About Dr. Annie

Annie has a passion for helping people communicate from a place of love and deep respect.

Gay Hendricks

Author of
The Big Leap,
co-author of Conscious Loving

Even over the phone, the personal growth and transformation that can happen when working with Annie are profound.

Kay Briggs

Author of
The Magic Seashells

Annie really helped me when I was going through a very challenging and dark time in my life. Sharing her book to supplement our coaching sessions really helped to clarify what she was sharing. 

Catherine Shaw

Co-owner of Beef-N-Bone Steakhouse


Hi, I'm Dr. Annie. I'm here to help you live as if you were valuable, powerful, and loved~ because you are!

M y  leadership coaching, leadership retreat and keynote clients have included independent entrepreneurs to large, matrixed organizations, such as:


Intermountain Healthcare

Centura Health

Providence Health and Services

Nova Cafe 

Benefis Health System

Winegardner's Wines

Madison Valley Ranch

Birth Place Bozeman

Institute for Challenging Disorganization

Bozeman Dentistry

Community Health Partners

Haven Montana

Pampered Chef

The University of Montana Foundation

Southwest Independent School District, Texas


My  Personal coaching clients include wonderful people just like you! Topics they often explore include:


Healing the effects of trauma

Healing from grief and loss

Building self-confidence 

Clarifying life purpose and goals

Attracting deep love and friendships


I am an LGBTQ+ ally. All people are welcome in my practice.


Contact Dr. Annie

Many clients have told me  their transformation while working with me was faster, gentler and more complete than they had experienced with anyone else.


That's because I bring complicated theories and concepts to life with engaging stories and simple activities. When appropriate, I also share about my leadership experience and personal transformation, healing from grief, trauma, and the lie that I wasn't enough. 


Scroll down to learn more about my personal story, or stay right here for my professional credentials:


Author of award-winning The Secret Life of Communication

Co-Active TM Coach   certification

Coach Training Alliance certification

Somatic ExperiencingTM   training

PhD, The University of Texas at Austin 

MMH, Cornell University

BA, The University of Oregon


Certifications Include:

 

  • Professional Co-Active Coach
  • DiSC Assessment
  • Leadership Versatility Index
  • Hogan Assessments TM
  • Birkman Assessment TM
  • Crucial Conversations TM
  • Crucial Accountability TM
  • MindGym TM Diversity and Inclusion Series
  • DDI leadership development series

 

How Annie Got Her Groove

If you had known me in 1970, you would have noticed that I was a bit…abnormal. I started talking very early and once I got the hang of it, I rarely stopped to take a breath! I remember lying in my “big girl bed,” wondering about how to express my thoughts and reviewing what I’d learned that day about the “right” way to speak (I know~abnormal). Curiosity about communication, it seems, was in my DNA.

During my first 33 years of life, I was much more interested in mastering communication with others than in communicating with my own, deeper self. I earned advanced degrees, studied effective leadership and achieved success as a manager, speaker and consultant. However, I wasn’t truly happy. 

I didn’t realize that my overall sense of well-being hinged on the communication going on inside my mind, body, heart and spirit.  

On the outside, it looked as if I had everything together. The truth, was I felt empty. I was an excellent worker and respected leader, but I had no groove. I had forgotten how to do anything but work and I was constantly worried I might disappoint someone. Blech!

Eventually I became so annoyed by the nagging sense of yuck that I decided to turn my attention toward my inner experiences and reach out for help. When I learned how to notice the communication coming from my heart, body and spirit, it became so much easier to resolve uncomfortable emotions and thoughts,  and to give energy to my biggest dreams.

I reconnected with my innate wisdom and remembered how to enjoy life. Soon, I began attracting clients who were ready to transform their own lives. They shifted from being dominated by internal and external conflict to enjoying true connection and freedom. That’s what I wish for you too.

How Annie Got Her Groove...Again

Between 1999 and 2015 I invested massive amounts of time, energy and money in healing from my history of traumas. I broke my pattern of attracting unkind relationships and unfulfilling work, met and married a truly wonderful man who adored me, and finally began to relax into my life.


Then, in 2015, just four months after moving to a new town and starting a new job, my dear husband was diagnosed with penile cancer. You might imagine how devastating that was for him, and for me. Just over one year later he passed away, and so did my joy, my place in my world, and my hope.


Since then I have, once again, walked through many stages of healing with the help of my mentors and friends. I'm chronicling this transformation on my blog. 


By early 2020, joy returned, hope was renewed, and I opened up to a new relationship with an incredible man. I got my groove back...and I can help you get yours too.

Live Your Life, Your Way.

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