I used to feel like my life was for hire.  Literally.  And that the only way I could be happy was to continue running on the treadmill that I had created: Non-stop work, commitments, projects, and overly ambitious endeavors.  I had absolutely NO idea what I liked, or even what I wanted to do.  I just knew that if I kept doing what I was doing, everyone would like me, and things would be fine.

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I suppressed just about every aspect of my true nature.

 

I got married, moved, moved again, and moved again.  Changed jobs.  Had a child.  Moved again.  Lived overseas.  Had another child.  I did everything I was “supposed’ to do. But I started to notice a pattern: every two years or so I would completely blow up my life.  New job, new house, new kid, new pet.  It was as though I could only keep this charade up if I continually reinvented myself.  Because the “big change” would keep  me occupied and distracted from the truth I wanted to ignore – I wasn’t happy.  I put on a façade for the world.  But inside I was dying slowly.  

 

They say it takes hitting rock bottom to turn things around. And for the rest of my life, I'll remember my rock bottom. I can still remember the feeling of literally coming out of my skin.  I remember exactly where I was, and even what I was wearing.  I felt so fragile that just one touch, one sound, one anything would shatter me.  That sensation of glass shattering, the shards blowing outwards in a complete explosion, was when I knew I needed help.  Things had to change.  My carefully crafted charade was over.

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I’d like to say it was easy, but the truth was it took a long time and a lot of work to significantly change my life.  And it’s still an ongoing process.  I took classes, read books, hired coaches, fell back on my psychology degree, and read more books.  I went to yoga, learned to meditate, BREATHED. I immersed myself in horses, and nature. I went on retreats and I started to write.  I became a certified coach and I bought a farm. Through all of this, the one thing I know for sure, is that I will work on my own spark for the rest of my life.  

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Now I am on a mission to connect people back to themselves. We are not lost, we've just forgotten the way. There are profound tools available for our healing. I want to share them with you. 

 

My Qualifications

I hold a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, as well as in computer applications, from the University of Notre Dame (Go Irish!!).  I am also a master certified coach and mediator. I have been fortunate enough to have been hired to consult for so many amazing companies and institutions, including: Google, Abbott Labs, Adobe, Procter & Gamble, The University of Notre Dame, Santa Clara University, The University of Georgia, Northeastern University, Steelcase Inc., and many others.  ​

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Experience My Work

They say there is nothing new under the sun, that every thought, idea, or thing has already been created or made before.  I certainly think that’s true when it comes to self-development.  From Buddha to Confucius, Socrates to Freud, the thousands upon thousands of self-help books written every year attest to that.  HOWEVER, while it may all have been said before, it’s quite possible that you’ve never heard it before.  Sometimes we can hear things over and over and over, but until we hear it in a certain way it doesn’t resonate with us at all.  I love the Buddhist saying, “When the student is ready, the teachers appears.”  

  

The work I offer here is not revolutionary.  In fact, some of the concepts and ideas have been around for centuries.  But the way I offer it may be exactly the way you need to hear it.  I offer a variety of ways to work together. Please contact me at susan@thetruenorthcg.com with questions or fill out the contact form below. 

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• Private Coaching (I offer a few slots a year, if you're interested please send me a message) 

• Nature Retreats (see the retreats tab above)

• Courses (see the courses tab above) 

• Writing (subscribe to my Substack to get an idea of my style and the way I think about things!)

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