coach, educator, WRITER & MOTHER

I believe in people. As a coach, educator, writer, and mother, I help people live wholehearted, connected, and dynamic lives. Clients experience powerful transformation when, as an objective and experienced coach, I hold the space for them to find their voice, state their needs, commit to their goals, and discover strength and resilience in the challenges they face. Clients emerge from coaching with me stronger, clearer, and more aligned with what matters most to them. I feel called to this work of empowering my clients to lead whole, authentic and meaningful lives.

“Abby truly has a natural gift for this work, which is the reason she is at the top of my referral list.”
— Robin Wein, Psychologist

ABOUT ME

I live in San Francisco with my husband, son and dog. The Bay Area has been my home for almost two decades. Other places I have been lucky enough to call home include New York, Oregon, The Netherlands, Santa Cruz, Maine, Boston, and Eleuthera (a small island nestled in the Bahamas). When not coaching, writing or leading circles, I can usually be found hiking the Lands End Trail with my dog, polar plunging into the Pacific, belting karaoke ballads that are way out of my range, and exploring with my family in our VW Westfalia. 

I am a middle child, a Cancer, and an Enneagram type 2. In past lives, I was a summer camp director, college soccer player, ocean lifeguard, schoolteacher, and national ultimate frisbee champion! These past lives and roles influence and inform my current work as a coach, teacher, writer and mother.

A lifelong athlete of team sports, I spent my initial "retirement" years missing my team, getting dirty, sweaty huddles, and the feeling of a scrappy comeback. I found what I was missing when I became a mom. Parenthood forced me to get scrappy, dirty, and sweaty. In my family, friends, clients, and circles, I found my huddle, my team.

 

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & TRAINING

  • CTI Co-Active Coach

  • M.A. Tufts University

  • B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Professional Training & Development

    • The Body Speaks: Embodied Healing in Working with Trauma

    • Mediate Your Life: Building a Culture of Compassion in Life and Work

    • Leadership + Design

    • Blink: Critically Rethinking Diversity

    • All Kinds of Minds

    • Developmental Designs

    • BATC Effective Advising

    • Facing History & Ourselves

  • Two decades of experience in education and coaching

  • One Fifty Parker Avenue School Board of Directors