"I hold a space where your own sources of embodied intelligence can surface, allowing you to make sustainable, effective changes towards your vision."
--- Chrysalis
About
Chrysalis completed coaching training through Wisdom of the Whole Coaching Academy LLC, an ICF-certified program. Starting in traditional academia with a Master’s in Jurisprudence & Social Policy from UC Berkeley (UCB), she traversed her own career transformation into the world of holistic psychology, obtaining a doctorate degree in East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco.
Her professional background includes copywriting and copyediting in the fields of holistic health and wellness, East-West spiritual traditions, as well as teaching instruction at Kaplan International in Berkeley. For five years, Chrysalis served as an academic tutoring fellow and facilitated dissertation workshops to students in a variety of disciplines. Currently, she adjunct teaches courses in qualitative research methods and critical liberatory pedagogies for academic writing.
Chrysalis's achievements include being an academic scholarship recipient at both UCB and CIIS and a Distinguished Writing Fellow from 2017-2022 for the Center for Writing and Scholarship at CIIS. Her dissertation involved a qualitative study on intersectional cumulative trauma for multi-marginalized populations as a queer woman of color feminist researcher. In 2021, she took part in the first cohort to complete the Intersectionality & Equity in Therapeutic Practices certification at CIIS. Most recently, she is training in the tools and practices of Nonviolent Communication and the philosophy of nonviolence with various teachers affiliated with the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC).
Chrysalis Integral Coaching is informed by:
nature
qigong
Buddhism & meditation
somatic principles & practices
12 Step
NVC
Jungian theory (archetypes, synchronicity, dreams)
A Message from Me to You
I offer holistic, embodied coaching---distinct from coaching that is based on purely mental, linear, or competitive goal setting and achievement. Informed by somatic and embodied neuroscience research as well as my own meditation and bodily movement practices for nearly three decades, my coaching approach recognizes the intuitive wisdom of the body, as well as left and right brain intelligences.
With my personal experiences of intergenerational trauma, having multiple social identities, and working with mental illness in my family, I have a particular passion for serving those of you who bridge many different worlds and long to bring a whole-person approach to the table---whether in academia, organizations, or in the healing arts. I believe that you know who you are!
With our troubled world today, we need to actively engage engage our multiple parts -- left and right brain intelligence, heart, and gut -- to actualize our deeper purpose. Some of us have special ancestral or spirit bonds, which can also be a tremendous resource. My mission is to guide you into an active relationship with ALL these sources of knowledge and support--which are more accessible than you think--to achieve your goals.
Are you ready to shift out of paralysis or a "stuck" behavior pattern, identify and take actions, even in the face of old fears and belief systems? For a taste of my holistic integral coaching approach, book a free consult with me today!