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Executive & high-Performance Coach |
Well-Being Strategist | Cultural Change Innovator | Former Big Law Attorney | Keynote Speaker | Consultant

Strategic Programming & Consulting: I design and implement evidence-based well-being and professional development programs tailored to professional service environments. My programs are CLE-eligible and deliver immediate tools promoting resilience and sustainable success while fostering long-term cultural transformation around psychological safety, help-seeking behaviors, and authentic leadership.

Executive & High-Performance Coaching: Through CAVE Club and 1:1 coaching, I work with high-performing professionals navigating career trajectories and transitions, leadership challenges, imposter syndrome, burnout, anxiety, and work-life integration. My approach draws from IFS (Internal Family Systems), CBT, Chopra meditation, performance coaching models, and personal experience.

Keynote Speaking & Facilitation: I create psychologically safe spaces with powerful storytelling, relatable experience and meaningful conversations. Whether addressing 500 law students or facilitating a 3-hour strategic session with organizational leadership, I leverage vulnerability and my personal narrative to give permission for authenticity and drive measurable cultural change.

Why this matters now → The legal and corporate communities face unprecedented retention crises, skyrocketing anxiety, burnout and loneliness epidemics, and substance use issues. Organizations investing in well-being programming see measurable ROI: increased retention, reduced presenteeism, enhanced performance, and competitive advantages in recruiting.

  • Research and design programs that educate and foster professional development, inclusion, empathy, belonging and promote the elimination of boundaries to sustainable success
  • Create psychologically safe spaces for group support meetings
  • Create and execute multi-dimensional, cross-functional well-being initiatives
  • Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist® (CCWS)
  • Coach individuals from age 17+ as a well-being, executive and high-performance coach
  • Authored amazon bestseller in 4 categories - The Box: An Invitation to Freedom from Anxiety
  • Founded CAVE Club (2022) - coaching community for professional women
  • Keynote speaker for national and annual conferences, and well-being events
  • Model vulnerability and leverage my personal narrative to inspire organizational change and drive cultural permission for authenticity
  • Created, produced and hosted the Perfectly Panicked podcast



  • Presented to BBC Global Leadership Team on Loneliness + Connection in the workplace
  • Lecture on professional well-being at Harvard Law School
  • Led Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (MA) as a strategic consultant facilitating my signature “Collective Compass” experience
  • Collaborated with BBC Women’s Initiative with programming and coaching
  • Presented to the MA Federal District Court Justices at 2024 Annual Retreat
  • Featured by NBC and Fox News as a mental health and high-performance expert
  • Social Law Library (MA) program contributor
  • Frequent panelist for LCL, MBA and Tomorrow Women’s Today
  • This Can Happen (UK Global) Annual Conference Contributor (stigma, suicide ideation + connection)



  • Holland + Knight LLP (10+ years) - Senior Counsel in tax credit syndication group
               - Well-being committee member; started and guided a weekly meditation group
  • Boston Financial Investment Management (5 years) - in-house associate general counsel
  • Goulston + Storrs (4 years) - Associate in Real Estate and Syndication Group
  • Day Pitney (1 year) - Associate in Commercial Real Estate Group
  • Murtha Cullina (3+ years) - Associate in Real Estate and Syndication Group



  • Massachusetts Bar Association - Well-Being Committee
          Law School Orientation Subcommittee
          → Lead team of committee members, attorneys, and LCL clinicians to organize and
               present well-being programming at law school orientations and well-being
               initiatives.
          → Collaborate and communicate with law school dean’s offices and student
               representatives at Harvard, BU, BC, Northeastern, and New England Law Schools.
          → Share my lived experience and moderate panels to promote well-being practices and
               services and elevate attorney stories.


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“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!"