Coaching Services

What is Life Coaching?

Coaching is a supportive, one-on-one process that helps you move forward with more clarity, confidence, and purpose. It’s not about fixing you—it’s about listening deeply, asking the right questions, and helping you reconnect with your own inner wisdom.

Whether you’re navigating a challenge or simply want to grow in a new direction, coaching creates a safe space to explore what matters most to you. There’s no judgment, no agenda—just support that’s tailored to your unique path.

Together, we’ll clear the noise, uncover what’s getting in the way, and help you take grounded steps toward the life you want to live.

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Could You Benefit from Coaching?

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Are you feeling stuck or uncertain about your career direction?

Do you sometimes lose sight of who you are beneath all the noise and expectations?

Are you navigating the challenges of parenting a child with unique emotional or learning needs?

Do you long to feel more confident, grounded, and in control of your life?

Are you constantly showing up for others, but unsure how to show up fully for yourself?

Is your inner critic holding you back from taking the next step?

Do you want to feel like and live as the authentic, real, wonderful you?

Are you ready for something to shift—but you’re not sure where to begin?

Do your team members face some of these challenges, and you want to support them in showing up as their best, most confident selves?

If you can relate to one or more of these questions, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to navigate it all on your own.

Coaching offers a supportive space to sort through the noise, reconnect with your strengths, and move forward with clarity and confidence.

Let’s talk about what’s possible for you—or for your team.

Services Details

Coaching Packages

For Individuals

Starter Package – 3 Months

Best for: Parents or students looking for focused, short-term support to build momentum, clarity, and confidence.

This three-month coaching experience is designed to help you or your child feel more supported, capable, and empowered—at home, in school, and within yourselves.

Whether you’re a parent balancing it all or a student navigating growing responsibilities and pressures, this package offers structured guidance and meaningful progress on the challenges that matter most to you.

What’s Included:

  • 6 personalized coaching sessions (60 minutes, bi-weekly)
    For parents, students, or a combination tailored to your family’s needs

  • Pre-session intake form to establish clear focus areas and personal intentions

  • Email check-ins between sessions for additional guidance and encouragement

  • Session recaps with practical action steps and personalized reflections

Coaching is rooted in values of:

  • Clarity – Helping you see the path forward

  • Confidence – Building belief in your abilities

  • Connection – Strengthening relationships and communication

  • Curiosity – Encouraging reflection, openness, and self-discovery

  • Calm – Creating routines that support emotional and mental balance

Focus areas may include:

  • Creating more ease and connection in parent-child dynamics

  • Managing the weight of school expectations and emotional pressure

  • Supporting motivation and self-advocacy in learning

  • Navigating transitions (new schools, routines, or developmental stages)

  • Building shared family practices that support growth and understanding

By the end of our three months together, you’ll have tangible tools, renewed clarity, and a stronger sense of what’s possible—for yourself, your child, or your family as a whole.

🚀 Growth Package – 6 Months

Best for: All parents, including parents with neurodivergent children, navigating academic or life transitions, confidence-building, or shifting family dynamics. This package is designed to help you create clarity, enhance personal growth, and align your goals with your values, while empowering you to make intentional, empowered choices for you and your family’s future.

This six-month coaching journey offers supportive tools to help families grow together.  Whether you’re a parent seeking effective strategies to support your child’s educational journey or aiming to cultivate personal growth, deepen self-awareness, and gain a clearer sense of direction, this package is designed to foster your individual growth while aligning your values with those that shape both your personal and family experience. It focuses on transforming personal habits and perspectives, while helping you strengthen connections, stay connected to your core values and purpose, and empower you to make choices that align with both your goals and your family’s well-being.

Grounded in values of:

  • Clarity – Gaining a deeper understanding of your strengths, challenges, and vision for personal and family life.

  • Confidence – Building personal confidence for both parents and students to face challenges and embrace opportunities.

  • Connection – Deepening emotional connections and improving communication between family members.

  • Curiosity – Encouraging continuous learning and self-reflection for both parents and children.

  • Calm – Cultivating a calm and balanced family life, managing stress, and staying grounded

  • Empowered Choices – Supporting you in making intentional, empowered decisions that align with your goals and future vision.

What’s Included:

  • 12 coaching sessions (60 minutes, bi-weekly)
    Sessions tailored to address both individual and family growth

  • Customized coaching roadmap to align your personal goals with family values and transitions

  • Goal-setting + values alignment exercises to help you develop a clear vision for personal and family growth

  • Personal growth assessments to identify strengths and areas for development

  • Midpoint progress review to reflect on personal development, adjust strategies, and recommit to your goals

  • Session summaries with actionable steps and reflections to support personal and family goals

  • Email support between sessions for continuous guidance and encouragement

  • Optional tools such as time management strategies, self-care techniques, customized support for neurodivergent children, and methods to overcome your inner saboteur while strengthening the leader within

Support may focus on:

  • Helping students build confidence, self-advocacy, and emotional resilience

  • Assisting parents in developing healthy habits for self-care, personal growth, and stress management

  • Aligning personal values with parenting goals to strengthen family relationships

  • Supporting parents in cultivating emotional intelligence and enhancing communication with their children

  • Empowering parents to make mindful, empowered choices that reflect their family values and vision for the future

  • Helping parents balance work and family life while staying grounded in their values

By the end of our 6 months together, you’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of yourself, greater clarity around your goals, and the tools to make empowered, values-driven decisions. You’ll feel more confident navigating both personal and family challenges, equipped with practical strategies and renewed purpose. Whether it’s shifting habits, building emotional resilience, or finding your voice—in your home or your career—you’ll leave this experience feeling grounded, capable, and ready for what’s next.

🔥 Life Transformation Package – 12 Months

Best for:  All parents, including parents of neurodivergent children, facing major life transitions—whether it’s adjusting to new diagnoses, navigating school changes, grappling with the intense pressure of a new job, promotion, or career shift, or navigating the complex balance of leadership and responsibility at home and at work.  This immersive package is designed to foster deep personal growth and support long-term transformation in both family dynamics and individual development, helping you and your family make empowered, intentional choices for the future.

This 12-month coaching partnership supports profound, lasting transformation. It is tailored to individuals and families committed to investing in their personal growth while strengthening their relationships.  Whether you’re redefining your role as a parent, taking a more intentional and influential role in your family life, navigating the pressure of career changes, or guiding your child through a pivotal transition, this coaching experience will empower you to make profound, lasting changes and decisions that drive both personal transformation and family fulfillment.

 

Grounded in values of:

  • Clarity – Helping you clearly define your personal and family goals, roles, and priorities

  • Confidence – Fostering personal empowerment for both parents and students to navigate life’s challenges

  • Connection – Building stronger bonds with your children and improving overall family communication

  • Curiosity – Cultivating a mindset of continuous growth, self-awareness, and adaptability within the family

  • Calm – Creating inner peace and emotional resilience for parents while guiding children to achieve the same

  • Empowered Choices – Equipping you with the tools and confidence to make decisions that are aligned with your family’s values and long-term vision

What’s Included:

  • 24 coaching sessions (60 minutes, bi-weekly)
    Tailored to address both personal growth and family-focused coaching

  • Pre- and post-coaching self-assessments to track personal development and family growth

  • Personalized development plan to support long-term transformation in both individual and family goals

  • Ongoing accountability and check-ins to ensure progress and maintain momentum

  • Tailored resources aligned with personal growth and family values, including tools for supporting neurodivergent children and navigating transitions

  • Journaling prompts, reflection tools, and family exercises to deepen personal growth and enhance family connection

  • Responsive email support for ongoing guidance and encouragement

Support may focus on:

  • Helping parents identify and act on their personal growth goals while balancing family responsibilities

  • Empowering students to build independence, resilience, and self-awareness

  • Guiding parents through life transitions (e.g., career changes, relocation) while staying aligned with family values

  • Providing tools for managing stress, improving self-care, and developing positive habits for the whole family

  • Supporting parents of neurodivergent children with strategies to foster self-advocacy, emotional regulation, and academic growth

  • Strengthening family bonds by improving communication, empathy, and understanding

  • Empowering parents to make intentional, empowered choices that align with their family’s long-term vision

By the end of our 12 months together, you’ll have experienced meaningful, lasting transformation—both within yourself and across the areas of life that matter most. You’ll have a clear sense of who you are, what you stand for, and how to lead your life with intention and authenticity. Whether you’ve redefined your role at home, stepped into new opportunities at work, or deepened the connections that shape your family, you’ll emerge with sustainable habits, aligned values, and a renewed sense of purpose. This isn’t just about growth—it’s about becoming the most grounded, empowered version of your authentic self and building a life that reflects it.

 
 

🏢 For Companies & Organizations

Support your people. Elevate your culture. Drive meaningful, sustainable growth from the inside out. These coaching programs are designed to help teams thrive—whether you’re investing in rising talent, strengthening leadership, or supporting executives navigating complex challenges.

Each offering is built with a deep understanding of the real-life demands professionals face—including robust support for working parents juggling caregiving, career progression, and the unique needs of raising neurodivergent children. Coaching is personalized, values-driven, and designed to translate individual growth into organizational impact.


 

🌱 Empower: Coaching for Emerging Leaders

Best for: Early-career professionals, new managers, rising talent — including working parents navigating leadership and life transitions.

Focus: This program builds the foundation for confident, values-driven leadership. It helps participants articulate their leadership style, make empowered decisions, and communicate with clarity — while developing habits to navigate competing demands from work and family.

What’s included:

  • 6 individual coaching sessions per participant (60 minutes each, scheduled bi-weekly or monthly)

  • Leadership skill-building around communication, decision-making, boundary-setting, and feedback

  • Work-life integration coaching with strategies tailored to support working parents, including time management and mental load balancing

  • Custom progress metrics tracking insights, goals, and growth over time

  • End-of-program insight report for participants and including themes, growth areas, and recommendations

Outcomes:

  • Improved confidence and clarity as a leader

  • Greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence

  • Practical tools for managing teams and navigating complex relationships

  • Strategies to support sustainable productivity—especially helpful for working caregivers balancing multiple roles


 

🌟 Elevate: Coaching for Mid-Level Leaders

Best for: Early- to mid-career professionals or high-potential employees—including parents navigating the challenges of scaling their leadership while supporting a family–who would benefit from individualized growth within a shared cohort structure.

This hybrid model blends group-based development with personalized coaching to build both  individual leadership and a sense of team culture.

Focus:  Develop tools to manage teams effectively, engage in courageous conversations, and take decisive action amidst competing priorities — while honoring both personal values and team goals. This coaching creates clarity in both personal and professional leadership roles.

What’s included:

  • Cohort onboarding session to build community, clarify intentions, and help participants align personal and professional goals.

  • Monthly or bi-monthly Professional Development (PD) sessions focused on topics such as:

    • Values-based leadership

    • Navigating a change

    • Communication and collaboration

    • Managing burnout and boundaries for working parents

    • Neurodiversity inclusion and advocacy

  • Pre-program needs assessment to tailor content and coaching focus

  • 3 or 6 months of 1:1 coaching per participant, with number of hours based on group size and structure

    • Email and messaging support between sessions

    • Midpoint check-in and recalibration session

    • Final strategy and goal-setting session

Optional Add-Ons:

  • Parent-specific coaching circles

  • Specialized PD modules on neurodiversity or inclusive leadership

  • Reflection/journaling guides between sessions

Outcomes:

  • Boosted confidence, self-awareness, and ownership of professional growth

  • Increased engagement, retention, and morale—especially among employees with complex personal lives

  • Strengthened communication and collaboration across departments


 

🚀 Executive Impact: C-Suite & Senior Leadership Coaching

Best for: Executives, senior leaders, and founders — including working parents navigating high-pressure environments while staying true to their vision and values and who are reimagining leadership from a place of integrity, clarity, and sustainable impact. Ideal for those ready to integrate professional legacy with personal fulfillment.

This experience is tailored to the nuance and intensity of executive life, offering a confidential, strategic coaching partnership focused on optimizing performance through a lens of strategic alignment, human-centered leadership, and core values.

 Focus: This deeply personalized coaching experience supports bold visioning, strategic leadership, and culture creation — while helping leaders maintain presence and purpose across work and family life. Together, we explore identity, impact, and how to lead from an authentic place.

What’s included:

  • 12–24 private coaching sessions (60 minutes, bi-weekly or monthly)

  • Stakeholder interviews (optional) to gather feedback and identify blind spots

  • Strategic goal mapping and personal development alignment

  • Work-life strategy sessions for leaders balancing the dual demands of work and family life, including parenting neurodivergent children

  • Custom success metrics designed in partnership each senior leader

  • Confidential reporting (if desired) to track impact over time

Outcomes:

  • Expanded executive presence and clarity in decision-making

  • Improved delegation, team leadership, and organizational communication

  • Renewed energy and focus through realistic work-life alignment

  • Greater alignment between personal values and leadership style

Life Coaching Details

We will conduct our coaching sessions by phone or Zoom, so geographical location is not an issue. Regularly scheduled session length is 60 minutes. In our free session we can talk in more detail about what would be the perfect coaching program for you!