About The Practice Ground

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The Practice Ground was created to support people in building skills for real life — especially during adolescence and times of transition.

I work with teens, young adults, and adults who are capable, thoughtful, and often overwhelmed. Many are navigating challenges with executive function, emotional regulation, school or work demands, or long-standing patterns of burnout and self-doubt. Often, they’ve tried strategies that didn’t stick — not because they weren’t trying hard enough, but because the support didn’t quite fit.

This practice exists to offer something different: steady, relational support that honors how people actually learn and change.

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My Approach

My work centers executive function (EF) and social-emotional learning (SEL): the skills that help us plan, begin, regulate, reflect, and follow through. These skills don’t develop through pressure or perfection. They develop through practice, relationship, and feeling safe enough to try.

I take a regulation-first, neurodiversity-affirming approach. Differences in attention, learning, and emotional processing are part of normal human variation — not problems to be fixed. Rather than asking people to override their nervous systems, we focus on creating enough steadiness and support for skills to emerge more naturally.

Movement and mindfulness are part of this work when they’re helpful — as tools for grounding, awareness, and flexibility — not as requirements or performance goals. Everything is adapted to the individual, and movement is always optional.

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Who I Work With

I work most often with:

  • Teens who are bright, capable, and struggling with follow-through

  • Neurodivergent teens (including ADHD, learning differences, and anxiety)

  • Young adults navigating academic, social, or life transitions

  • Adults experiencing overwhelm, burnout, or challenges with focus and organization

  • Parents seeking thoughtful support for their child — and for themselves

My Background

My background spans education, movement, and nervous system–informed practices. I bring experience as a Montessori educator, executive function coach, Pilates instructor, and movement practitioner, with training that supports both learning and regulation.

What matters most to me is not credentials alone, but how theory shows up in daily life: in conversations, routines, bodies, and relationships. I aim to offer support that is practical, grounded, and sustainable — support people can actually use in their daily lives.