My Story …

I didn’t set out to do this work.

I climbed far in the corporate world. I built a long, successful career in senior finance roles. I was trusted with real responsibility, expected to deliver, and relied on to make things work. From the outside, it looked exactly like it was supposed to.

For a long time, it felt that way too.

And then, quietly, it didn’t anymore.

There wasn’t a single breaking point. No dramatic failure.

What crept in instead was the feeling of being taken for granted and undervalued.

I was trusted to fix what was broken. I was called upon in a crisis. But I wasn’t considered for the high-exposure assignments anymore. I started to feel less like someone the company invested in and more like an asset being used up.

Shortly after I left, I was brought back into the same organization as a consultant. I pushed back on a decision I believed would create problems down the line. I did it more than once. And then I stopped.

An executive asked why I went quiet when I used to push harder. I told him it was because I wouldn’t be the one cleaning it up this time. In the past, I always was. He asked me to walk through the issue one more time, and he took notes.

That moment stayed with me.

Doing excellent work is not the same as actively choosing your direction. And staying busy is not the same as moving forward.

What I needed at that point wasn’t a bigger goal or a bolder move. I needed space to pause long enough to ask a different set of questions. What do I want now? What matters in this season of my life? What am I willing to keep carrying, and what am I ready to put down?

That process changed how I think about careers entirely.

Today, I’m still deeply grounded in the professional world. Through my work as a Professional Interim CFO, I sit inside organizations during periods of transition. I work alongside executives, boards, and leadership teams. I see how decisions get made, how talent is valued, and how easily capable women can become relied on without being intentionally developed.

That perspective matters.

It means the work I do here is not theoretical. It’s informed by how organizations actually operate, how careers really progress, and how often momentum replaces choice.

Career Renovation grew out of that combination of lived experience and ongoing professional practice.

I work with women who are capable, accomplished, and thoughtful. Women who are not stuck because they lack options, but because they haven’t given themselves the time or permission to choose among them intentionally.

I don’t rush people to answers. I don’t push reinvention for the sake of movement. And I don’t believe clarity comes from working harder or thinking faster.

It comes from slowing down long enough to notice what’s actually happening, and being honest about what you want now.

That’s the work I do here.