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) and Inner Relationship Focusing.
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.
Depth of Presence & Absence - As we drop deeper, qualities of Presence become more available as an inner resource. At the same time, we can recognize an Absence not as a deficiency or lack, but as a living field of openness. When we learn to be with Absence—without grasping or rejecting—it can spontaneously reveal the precise quality of Presence needed to meet what is arising now.
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: news, technology, environmental protection, education, and healthcare. I also worked and taught in the field of photography for 11 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 since 2018 and 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, and the Realization Process. Having an interest in meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong, or other mind-body practices can help clients to find a sense of ease with my style of coaching. Everyone is welcome. Meditation can be integrated into our sessions.
Credentials
International Coaching Federation (ICF) - Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
Aletheia Advanced Coaching Program Levels 1-3
Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching Trained (ORSC-T)
Internal Family Systems Online Circle
Certified Realization Process Embodiment and Healing Ground Teacher
iRest Yoga Nidra Teacher - Level One
Extensive training and study in adult development, somatics, and presence-centered coaching.
A long-term commitment to practicing Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
Please note: I am a trauma-informed coach. I am not licensed to provide psychotherapy. I do not assess, evaluate, diagnose, or treat mental illness or emotional disorders. Working with me is not a substitute for clinical therapy, medical advice or treatment.
Goals, Packages, and Practices
If inner work is essential to your life, you’ve come to the right place.
Use the form below to inquire about my availability for 1:1 coaching.
We can schedule a free 30 minute Zoom call to explore this style of coaching.
No strings attached. No salesy energy. We’ll focus on what would make life more wonderful for you.
To allow the spaciousness for deep work, coaching sessions can be 60 or 75 minutes.
I meet with most clients every 1-2 weeks.
Developmental goals and timelines vary. We’ll co-design a coaching package that fits your purpose.
I believe that coaching is for everyone.
I want coaching to be a sustainable option for both of us.
The most important thing is that we both feel a sense of resonance and trust.
I look forward to connecting with you! ✨