Coaching

Who I work with

Find your best fit below

Couples

Are you like my husband and I where one person is neuro'typical' and one is neuro'diverse'? Are you struggling with communication? Struggling with the dynamic of different energy, sensory needs, and a different set of expectations?
After almost 20 years of marriage, our own couples therapy, family therpy, and a lot of hard work,...well we are a work in progress, but we have come a long way the hard way. It would have been so much better to have had the help from someone who had some insight.I am here to be that person for you.

Families

This is where my heart lives. We are raising our son in an adoptive family. It has been a monumental challenge. Our son holds adoption trauma, which has stymied every professional. The intersection of neurodiversity and trauma can be an excrutiating place to live. To parent someone who lives in that space can be utterly terrifying and entirely lonely.
I was married to an adoptee and have a step-daughter from that marriage. I have studied adoption for decades. I have studied trauma, for my personal healing as well as for my professional work. I teach graduate school trauma-focused classes to masters students in social work. I was considered a 'parenting expert' as an Extension Educator in Family and Consumer Services for years teaching parenting classes. We took many required classes to be allowed to adopt. Despite all of this, very little information matched with our experience. We have received very little support or insight from thte myriad of professionals we have reached out to. Crisis teams never came when called. Respite never materialized. We are still waiting for a Big Brother through BB/BS. They are "recruiting" they keep telling us. Public school did not work out. We were asked not to come back to the private school he attended for a year. Now we homeschool/unschool as it is the only place he is emotionally safe. It is the only place where he can learn. It is the only place he is understood.

Transformation

Experiential and Somatic Methodologies, Compassion-fcused, Soulful Approach

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined."

~Henry David Thoreau

Do you…

Have relationship challenges at home within your family relationships?
Have a goal that you want to achieve?
Feel like your life could use some balance?
Need support in building a wellness plan?
Want to approach your children and their development from a place of compassion and understanding?

Find your rhythm.

Realize your full potential. The coaching process invites you to identify your priorities and values and bring your life choices into alignment with those priorities and values.

We were never meant to do this by ourselves.

Having an ‘outside’ person that is working for you and with you and is on your side is an invaluable opportunity to find your truth and propel you onto your unique path.

Gain clarity on your life. As your coach, I partner with you to define your most fulfilling life, one in which you are engaging your passion, talents, and best skill sets. Using life management strategies and tools, we work together to build on your strengths, challenge beliefs that limit you, and co-create the path that leads you into the life you want.

"Your coaching really did get me jumpstarted into finding something ideal and fulfilling."

~Cathleen D, coaching client

I facilitate your process by offering illumination that allows you to see yourself with a different lens. Stress management tools – such as mindfulness, meditation, journal writing, EFT and art techniques – help you hear your own intuition.

By nurturing your strengths, I encourage you to grow in a direction that is most meaningful for you.

I am committed to your success.

“You are able to identify very quickly what will help me and you have been able to let me see some of my behavior patterns in a different light.”

~Wendy N., coaching client

This is your opportunity.

Working with a coach means making a commitment to yourself to be who you want to be. It means taking responsibility and holding yourself accountable. It means learning to set goals and learning strategies to reach them.

I invite you to invest in yourself today. Why wait? If you don’t invest in yourself, who will?

Sessions are available either by telephone or via video. They include note taking and a follow-up email with the notes from the session. This allows you to see some of your own words and your own thoughts and your identified goal(s). It helps with perspective and accountability. It also helps to see progress over time. Email or text support between sessions is available for an additional fee.

“[Coaching promotes] living life by design, not by default”

~Carlotta Tyler, professional coach and teacher

Let’s Work Together

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