My Journey — Psychology, Purpose, and What Comes Next

For over twenty years as a clinical psychologist, I had the privilege of working with extraordinary humans as they pursued healing, growth, and wholeness. My approach was engaged, integrative, and personalized—grounded in research-backed methods and centered on authentic human connection.

My work shaped my understanding of what truly matters. I was honored to support survivors of sexual assault, individuals navigating chronic suicidality, members of the LGBTQIA+ community managing HIV/AIDS, and adults healing from complex childhood trauma—including neglect and emotional, physical, and, particularly, sexual abuse. In the last decade of my practice, I developed an additional specialization working with neurodiverse individuals.

Along the way, I created a different not disordered framework (now known as the A-Brain Model) to help those diagnosed with ADHD better understand and work with their systems. When I introduced it in the therapy room, I watched people come alive—not because I “treated” them, but because the model honored their wiring and offered a framework for thriving in a world not built with them in mind. Many described it as life-changing. I felt called to share it more widely.

As I moved beyond the medical model, I found kindred spirits in creative, entrepreneurial, spiritual, and visionary communities—spaces where expansively-wired minds often flourish — no diagnosis needed. I also discovered that the model worked for others who had other versions of "more" - more awareness, vision, emotion, spiritual sensing, sensory awareness, movement, energetic absorption - the list goes on and on!  And everyone with more also had MORE to contend with because they had to constantly interface with a world and systems that denied or devalued their existence, gifts, or needs which then required extra energy, time, and space to navigate.  

When I saw how much relief the A-Brain model brought, I knew it was time to bring this work beyond the consultation room—not just for those with a diagnosis, but for anyone whose very nature placed them outside the status quo and the systems built for them.

In 2022, I closed my therapy practice to new clients. In 2024, I formally retired my license—a natural next step that allowed me to fully focus on digital course creation, large-scale coaching, and community-building because if there was anything I learned in all the years of waitlists for individual and small group treatment, it was that we had to stop being siloed away from each other.  Isolation weakens not only the individual - but the whole of society.  It was time to end the false separation created by diagnosis and label segregation.

I remain deeply grateful to everyone who trusted me with their story, their pain, and their transformation—and for all of the way-showers and fellow journeyers who walked alongside me. Your presence helped shape this path. Thank you.

And to those of you here now — I can't wait to show you what's next. 

You see, the journey I’ve been on has been much more than a professional one—it has been deeply personal too. I’ve spent my entire life absorbing all I could about humanity and trying to ease the harm done at the hands of human cruelty. And after decades of helping others heal the from the harms done to them, something in me shifted.

I no longer wanted to continue healing and protecting myself and others from cruelty. 

I wanted to stop it.

In fact, trying to keep up with the pace of a world that seemed to be championing cruelty, abuse and domination tactics as tools for success nearly took me out a few years ago.  As the needs deepened in everyone around me and in society at large, I lost myself in my passion to serve and unknowingly abandoned my body's needs and so many other vital parts of me—parts that had been quietly waiting to be invited back in.

I never thought I would be here now.

But life has a way of getting our attention. And I can see now that every step of my life—every challenge, sorrow, struggle, fascination, moment of despair, rage, and quiet longing—was guiding me here.

I won’t pretend to have all the answers. No one person does.  But I do know a thing or two about what matters for health and well-being from the path I’ve walked. I know about brains, nervous systems, and the complex ways we become who we are. I know a lot about executive functioning, nervous system regulation, and the forces of context and intersectionality.  And I know the value of community—of meaningful connection that helps us move toward our fullness—because none of us can do this alone.

After making it through the dark period I now call “The Fall,” I’ve learned how to to silence the noise, tend to my nature, and listen to that deep internal call that lives inside each of us—the one calling us home to ourselves, even as it calls us forward to contribute our gifts.

My deep internal call brought me here.  I want to bring all of this to you—for you to use in whatever way serves you best. Take what speaks to you and leave the rest. There’s no single path. Every journey is unique.

Even though I don't have the answers, I can show you things that can help you create space for your own voice, your own rhythm, your own needs to be witnessed. I can help you tune out the noise and listen inward—to that knowing place that says you matter, even if the world has never known quite what to do with your complexity.

I can teach you things that many with expansive minds, bodies, and spirits have found helpful to know.  And I know how to hold space for a large magnitude of difference — and I can show you how to stay grounded while doing the necessary wandering that ultimately forges the next path.

We were never meant to be one-size-fits-all.  We were never meant to be separate from each other.

And the time is now.  In this crazy time of "unprecedented" everything,  I have been witnessing something quite miraculous happening in the world of expansive humans.  There is a silent call to a larger purpose rising within many and a deeply ancient call to remember who we are and who we have always been - long before others dictated who and what we were supposed to be.  The miracle of my life has been to witness how so many expansive humans have been arriving at the same previously unspoken vision - the same vision that has been waking me up at night, speaking to me in the shower, and while I am in the garden.  We are in the midst of a silent awakening.

While each of us may use different words and have different approaches and specific callings - my way of speaking this larger vision is a world where all belong, where every gift contributes, and where cruelty has no place.

I believe to the core of my being that our humanity is being called to evolve. That this upheaval and unraveling is making space for something new — that is, IF we choose to accept the assignment and are willing to step into the void and be who we actually are. And I believe you—along with all who carry this cellular imprint for a world where all belong, where every gift contributes, and where cruelty has no place—are being invited to step into your own fullness.  Not to prove something to someone out there - but to be exactly and fully who you already are right here, because you were made for this moment.

I created COACH ROMO to be a container for this vision—a space where you can tend to what’s been buried beneath all the pressure and pace of modern life, and an outdated world that didn't get you, and remember who you already are — and to know you are not alone.

We are all here—together, in our own quiet corners—building this world in real time.

COACH ROMO is a place to nurture your beautifully expansive nature, learn more about what makes you you, and move toward what truly matters—alongside others doing the same.

And together, side by side, we build a world where all belong, where every gift contributes, and where cruelty has no place.

I’m so glad you’re here.