Hi, I’m Arivee!

I am an author, a certified life and high performance™️ coach, keynote speaker, podcaster, first-generation Latina, mama of three, with a nearly 20-year career in roles from Big Law lawyer to heading up leadership development in Human Resources. I know first hand the challenges and triumphs that come with paving your own life and career path.

My Journey of Growth and Empowerment

I’ve navigated the weight of heavy expectations, unhelpful beliefs, and self-doubt finding my place as a budding lawyer and finding my voice in spaces where I've been the only one, or one of the few. 

I’ve also had my fair share of identity shifts and career pivots. I pivoted out of Big Law to go in-house, then transitioned from law into growing and developing senior leaders in human resources. And now, as a life and high-performance coach, I navigate the complexities of entrepreneurship. So if any of this is you—I get it.

Early in my career, while I was in Big Law, I felt the tug for something more. Though I loved the rigor and brilliant minds I worked with,  I had a little voice asking me:  Is this what you really want?  Is this who you are? 

Then I had my son, and that voice got louder.   

Because work was my life and my source of validation, value and worth, I felt I had lost a part of my identity when I was on maternity leave.  I knew how privileged I was to have maternity leave and time with my son, but I struggled.  

I realized that for years, I had equated my work performance with my value as a person, and that was no longer serving me.

The Turning Point

I finally let go of my trial lawyer trajectory—which is what the previous version of me wanted.  To be honest, it was as terrifying as it was freeing.  But, it amplified the possibilities rather than the fears, and redirected my life as a whole.

From here on out, I was able to navigate every pivot and transition (where change is most uncomfortable) by getting intentional about how I spent my energy and time each day, and aligning that with what was actually most important to me. 

I did the work to get clear on who I was and who I wasn’t. What I wanted, versus what was expected of me, including the burden and blessings of building a legacy as a first gen Latina, and pursuing traditional markers of “success”.  What made me feel alive and what didn’t. Whose opinion mattered and whose didn’t. I got clear on how I truly defined success, and what that definition no longer included.

This deep work and radical honesty (and compassion) with myself is the basis and the beauty of my framework—it’s a process I came back to time and time again with each pivot. It has served as the guide to help me live and work with less stress, internal resistance, overwhelm, and more fulfillment, personal alignment, and yes, JOY!

Through my growth, I discovered that sharing this and helping other women do the same, is what I’ve been put on this earth to do.

Ready to stop overthinking and start doing something different?

You'll never feel ready. Being ready is a decision. You deserve a life and career that makes you feel good - the Nina Simone-kind-of-good. As long as you’re willing to get honest with yourself, think and do things differently, your new start can begin now. No more waiting. Let's work together.

Working Together

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