Co-active coaches are trained in a coaching technique that provides a structure for clients to tap into their own unique values, needs, and experiences for answers. The co-active methodology guides clients to see greater possibilities, shift perspectives, gain clarity on the destination, and initiate action.

Alongside intuition and experience, the co-active framework creates a safe space in which the client can explore and facilitates positive rewiring of the brain through ongoing focus and support. More on the neuroscience of coaching here.

This framework was developed by the Co-active Training Institute which is recognized as the gold standard of coach training by Harvard Medical School affiliate, the Institute of Coaching (reference).

Coaching is valuable for everyone who wants to maximize their potential in both their professional and personal lives. It supports people through issues big and small, or those who may be unfulfilled, stuck, indecisive, caught in self-limiting beliefs, or who aren’t achieving their life or career goals.

Coaching supports lasting change and delivers insights that drive exponential impacts, lasting far beyond the final session and often for a lifetime. To read more about the value of coaching, click here.

A coach must be skillful at the coaching technique, but does not need expertise in the area of concern for the client. As a coach, I don't tell you what to do, we work together to clarify the most meaningful thing for you to do. Coaching is not consulting, therapy, or mentorship (see FAQs for more detail, below).

Read a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the the positive impact of professional coaching on the well-being and distress of physicians, here.

If we determine that we're a good fit for each other, we’ll book a discovery session to dive deeper into your goals, vision, values, and the topics you'd like to explore in coaching.

After this exploration, we set up recurring sessions. The length of engagement and frequency of sessions is tailored to the client's needs, but typically last three to six months.

The majority of the client's transformations occur between sessions, through the actions and inquiries formed in our work together. Typically, we leave each session with an action or inquiry aligned to the client's desired outcome.

Therapy generally deals with people who need to heal from past trauma or those who have emotional or behavioral difficulties. It seeks to bring people to normal function by healing dysfunction.

Coaching deals with functional people who want to move toward even higher functioning and achieve excellence.

That said, the primary focus of coaching is manifesting potential, and healing is often a side effect (reference).

A consultant or advisor is typically hired for their experience and ability to provide the answers. Consultants are required to have expertise in the area where the client wants to grow.

Coaches have expertise in a process that facilitates gaining insight, following through with change, attaining goals, and having accountability. Coaches provide the structure and guidance that help clients find their own answers which are tailor made to unique values and needs.

Coaches are required to have deep expertise in creating a framework in which the client can explore, but the client holds the power.

My packages are tailored to individual clients + intentions. For personalized online sessions, I typically request a minimum commitment of three months to best support you in achieving your desired outcomes. I also offer customized in-person intensives with integration support for those looking to go deeper at a faster pace.

Your investment in coaching is intended to provide value to you beyond the coaching engagement through lasting changes that drive outcomes well into the future.

Please book a complimentary intro session to learn more.

The most common pronunciation of eudaimonia is: you-dey-moh-knee-ah.

Eudaimonia is an ancient Greek word that combines ‘eu’ (good) and ‘daimon’ (spirit). While there isn’t a direct translation in English, eudaimonia has been defined as a life well-lived, fulfillment, human flourishing, blessedness, and more. Aristotle used it as a broad concept to describe the highest good humans could strive toward.