Hi, I’m Vivienne.

I’m a Speaker, Facilitator and Professional Certified Coach (PCC, CEC, ICF Accredited) focused on Leadership Development and human potential.

I help mid-career professionals step into leadership with confidence and clarity at a time in their careers when Imposter Syndrome and overwhelm around balancing priorities may be running the show.

With over 15 years of experience serving in leadership roles across sales, educational and corporate recruitment, human resources and operations in 3 countries - I bring a diverse background to my clients.

I’m also the mother of a toddler girl named Zoe, and in 2018 I officially became a parent of a child with a rare disease when she was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) - a degenerative disease which, if left untreated, takes away the ability to move or breathe independently.

At the time, I was at the top of the professional ladder, serving as the Vice President of Sales and the only female leader on the executive team of a technology start-up. But after her diagnosis, my reality completely changed.

In an instant, I became her honorary nurse, a researcher, a community builder, fundraiser & advocate in the fight for universal treatment access while still leading a team at work, managing my own grief and just trying to navigate the regular craziness of being a first time mom.

Her doctor told us that there was a singular treatment available that could stop the progressive muscle loss that SMA causes, but it was not accessible for kids like Zoe. Being told that something existed that could save my daughter, but that she wouldn’t be able to access it was almost as devastating as receiving her diagnosis.

And then it was infuriating.

And then it became my fuel.

I made it my personal priority to get my daughter access to the one treatment that could help stop the muscle-loss and live an extraordinary life.

I redefined my priorities, shifted my routines and mindset, and challenged myself to identify and take action that aligned with my goal, and Zoe became the first and only SMA patient in our province to receive treatment privately.

Today, instead of being dependent on a wheelchair and breathing machines, she can run, dance and get in to all sorts of toddler trouble all on her own.

In order to navigate this unexpected new reality, I found ways to manage through the overwhelm, chaos and seeming powerlessness to achieve what I was told was impossible, and now I get to help my clients to do the same both at work and at home.

To your success,

Vivienne