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Elizabeth Brink, ACC
Elizabeth Brink (she/her) helps neurodivergent people cultivate self-trust to design a life that works for them.
Her integrated approach is focused on self-acceptance and body-based awareness. Elizabeth empowers clients to embrace their uniquely beautiful way of moving through the world.
Trained and mentored by some of the ADHD coaching greats, Nancy Ratey, Linda Roggli, and Denslow Brown, Elizabeth is committed to ongoing learning.
She focuses on chronic stress, trauma, body-based/somatic practices, and self-partnership within the framework of neurodivergent coaching.
Elizabeth is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She's a graduate of the Institute for Applied Coaching program and holds certificates in somatic trauma healing and somatic attachment modalities through The Embody Lab.
In early 2023, Elizabeth began a three year path to becoming a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) through the Somatic Experiencing Institute.
Before coaching, Elizabeth enjoyed a career in project management, corporate communications, and employee engagement in big tech, non-profits, and for a boutique strategy consulting firm. She understands what it's like for neurodivergent people navigating the job market and workplace, and enjoys supporting clients with their professional paths.
Elizabeth grew up in Plano, TX, spent 12 years in Boston, MA, and in 2017 relocated to Kansas City, MO with her husband and two young children. She spends her down time refereeing preschooler brawls, researching hobbies, baking, doing jigsaw puzzles, and listening to podcasts.
IDENTITIES ACKNOWLEDGED
I am a white cis-gendered woman, a parent, a married person, a home owner in Otoe-Missouria, and an entrepreneur.
I am a survivor of generational and childhood trauma, including the death of my infant brother, my parents' divorce, my mother's 15-year battle with cancer. I am the child of an alcoholic who is the child of an alcoholic.
I am the beneficiary of generational wealth and status that I did nothing to earn or deserve. I am a college degree holder and have traveled internationally.
I acknowledge the privileges I carry in my person and the impact they have on my thoughts, views, and business practices. I am committed to unlearning oppressive beliefs rooted in white supremacy and working to make reparations and peace in my community. I welcome feedback and correction.
Leslie Gore, Operations Manager
Leslie Gore (she/her) brings over 15 years of business operations experience to the team. She is thankful to have worked in both high-paced corporate settings to more laid back non-profit environments. Each experience has helped shape her love of effective and efficient processes, organization and open communication in and outside of the workplace.
When you reach out to us, you'll eventually get to interact with Leslie - lucky you!
She lives in a small town in central Arkansas with her husband and two children. In her spare time she enjoys teaching Jazzercise, traveling, being in nature and making memories with family and friends!