People who are looking for more “teal” in their life: self-leadership, wholeness and balance, purpose. Many of my adult clients are in helping professions (ministry, social work, teaching, etc.) or value servant leadership. My younger clients are often high achievers who want to impact the world for good. Very often, my clients are people with a faith background or an openness to spirituality even if they aren’t currently practicing.

Absolutely. I have expertise in coaching young people from mid-teens through 20s and 30s. I bring over 20 years of working with other young people, helping them go deeper and making a lasting difference in their lives. Parents, professors, and mentors are important, but sometimes a young person needs someone outside the family, educational, or professional circle who can guide, listen, and understand profoundly. I stand in a unique position, offering just the right blend of compassion and challenge.

I describe coaching as a thought-provoking process where we partner to help you make creative and courageous choices about your life. You’re the thinker, and my job is to help you think - clearly, deeply, broadly. You’ll do most of the talking; I’ll listen and ask powerful questions. I’ll support you as you plan action steps you’d like to take.

Coaching is not advice-giving. While I might offer a tool, resource or suggestion once in a while, you are free to use it or not. I won’t give you the answers or the action plan like a consultant might. Instead, we’ll partner together to help you find and develop the answers and actions you need to lead your life in a way that’s authentically you.

Coaching and counseling differ in important ways. Counseling usually invites a person to explore past issues, whereas coaching is future-focused. Counseling helps someone who’s not functioning well get into a place of better functioning; coaching helps someone who’s functioning pretty well get to the next level. While coaching can be therapeutic and can bring about some healing, it’s not a substitute for therapy.

Coaching can help “when good enough is no longer good enough” and get you from “good enough” to great. It can help you develop stronger confidence and clarity about yourself, your needs, your strengths, your purpose. A coach listens deeply, asks better questions than most friends do, and offers an objective perspective that helps you find your own best answers and action steps.

Both. I’m certified as a Holistic Life, Career and Executive Coach, so I can work with you in any of those areas of life. I can partner with you to improve your leadership performance, and I can help you find more confidence, clarity, balance and joy in life.

Group coaching combines the thought-provoking, powerful questions of coaching with the support and accountability of peers who are walking a similar journey. In group coaching, I might share a skill, concept, or resource, but much of the session will include group members’ reflection and discussion about their progress and challenges.

Yes! If you and your friends or co-workers are struggling with a similar challenge, contact me and we’ll design a group series personalized just for your group, at a location (virtual or in-person) and on a schedule that works for you.
We can develop a series to face most challenges that you might be facing, but common topics to address in group coaching are navigating transition, time management, and self-care.

Depending on the needs of the individual or group, I’ll use one or more of the following assessments or tools in coaching:

• Gallup’s CliftonStrengthsⓇ

• REALIFE ProcessⓇ

• Awareness to Action Enneagram

• Creative Problem Solving
  

By connecting you to these resources and proven tools, you are empowered for long-lasting change!