Hi! I’m Amber

I’m a chocolate-loving mom of four boys and wife to a Star Wars loving chemist. I love summer nights on my back deck, cookies, and reading good books.

I also have a PhD in Marriage, Family, and Human Development and I’m all about creating incredible relationships by helping women stop self-silencing and reclaim who they really are. Sounds like something you want? Let’s do this!

Yes Please!

I’m here to help you reclaim your identity and rediscover a sense of purpose and connection

Can I Tell You Why?

A few years ago, I took a good look at myself and found some things feeling a little off.

I had a really good life…and I knew it! But something just felt like it wasn’t quite right.

Too many of my relationships were feeling flat. I was snipping at my kids more than I wished. Date nights felt dull. And my friendships were more filled with way more drama than I wanted.

So What Did I Do?

I started to take a good look at myself and I realized that I needed to make some changes.

I figured if I was the common factor in all of these relationships that felt a little lackluster, maybe that meant I needed to do some work.

And so I did it. I started seeking out resources to help me take become more of the woman I wanted to be. And I found some great help.

But Then I Realized…

That I wasn’t alone in what I was experiencing.

The pressures I was feeling as a mom, wife, mother, daughter, friend…the constant overwhelm, the long to-do list that left me feeling busy but unfulfilled, the disconnect from myself, and the just ok relationships with others, these were common experiences.

But I also learned that it didn’t have to be this way. I could more fully embrace and reclaim who I was, I could stop self-silencing and suppressing myself…and when I did that I felt great and my relationships got better!

Guess Where That Led Me?

The changes I felt as I worked on myself and stopped self-silencing felt so right!

I knew that I wanted this for other women too, so…

Back to school I went. What?! I did NOT see that coming. I’d graduated with my bachelor’s almost 20 years earlier!

But in my quest to improve myself, I’d learned some things that I thought could really help other women too. The thing is, I wanted to really understand these things deeply so that I could be a strong resource for others, so first a master’s and then a PhD had me doing a deep dive into research about self-silencing and creating thriving relationships.

Because I want those things for YOU too!

Because We. Deserve. Better.

We deserve to feel confident in who we are and like we get to develop ourselves even when we are caring for others too.

We deserve to feel connected with the people we love the most.

We deserve peace, calm, clarity, purpose, passion, and meaningful relationships.

And frankly, our families deserve for us to feel better too.

Here’s how I can help you

I’m here to guide you away from ways you might be self-silencing and to help you come home to who you are in ways that are doable, encouraging, and worth every bit of effort you put in!

Here are some of my favorite resources:

That was some deep stuff. Now let’s have some fun!

Amber is…

  • A lover of cookies (did I already mention that?), hot chocolate, good books, summer nights, friends, and Zumba.
  • Who feels happiest when working on a project, passionate about empowering women, and tired by 10:30 every night.
  • Who needs enough sleep each night in order to be a nice mom, date night each Friday (the best!), and good talks with people who inspire me.
  • Who gives really awkward hugs (not much of a hugger), cookies to neighbors, and after-school snacks to hungry teenage boys each afternoon.
  • Who fears vomit and snow. No really. I mean, there are worse things, but those ones get me panicking just a little! Ask my kids how well I handled them being sick…
  • Who would like to see more women feel great about who they are, who step up and use their talents, and who make this world a better place by being themselves.
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