach:
Who am I now? What matters to me at this point in my life? And what do I want the next chapter to look like?
I still ask myself those questions.
That's part of why I do this work.
MY STORY
My path to coaching wasn't a straight one. I spent the first 15 years of my career in the staffing industry and loved it. I was with a large international company, had opportunities to grow, and built a career that was both challenging and rewarding.
Then life changed.
I had three children in school, had recently lost both of my parents, and reached a point where I wanted my priorities to look different. So I stepped away from corporate life.
Those years weren't exactly quiet. I raised my family, volunteered, led projects, did consulting work around organizational effectiveness—and went back to school, eventually earning both my undergraduate degree and a master's in Organization Development.
When I returned to the corporate world, I found myself in smaller organizations and roles that were very different from where I'd begun my career. I experienced firsthand what happens when leadership isn't what it needs to be—and how much that affects the people working within an organization.
I became discouraged. And when I eventually lost my job, I found myself in a place I now recognize very well in the people I coach.
I didn't know what I wanted to do next.
So I started looking backward before trying to move forward.
When had I felt most challenged? Most useful? Most fulfilled?
The answer wasn't really about an industry or a job title. It was about people.
Some of the most rewarding work I'd ever done was mentoring and developing high-potential employees. Outside of work, I'd always been the person who loved talking with younger people—my daughters and their friends, my nephews, friends' kids—about their lives, their choices, and what they might become.
The answer had been showing up throughout my life long before I knew what to call it.
Coaching was the next chapter.
WHY I COACH THE WAY I DO
There's a moment in coaching that never gets old for me. It's the moment something shifts.
I've seen it in someone devastated by a job loss who begins questioning their value and wondering whether they'll ever find their footing again. Then they do. They land somewhere that's actually a better fit and begin to see that the thing they never would have chosen may have pushed them toward something better.
I've seen it in a parent struggling to figure out how to relate to an adult child who suddenly realizes that the role they've played for decades has changed—and that there's another way to be in that relationship.
The circumstances may look completely different, but something underneath them is the same.
People go from feeling like life is happening to them to realizing they have a say in what happens next.
That's the work I love.
Over the years, I've come to believe that people are capable of changing far more than they sometimes think they are. So much of it begins with mindset—and with the stories we tell ourselves.
One of the biggest lightbulb moments in my own life was realizing that I get to choose how I respond to what happens to me. I can brush something off, sit with it for a while and then move on, or let it consume me and pull me down. The circumstances may not be my choice, but what I do with them is. That realization changed the way I think about almost everything—and it has become a huge part of how I coach.
That doesn't mean pretending everything is wonderful when it isn't. Real change requires self-awareness. It means being willing to look honestly at ourselves, recognize patterns or beliefs that may be keeping us stuck, and sometimes do things that feel unfamiliar or uncomfortable.
I've also seen again and again that a transition someone desperately wishes weren't happening can eventually become something they're grateful for—not because the difficult part wasn't real, but because change can push us out of places that have become comfortable but are no longer helping us grow.
We don't always get to choose the transition. We do get to choose how we meet it.
That belief shapes the way I coach.
I'm direct. I'm intuitive. I ask a lot of questions, and sometimes I'll ask the one you might rather I didn't. I'm not someone who will agree with you simply because it's easier. If I see something that I think may be getting in your way, I'm probably going to bring it up.
I do that because I care deeply about the people I work with—and about what they want for their lives.
I'm also pretty easygoing. I laugh. I'm curious. I don't believe there's one right way to live a life, build a career, lead, parent, retire, start a business, or navigate a transition. I see a lot more gray than black and white.
I'll challenge you, but I'll also meet you where you are. I'll encourage you to experiment, look at things differently, and sometimes step outside your comfort zone. And I believe in accountability. Insight is important, but eventually we have to do something with it.
This is your life. My job isn't to give you the answers. It's to help you hear your own more clearly—and then decide what you want to do with them.
TRAINING + CREDENTIALS
I bring decades of experience working with people, businesses, and organizations to my coaching, along with extensive training in coaching, organizational development, leadership, transition, and mental fitness.
Master's in Organization Development (MSOD)
Certified Professional Coach (CPC), iPEC
ACC, International Coaching Federation
Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner
COR.E Dynamics — Transition & Leadership Development
Positive Intelligence / PQ Coach
And I'm still learning. I hope that never changes either.
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME
For all the things I've done professionally, the center of my life has always been my family.
I've been married for 41 years. We have three grown daughters, all married now, and eight grandchildren—four boys and four girls, currently ranging from one to six. They are my life.
I'm also an animal nut. I've always loved animals, and animal welfare is something I care deeply about. And yes, my dog is absolutely another member of the family.
Outside of work, I love to travel, fly fish, read, write, knit, entertain, go to soccer, basketball and baseball games, bake just about anything sweet, and make a possibly unreasonable amount of sourdough. Give me sunshine, family, animals, good food and good conversation, and I'm pretty happy.
Family, faith, learning, and continuing to find purpose in every stage of life keep me grounded.
And although I spend a lot of time helping other people figure out what's next, I'm still figuring out my own next chapters too.