Integral Leadership Coach

As your coach, I am here to be your guide and ask you the important questions to move you towards the life and career you want. If you're interested, schedule a free 30 minute consultation for discovery and fit. 

 

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Who do I coach? 
I typically work with individuals who are:

• Grappling with life's bigger questions and seeking more fulfillment
• Feeling stuck, uncertain, burnt out, or challenged at work or at home
• Looking to make a career transition, take a pause, or get promoted

 

What is my approach?

I take an integral approach to coaching. What this means is, I work with my clients at the level of the “root cause.” So instead of just being focused on the What and How of leadership, we go deep on the Who and through that lens we make progress together. So while taking steps to resolve a current situation , I also support my clients to connect more fully to their overall purpose and trajectory. In addition, I:

• View each of my clients as an integrated whole: one who is shaped by their history, circumstances, relationships, and environment
• Support my clients in living in a more integrated way: bringing our full selves to every part of life, opening up possibilities, driving sustainable change, and experiencing more fulfillment as a result
• Believe development happens not only through insight but through integrating those insights into our bodies with practices, including meditation and movement

This approach is based on my training with the New Ventures West Integral Coaching methodology that integrates teachings of many movements, traditions, fields of study, and people. These include somatics and embodiment, adult development theory, neuroscience, ontology, integral theory, numerous spiritual traditions, and many more. 

 

What is my experience with coaching? 

I have 150+ hours of 1-1 coaching and am currently getting my ICF certification with New Ventures West. 

Prior to this, I have 15+ years of corporate experience where I led teams at technology start-ups (LinkedIn, Digit, Brightwheel) and fortune 100 companies (Nike, Chase, Bank of America, J & J) that also included coaching those on my teams. 

And personally, I have experienced:

• Lows of getting laid off, feeling burnt out, and being stuck in a toxic environment
• Highs of getting promoted, gaining responsibility, and becoming a people leader--which included coaching and mentoring my direct reports 
• Transitions from consulting to client-side, individual contributor to people manager, interviewee to hiring manager, big company to start-ups, full time job to solopreneur, and more such identity shifts
  

 

What are my services?
I offer 1-1 individual coaching. Typically, this includes:

• Foundational assessment 
• Customized development plan
• 10 live 50-minute sessions, for a 6 month engagement

All sessions are remote, via video or phone, and I start with a free 30 minute consultation for discovery and fit.

 

Why do I coach? 

I coach to make an impact and be in service of others. I achieved this clarity, about my purpose and values,  from working with my own coach a few years ago and I hope to be able to do the same for you--so you too can live your life, personal and professional, with more clarity, intention, and joy.

 

How is coaching different from psychotherapy?

To simplify, I'll focus on 3 key differences:

• Orientation: Coaching is more focused on getting you to where you wish to be in the future. In contrast, psychotherapy is more focused on healing from the past
• Relationships: Coaching starts with the belief that you have the answers within, and so it is more of a partnership. As a coach, my responsibility is to “be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder” as the poet Rumi would say–empowering you to find your own the path to fulfillment. In contrast, psychotherapy is focused on mental health diagnoses and healing where the psychotherapist is the expert
• Timing: Coaching engagements typically span 6-12 months, with the hope of driving sustainable change. In contrast, healing with psychotherapy can take years

Note: Depending on your individual needs and goals, there may be a need to work with both a psychotherapist and coaching as many of my current clients do.