Why coach with me?
I’ve never been incarcerated.

I’VE NEVER SERVED A SENTENCE, BUT FOR DECADES I WAS IMPRISONED IN MY OWN TOXIC MINDSET.

Angry at the world, I blamed others for all my problems. I was trapped in negative, toxic thoughts. I hated everyone and everything (except my two young children). I wasted half my life and was bingeing on sugar to stuff the feelings.

23 years ago, I saw a Navy SEAL documentary. (I didn’t even know who they were.) Watching them inspired me to get out of my self-imposed prison. I wanted a better life for myself and my kids. I wanted their mental toughness, their values, their resilience so I copied their mindset.  I dumped the pity parties and my negative self-talk. I gave up the sugar addiction. Slowly I did a 180° and began winning in my life. 

Today I’m a “Leo who cares”.

How many 70-year-old grandmothers do you know who have a successful mental toughness coaching business, teaching businesswomen and the justice impacted community how to develop the winning mindsets of a Navy SEAL and Olympic athletes to dissolve their burnout, put themselves first and thrive?

I’m a certified mental toughness coach, trained by Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine and his team in Carlsbad, CA. I am 23 years off sugar and junk food, won a gold medal in Olympic weightlifting (yep, at age 64), and received endorsements from Oprah, Barbara Walters, Rachael Ray for a small business I launched in my spare bedroom. All because I got mentally tough.

I want the same for the justice impacted community.