Biography
Bryn supports people who are making change- in themselves, in their organizations, in their communities, and in the world- by helping them gathering their elan (aka spirit, vitality, passion). She provides coaching, facilitating, and training for leaders and teams who are trying to make a positive difference in the community and world.
Bryn holds a Masters in American Indian Studies and a Juris Doctorate (Law Degree). Through her studies in and outside of school, she has delved into restorative and transformative practices like mediation, interest-based negotiation, restorative justice, and peacemaking. She is certified as a Professional Integrative Coach/Professional Coach (CPIC/PCC), EQ Assessor (CEQA), and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher. She is also trained as a professional facilitator. She is a continuous learner and has studied the Enneagram, Nonviolent Communication, trauma-informed practices, anti-oppression practices, power dynamics, systems thinking, and strengths-based approaches. This broadness of perspective and capacity serves as a deep well to draw from for the leaders with whom she works.
Having led organizations from various positions, including CEO, Bryn understands what her clients experience. Her clients describe her as empathetic and compassionate, curious and non-judgmental, challenging and supporting, reflective and insightful, transformative and trustworthy. She has also been described as creating safe, inclusive spaces where inquiry and listening leads to clarity and action.
Bryn was identified early on in her life as a leader and never much questioned that until she had her first son and felt like she was showing up as a different kind of leader as a new mother. At the time, she was heading up an organization, and after maternity leave, sought resources to dig deeper into this new undefined sense of leadership. She couldn’t find any. She had no models around her to show how to lead differently than what she’d seen before her. She heard repeatedly that she shouldn’t talk about being a mom and couldn’t be trusted to do work from home with her baby there. Struggling against expectations defined by others, she left her position and started her own business to support leaders, executives, and organizations who wanted to change the status quo.
Bryn coaches executives, leaders, and change agents who are looking to grow personally and professionally, lead whole and integrated lives, co-create trusting relationships, and connect to their own authentic power. Bryn also coaches leadership teams and leads peer-coaching groups that help advance executives’ thinking, leadership, and action. She co-leads the Community Leadership Accelerator, a leadership development program for leaders and change agents in Arizona working for social change. She partners with the Third Path Institute to support leaders who want to lead integrated lives and create workplaces to support others to do the same.
Outside of work, she is a Mom to two boys, who give her the incentive to live up to the person they believe her to be.