Hey there, I’m Susan
My Personal Story
Yes, I was one of those little girls dreaming about love, weddings, marriage, white picket fences, and the handsome guy on the white horse (or perhaps a Mercedes). When I was eleven, I even dreamt of my true love arriving in a lovely carriage, but I could never see his face. This dream repeated several times, always with the same faceless figure.
After enduring decades of painfully miserable relationships with several narcissistic type men, a broken engagement, and a highly toxic, painful marriage that crashed and burned, I figured being alone and single had to be better than all that! I was just about ready to give up on the dream of being happily married, which would have been a crushing blow.
Instead, I took my sadness and frustration about love and marriage and made it my mission to uncover why I had been through so many devastating relationships, most of them marred by infidelity and betrayal. I unearthed hidden issues in my consciousness that I hadn't even admitted to myself—issues that were holding me back from real love and trapping me in toxic relationship cycles with the same type of men over and over again. I also needed to understand marriage—what kind of marriage I wanted, who I needed to be, and what I needed to know to have an extraordinary one.
My Quest
I embarked on a quest to discover the mindset, knowledge, tools, and skills I needed. I realigned myself and healed much of my past, preparing to meet the right, healthy, conscious man and create my dream marriage. Through major breakthroughs, my dream came true, and in 2001, I married my husband, Rick. We have been blessed as we had both learned understood what a struggling was like and what a great marriage was like and used exactly what I teach in our own marriage, and it works!
The Intuitive Marriage Coaching Experience
As a Marriage Coach, it is not my place to take ‘sides’. I advocate for best practices in the marriage, helping each partner see and understand their own perspective as well as their spouse’s point of view. I create a safe space for both spouses to share their truths.
Drawing from my background as a High School Teacher, I consider what I do “Edu-Coaching” because relationship & marriage education is crucial and not taught in school.
I incorporate a holistic approach alongside my relationship and marriage coaching skills to move the process forward with greater depth and acceleration. Using an “inside out” approach, I cover all angles of your marriage journey, often working beneath the surface to help you achieve a better outcome.
My skills, unique intuition and insights, as well as my proven system allow me to take a deeper dive to support you in ways that most other marriage coaches cannot. There is hope at all stages of love and marriage when both partners are fully committed. It can even be easy—imagine that!
Marriage Coaching differs from traditional couple’s therapy. It isn’t just about rehashing the past; it’s about learning, understanding, healing, and taking actionable steps to implement the positive changes you seek. It is about moving forward.
The experience of a fulfilling marriage with the right mindset, the right skillset, combined with commitment, deep love, conscious communication, and integrity, is truly amazing and absolutely worth it!
About My Credentials:
- Master’s degree in psychology from the University of Santa Monica
- Professional Certified Coach Credential — International Coach Federation
- Master Relationship Coach Certification from the Relationship Coaching Institute
- Master Certified Life Coach from Certified Life Coach Institute
- Coach training through the Sedona Training Associates
- Certification in Conflict Mediation from the Center for Dispute Resolution
- Certified Trauma Informed Coach from Coach Training World
- Bachelor’s Degree — UCLA & 2 Teaching Credentials
- Group Coach Facilitator from Coach and Grow R.I.C.H.
- Leadership Training Landmark Education & Ascension Leadership Academy
- Published Author — Remarrying Right
Susan & Rick’s Love Story
Meeting men was old school for me—back when we didn’t have the technology we do today. As a highly sensitive person with keen intuition, I’ve always felt guided by my inner sense. However, I can’t say I “listened” to it much in my early years of dating, relationships and certainly not in my first marriage. Once I started paying attention to my intuition, along with the other work I did, it helped me break the patterns I was in and attract the love of my life.
Creating the extraordinary, conscious, and a marriage with the depth we have today came through learning essential skills, healing our pasts, building a solid foundation together, building trust, and being intentional every single day.