MEET STEPHANIE

Certified Ikigai Coach, Author, and Speaker

I know what it feels like when life changes before you’re ready—and the path that once felt certain no longer fits.

My own unexpected transition led me to Ikigai, a philosophy that helped me reconnect with my values, recognize my strengths, and begin building a more meaningful next chapter.

Today, I help people navigating burnout, change, or uncertainty hear their own voice more clearly and move forward with greater confidence and purpose.

MY PATH TO PURPOSE

Before becoming a coach, I built a long career in hospitality, leadership, and events. When unemployment forced an unexpected midlife transition, I had to reconsider who I was, what mattered to me, and what I wanted the next part of my life to become.

Discovering Ikigai gave me a practical way to realign my values, abilities, interests, and hopes. Gratitude and mindfulness also became meaningful parts of my journey—not as ways to ignore difficult experiences, but as tools to notice possibility, rebuild joy, and take one grounded step at a time.

That experience eventually became New Paths Purposeful Life Coaching.

A GENTLE, GROUNDED APPROACH

My coaching is reflective, values-based, and neurodivergent-friendly. I don’t give you a rigid formula or tell you what your life should look like.

Instead, we create space to explore what matters to you now, recognize the strengths you already possess, and turn your insights into realistic next steps.

You don’t need to have everything figured out before we begin. You only need a willingness to explore what could come next.

EXPERIENCE & PERSPECTIVE

• Certified Ikigai Coach
• Author of The Art of Gratitude: Daily Practices to Rebuild Joy After Trauma
• Speaker on gratitude, resilience, purpose, and life transitions
• Former volunteer speaker with the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

My lived experiences have shaped the compassion, patience, and respect I bring to every coaching conversation.