Let’s meet for a complimentary session to see what’s possible. No preparation needed. Come as you are; leave with a specific next step and a genuine sense of whether we’re a fit to work together.
You’re ready for coaching when you can look honestly at where you are and feel curious about where you might go. This isn’t about having your life figured out. It’s about the courage to examine what’s happening beneath the surface. Readiness looks like this:
- You’re willing to take responsibility for your choices, even when circumstances feel outside your control.
- You understand that real change happens through partnership, not prescription.
- You can sit with complexity rather than rushing toward quick fixes.
If you’re in crisis or facing acute mental health concerns, coaching isn’t the right fit.
If you’re moving through the uncertainty that comes with growth, leadership, or life transitions, and you’re ready to do the inner work that leads to durable change, coaching can help you step into what’s possible.
Uncertainty is a fine starting point. For coaching to be a good use of your time and money, there does need to be an established need, stated in a way that mobilizes you toward a specific goal. You don’t have to know the whole plan. You do need to care about a real outcome and be willing to take small, real-life steps between sessions.
What counts as an established need?
- Something important isn’t working (e.g., overcommitting, team friction, constant reactivity).
- A decision is stuck (stay/leave, take a role, set a limit).
- A stretch you want (lead a bigger mandate, speak up consistently, rebuild trust.
- You’re ready to try small tests in the wild and learn from the results.
How we start when the goal isn’t yet clear
- State the need. We pin down what’s at stake, constraints, non-negotiables, and one near-term outcome you’d be glad to see move.
- Scan across roles. Together we look at work, relationships, and personal habits to uncover themes, principles, and competing pulls.
- Pick a thread. We choose one primary direction to pursue for a short window.
- Run low-stakes trials. Examples: test a new limit, have a candid conversation, reallocate two hours of your week, or try one different leadership move in a recurring meeting.
- Debrief with data. We look at what changed; results, reactions, mood, and body cues, and decide what to keep, drop, or adjust.
- Commit or pause. If a true direction emerges, we set a single, specific outcome with one measure of progress. If not, we pause or I point you to a better-fit resource. No pressure to continue.
How you’ll know we’ve found the right thread
- Your language shifts from “I should” to “I want.”
- You take action between sessions without white-knuckling it.
- A single priority stands out, with a plain way to track progress.
- You feel steadier—and more willing to do the work.
A note on uncertainty: Not knowing is a signal to learn from, not something to fix. Bring your questions; I’ll bring structure, presence, and hands-on small tests. Together we’ll find the central thread—or we’ll make a clean call to pause.
Think of it this way: consulting gives you the blueprint; therapy helps you understand why past blueprints did not work; coaching enables you to build something new that is truly yours.
Coaching is a partnership centered on the future. I do not hand you answers; I help you uncover the wisdom you already have. We will look at what becomes possible when your decisions match your principles. It is about becoming who you are meant to be, not fixing who you think you are not.
Therapy does essential work healing past wounds and understanding habits or themes that may be holding you back. If you are dealing with trauma, depression, anxiety, or other mental health concerns, therapy is where healing begins. I am trained to recognize these situations and will always prioritize connecting you with the right mental health professionals when coaching is not the appropriate path forward.
Consulting provides expertise and solutions from the outside. Consultants analyze your situation and tell you what to do. Coaches trust that you have the ability to find your own answers when you have the right questions and support.
These approaches can complement each other for strong results. Coaching tends to help most when you are ready to move forward rather than needing to heal backward, and when you want to discover your own path rather than follow someone else’s prescription.
Our conversations are confidential to the fullest extent allowed by law. I take this seriously because trust is the foundation of effective coaching. Without confidentiality, coaching becomes performance; with it, real change becomes possible because you can show up as you truly are, not as you think you have to be.
As an ICF-certified coach, I am bound by the ICF Code of Ethics, which includes strict confidentiality standards. You can review these standards here.
There are some exceptions to confidentiality that we will cover at the start of our work together, and it is important to understand that coaching does not carry the same legal privileges as relationships with doctors or lawyers. Within those parameters, what we discuss stays between us.
If you are being coached as part of an organizational engagement, we will spell out up front what information, if any, might be shared with your organization, and only with your explicit consent. Your trust matters more than any other stakeholder relationship.