A Presence-Centered Approach to Coaching
Presence is your inner resource for navigating complexity and living a fulfilling life.
Presence can be expressed through qualities like joy, compassion, kindness, love, truth, peace, strength, clarity, and many more.
Coaching creates a supportive, non-judgmental space for you to experience and embody these qualities of Presence.
You'll discover greater clarity around your thought patterns and beliefs, develop greater ease working with emotions, and expand your access to the wisdom and intelligence of the body.
You'll deepen your relationship with yourself, with others, and the world.
Benefits
Contributes to living a life of integrity, creativity and authenticity
Cultivates emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and relationship systems intelligence
Provides helpful ways for working with difficult thoughts, emotions, and sensations
Opens clarity for navigating stuck places, tough decisions, and complex challenges
Calms the nervous system and creates conditions for relaxation, restoration, and resilience
Integral Unfoldment
I primarily practice Aletheia Integral Unfoldment in my 1:1 coaching sessions. We work with psychological material, somatic awareness, and deep states of Presence through a process that can feel like we’re meditating together. This co-meditation creates powerful possibilities for transformation.
A key principle in this way of working is to welcome everything, just as it is. We’re learning how to sit face-to-face with ourselves, by sitting face-to-face with each other. Doing this deep inner work in a relational way makes it easier to integrate into our lives.
We find ourselves being with a great paradox: We have no agenda to fix or change anything. And, by unconditionally welcoming what’s here now, we’re creating space for something new to unfold.
In the Aletheia method, we use a unique depths model that allows us to safely and dynamically welcome what’s arising with acceptance and compassion:
Depth of Parts - we work with our conditioned tendencies, reactivity, and defenses to find harmony and balance in our inner system. The Depth of Parts is inspired by Internal Family Systems (IFS).
Depth of Process - using the felt sense and felt images, we attune to the wisdom of the body to expand our sense of relatedness and flow. Process Work draws on many sources including Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing.
Depth of Presence & Absence - As we drop into the deeper depths, qualities of Presence become more available as an inner resource.
Depth of Nondual Presence - As we continue to let go, there is an interconnectedness with everyone and everything that is our deepest ground.
Experience
Photo by Jay Watson
I started my professional career by working as a researcher and project manager in a variety of environments: online news, cancer research, a learning disabilities non-profit, environmental protection, education, and healthcare. I also worked and taught in the field of photography for 9 years.
In 2016-2017, I worked as a Product Owner building tools for hundreds of coaches at an education non-profit. Working with coaches every day was a revelation. Professional coaches had a quality of Presence…a way of being that brought a sense of ease and well-being into a complex world. I’d found my calling.
I’ve been coaching organizations and teams since 2018, and started training as a professional coach in 2019. I continue to learn every day. A commitment to inner work is inextricably intertwined with how we're able to actualize our genius.
My contemplative practice is rooted in Buddhism, Nondual inquiry, the Aletheia Meditation System, and the Realization Process. Having a regular meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong, or other mind-body practice often allows clients to find a sense of ease with my style of coaching. Everyone is welcome. Meditation instruction can be integrated into coaching.
Credentials
International Coaching Federation (ICF) - Associate Certified Coach
Aletheia Advanced Coaching Program - Levels 1-3
Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Online Circle
iRest Yoga Nidra Level 1 Teacher
Training and studies in adult development, somatics, and presence-centered coaching
A long-term commitment to practicing Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
Pricing
Use the form below to inquire about my availability for 1:1 coaching.
When there are openings, I’m happy to set up a free initial Zoom call to see if this style of coaching resonates with you.
To allow the spaciousness for deep work, I offer a flexible session lengths - either 50 or 75 minutes.
I meet with most clients every 2 weeks.
Pricing is on a sliding scale.
Contact me for hourly and monthly options for self-pay and/or company sponsored coaching.
Please consider paying at the highest rate that you can afford. Your generosity supports practitioners with limited finances. I am committed to creating a few lower cost opportunities for people with disabilities, people who do not have white skin privilege, and people who identify as LGBTQIA+.