ABOUT
Welcome!
Unlike most coaches and clinicians, my skills come from training and the trenches! My lived experience makes all the difference.
For 26 years, I hid my anxiety, OCD and panic attacks behind a successful career as a corporate attorney with a perfect image - Ivy League grad and Division 1 athlete, wife and stepmom.
I didn't just study anxiety – I lived it, battled it, and eventually transformed it. And on my path, I discovered the truth about anxiety that no one else was talking about—and it changed everything.
I went from agoraphobia to speaking on international stages. From panic attacks to unshakeable peace. From a high-stakes law career to building a thriving business helping others heal, grow, and transform their lives by changing their relationship with anxiety for good.
I've been exactly where you are. Let me show you how to transform your anxiety from your greatest challenge into your most powerful teacher. One brave step at a time.
I'm Wendy.
A certified-by-life coach, anxiety expert, attorney, bestselling author, speaker, educator, podcaster, survivor, stepmom and wife.
I'm Wendy. A certified-by-life coach, anxiety expert, attorney, bestselling author, speaker, educator, podcaster, survivor, stepmom and wife.
I stopped using anxiety as an excuse why I couldn't reach my potential and turned it into my superpower!
Now it's your turn...
And just like that...
the floor fell out from under me.
But on the inside I was unraveling more every day. None of the success could give me the peace and freedom I desperately needed.
In 2022, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 colon cancer. It was brutal and beautiful. And it took all the power, love and resilience I built climbing that first mountain to save my life on the second.
I had been living two lives - growing my legal practice and my wellness platform. This diagnosis gave me permission to pause and pivot out of a 24-year career and into my passion. I founded CAVE Club on the couch while recovering from chemotherapy and never looked back!
I went from a child hiding in a cardboard box, to a Dartmouth grad and Division 1 athlete, to a corporate attorney closing multi-million dollar deals, to bestselling author, cancer survivor and beyond.
I lived with anxiety, obsessive compulsive and panic disorders for almost 40 years, and hid them behind perfectionism, people-pleasing and over-achieving.
I also hid my bouts of depression, disordered eating and drinking and suicide ideation. On the outside, I appeared to have the perfect life – Ivy League and law school graduate, attorney at a prestigious law firm, new husband, new house, even a new dog.
I managed my anxiety while the walls of my box closed in around me, until my fear of never fully living became stronger than my fear of dying. That’s when I took charge of my mental health and started rewriting a story that wasn't dictated by my diagnosis. Through self-examination and discovery, meditation, reparenting, exposure therapy and lots of writing, I found my freedom and chronicled that journey in my book - The Box: An Invitation to Freedom from Anxiety.
My Story
My Story
I haven't always been an open book.
“I admire Wendy tremendously for courageously sharing her story, her book and her meditation skills not only with my firm, but with the broader legal community. For someone so outwardly “together” to express her vulnerability is remarkably courageous.”
“It's hard to put into words how impactful and inspiring Wendy's story is. She possesses a rare combination of vulnerability, strength, and eloquence. Her ability to articulate her own struggles resonated deeply, creating an immediate connection that made the entire audience feel understood and less alone in our own battles.”
“I cannot emphasize enough how much I respect Wendy’s bravery and courage to share such a personal journey. It will benefit so many and I can’t thank her enough for being a role model and change agent. The world needs more inspiring people like her!"
AT A GLANCE
pieces of me...
Author
Writing this book was where I put the pieces of my puzzle together. It's where I found and saved myself.
"Love" + Stepmom
My husband calls me "Love." Pure and simple.
Coach
I've been an athlete my entire life, so becoming a "coach" seems fitting. But we're not building a team, we're building your life!
Speaker
I couldn't sit IN an AUDIENCE without having a panic attack. now I feel at home speaking on stages TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
Survivor
I USED TO THINK I WAS EITHER FULL OF FEAR OR COURAGE. NOW I KNOW THERE IS NO COURAGE WITHOUT FEAR. THE MORE AFRAID I AM, THE MORE COURAGEOUS I BECOME.
Attorney
I became a lawyer to fight for "truth and justice." I have the tattoo to prove it!
click to watch my patient spotlight
directed and produced by dana farber cancer institutue
from Wendy
What wakes me up each day is sharing the treasures I've collected on my path to true freedom and fulfillment. I want to expand your vision of what you are truly capable of and show exactly how to achieve it. Redefining your worth, reinforcing your boundaries, and reintroducing you to the authentic power that has been buried under years of stress, anxiety, and cultural stigmas that have kept you silent and small for far too long.
“I am grateful that I found this gem of a book and I am already applying what I have learned to my life.”
