My Story

Facilitating Human Connection IRL

Early in my career, when I was also single, I started up a Café that had a dating service for our customers.  It was called Drip, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  It became a true Third Place of regulars and neighborhood community, as well as 30,000 singles that signed up at the cafe.  Some say the internet killed my concept.  I think that the pendulum is swinging back to real world connection. 

I started coaching in 2002 in the area of Dating and Relationships.  Life experience has informed me that maintaining relationships, whether it's in work, family, friends, love or life in general, is central to wellness, success and happiness. 

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Gen Z faces new challenges in this world of remote work, Zoom meetings and social media algorithms, which are designed to keep people isolated and at home.  The pandemic exacerbated the situation.  I started noticing that getting out IRL  after the pandemic was scary to me, even though I have made a career out of meeting new people.  It felt like the experience of dating again after a break-up or looking for a new job after being fired. 

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So I'm setting out to help people to strategically negotiate what they want their life to look like, and to go after it, especially with regards to human connection.  As AI becomes more proliferant in its uses, I'm betting on the fact that human connection still matters for fulfillment in relationships, whether in work, community or romance. 

I'm a Harvard graduate in Social Studies, a Life Coach, published author, entrepreneur, foodie, wife and Mom and have appeared on Oprah and the Today Show and in the New York Times.

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I do work 1:1 and also building a network that connects you to others in the cohort and the neighborhood that fits you.