Get to Know Me
Experienced. Certified. Supportive.
Dr. Barbie is a Master Certified Life Coach with over 20 years of leadership and personal coaching experience and a John Maxwell certified DISC trainer. She is also the founder of Grace and Good Space, a life coaching and advocacy company founded during the COVID19 pandemic.
Barbie partners with clients facing personal and professional challenges and helps them navigate their way “from pause to progress” with a healthy mindset. Her effectiveness is delivered through active listening, asking difficult questions, and challenging narrow perspectives. As a speaker, she has shared inspirational, motivating, and uplifting messages to church groups, collegiate and
research audiences through speaker panels, workshops, and keynote addresses.
In 2020, she was awarded the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Award and was described as “a role model to many students, peers, and supervisors as she progressed through her career”.
