About
Our goal for you is clarity. Clarity of self, clarity of your values and purpose, and a direct line between who you want be and the path to get there.
Our Values
Authenticity
Each of us deserves the same respect and opportunity to live the life we choose. The broadest sense of diversity, equity, and inclusion are a core piece of what we do.
Innovation
The world needs the truest version of each of us to fulfill our purpose. We commit to rumbling with vulnerability regularly to make sure that we are being true to the culture we want to create. Authenticity is the key to avoiding burnout.
Equality
Every experience is an opportunity to learn something new. We believe that we are all dynamic individuals who continually experience growth and new opportunities for learning.
Amy Fisher Bruey (she/her)
Managing Director & Lead Trainer
Amy is the managing director and lead trainer of Equilibrium Coaching & Consulting. She works with people and organizations around the world to foster their sense of purpose and effectively leverage systems to help them be their best. Before this role, she worked for two decades at the intersection of education, international development, and activism at universities, nonprofits, and in government. She has worked with thousands of participants to help them expand their view of positive leadership and is passionate about supporting organizations to allow innovation to thrive.
In addition to being a certified professional coach, she has a master’s degree in International Education from the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and International Studies from John Carroll University. She sits on the board of the DC-based non-profit Learning Life and has also served on advisory boards for Story District and Dagaeno School for Girls in Tanzania.
She lives in Washington, DC where she is also a yoga teacher and mother of two small humans.
Learn about her recent work on LinkedIn.
Valentine Adolphe (she/her)
Collaborative Partner
My career in international development and humanitarian aid started in 2008. Since then, I have led increasingly large teams and projects in complex circumstances. I saw Burundi descend into near civil war in 2010, and I witnessed the birth of a country in 2011 in South Sudan. I experienced the Arab Spring in Yemen, and I coordinated a humantarian response to the Syrian Crisis in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq over several years.
I worked on improving public health, particularly in the domains of Malaria, Child Survival, HIV, and Reproductive Health and Rights. I covered water access, shelter, cash assistance, Gender projects among other topics.When not in the field, I am based in Toulouse, in the South-West of France.
Learn more about Valentine Adolphe Consulting.
Maria Luisa Ramirez Rodriguez (ella/she/her)
Collaborative Partner
Maria Luisa is a psychologist who supports organizational processes through the lens of psychological principles. She has worked in leadership roles in the private and public sector for the past 10 years, including a women-led NGO in Colombia which promotes social transformation through human rights, gender and psychosocial approaches. She is passionate about training professionals in topics related to leadership skills through psychological science, strategic thinking and psychological safety. In 2019, she received a presidential citation by the APA for extraordinary contributions to International Psychology. In 2024, she published an article in the Handbook of International Psychology with over eighty contributing countries.