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Navigating back to work after injury, illness or loss?

You've come to the right place. 

Ready to return to work --on your terms? 

Download the Back to Work Playbook for Professional Women FREE! 

 

Reclaim Your Career and Confidence After Setbacks... Are you

  Struggling to Find Your Identity After a Major Life Change?
Whether it's an injury, illness, or personal loss, rediscover who you are beyond the setback

Feeling Lost Navigating Your Return to Work?
Unsure how to balance professional demands while healing emotionally and physically?

  Worried About How to Explain Your Career Gap?
Learn how to confidently address your journey and turn it into a story of resilience. 

Ready to Reinvent Yourself and Thrive Again?
Take back control of your life and career with proven strategies for personal and professional growth.

Hi, I'm Cheryl...

As a grief expert, mental health facilitator and a life transition strategist, I’m here to help you manage stress, create work-life balance and develop resilence to overcome setbacks, and regain your confidence—so you can reclaim your power and thrive both personally and professionally. 

You don't have to face this alone. 

Individual Coaching

Get the personalized support and expert guidance you need to successfully navigate difficult times with confidence—and turn challenges into opportunities when you're ready to take the next step.

Courses and Workshops

Explore evidence-based tools to help you manage loss and overcome challenges. Gain practical skills to confidently navigate both workplace and personal life obstacles with greater ease.   

Speaking and Consulting

Inspire and empower your employees or audience with a customized talk, keynote or workshop.  

My Story

My journey has been filled with challenges, but each one deepened my understanding of resilience and overcoming adversity.

 

Growing up with alcoholic parents, I faced instability and trauma throughout my childhood and twenties. Determined to build a better future, I pressed forward despite these difficulties.

 

Adulthood brought more trials—multiple miscarriages while starting a family, an abusive husband, and a financially draining divorce. Shortly after, I experienced the devastating loss of my 8-year-old daughter, Rachel. This profound grief, along with leaving my corporate career, caused both emotional and financial strain.

 

Ten years later, my former husband died by suicide, adding another deep loss, as I supported my 16-year-old son through his grief and his diagnosed depression and anxiety. Along the way, I battled depression, faced two unfounded lawsuits, suffered a traumatic brain injury, and took on the role of caregiver for a parent with dementia.

 

Through it all, I found strength and learned to embrace the growth that comes with life’s hardest moments.

 

Now, I use these experiences to help professional women navigate their own challenges. I understand how overwhelming life can feel, but I also know how to regain control, find balance, and thrive. I'm here to guide you on your journey toward resilience and success.  

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Navigate Your Return to Work with Confidence

Get the Ultimate Back to Work Playbook – Free!

If you’re like many professional women facing life’s toughest transitions—whether it’s recovering from an illness, injury, or the loss of a loved one—you know the challenges of getting back to work are more than just physical. It’s about rebuilding your confidence, redefining your identity, and balancing career demands with personal healing.

But what if there was a way to ease this transition? A way to prepare yourself emotionally and professionally to step back into your career with confidence and purpose?

The Back to Work Playbook offers powerful strategies to help you:

  • Rebuild Your Confidence after a major life setback.
  • Reconnect with Your Career Goals while honoring your healing process.
  • Navigate Conversations About Career Gaps with ease and authenticity.
  • Create a Balanced Routine that supports both your recovery and professional growth.

Discover the tools you need to transition back into the workplace with resilience, purpose, and empowerment.

You’re Not Alone in Navigating Life’s Transitions

I understand the challenges you face returning to work after a traumatic injury, illness, or loss. It can feel overwhelming to balance recovery, career, and personal life all at once. I’m here to help you rebuild your confidence, find your purpose, and redefine your career path with resilience and strength.

Sign up to receive:  Proven strategies for transitioning back to work with confidence. Emotional and mental well-being tips to support your healing journey. Exclusive updates on upcoming workshops, resources, and tools designed to empower professional women like you.

Reclaim control over your career and life.

Renew Your Passion for Life and Work

You’re exhausted from juggling career demands and personal responsibilities, feeling overwhelmed and stuck in a constant cycle of stress.

Imagine having the tools, strategies, and insights to regain control, reduce overwhelm, and find renewed balance in both your work and personal life.

The Adapt DNA Workshops offer a supportive space where you can explore practical solutions, develop resilience, and learn how to create sustainable work-life harmony that empowers you to thrive.

Find out more about The AdaptDNA Series of Workshops

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The Only Constant is Change: Embrace It

The leading organizations of tomorrow will be those that invest in their ability to adapt today.

According to Darwin's Origin of Species, the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.

In order to ensure the long-term success of their organizations, business leaders must create a culture of success and self-awareness, develop engaged thriving employees, and future-proof the workforce. By doing so, they can set their organizations up for success in an ever-changing business landscape.

Discover how to bring adaptability to your organization.