If you were with me about five years ago
You would have found me leading an ABA agency while growing steadily more disconnected. My brain knew the rules: don’t show stress, don’t ask for help, don’t let them see you struggle. I was deeply committed to my clients and my team, and I genuinely believed that doing our meaningful work would be enough to hold everything together.
It wasn’t.
COVID didn’t break us operationally. We didn’t have to part ways with a single staff member. But it exposed me. My reactivity took over, my energy collapsed, and I buried myself in the technical work to avoid facing what was really happening. By the time I finally took an honest look at my leadership, I barely recognized myself.
It took a long overdue road trip, some hard-to-hear honest feedback, and a single unplanned sentence to wake me up. I left the business we had built from the ground up. And for the first time in years, I started doing the real work.
Through executive and somatic coaching, I found something I hadn’t felt since I was a teenager: freedom from pain (physical and emotional), ease, and a life genuinely aligned with my values. I became more authentic, more present, and a better leader than I had ever been while running a company.
That journey is why CLIP exists. Because I know what it costs to lead from disconnection, and I know what becomes possible when you stop.
