Wayfinder Coaching

One of my favorite coaches argues that coaches should stop calling themselves coaches. Why? Because wtf is a coach?! People don’t want coaching, per se. They want the result.

So an alternative explanation is that I help people solve problems and get out of their own way using Wayfinder tools.

Problems that often begin with: “I feel so stuck with [x], but…” or “I’m struggling with [x]…” or “I don’t know what to do about [x]…”

Problems that are existential in nature. Like, “What’s my purpose?” or so-called midlife crises.

Problems where you’re not showing up as you are. People-pleasing. Playing small or not taking up the space you deserve to take up. Wearing a mask.

Problems of avoidance or discontent or that you try to self-medicate through via shopping, boozing, gaming, binge-watching, doomsday scrolling, social media addictions, etc.

Problems where there’s a lot on the line if you get it wrong, like whether to get married or start a family or move or buy a house or quit a job or go back to school or…

The list of problems that Wayfinding can help solve is endless. And that’s because Wayfinding relies on your innate wisdom expressed via your body compass. You see, your body knows the answer. And sometimes, the answers are shocking! Anyway…

Wayfinder Life Coaching (aka Wayfinding) is your ticket to living the life your soul craves. Notice the word “soul.” If your ego’s wildest dreams aren’t aligned with your soul’s wildest dream, Wayfinding’s gonna (kindly!) point that out.

In many ways, Wayfinding is like other forms of coaching. For example, I partner with clients to help them identify what they want to change about their lives, work through disempowering beliefs about their circumstances that keep them stuck, and map a path towards creating desired change.

AND Wayfinding deviates from other forms of coaching in that we’ll be checking in regularly with your “body compass” and using it to guide you, to determine whether the path we’re on will bring you closer to your “North Star.” Though we’ll use various tools in our sessions, Wayfinding doesn’t follow any sort of framework. It’s highly intuitive. And it’s freaking life-changing.

I work with kind, conscientious humans. Humans who give AF about the state of our world at least as much as they care about their own lot in it.

Note that I frequently use the term “awakening" when describing who I’m here to serve. By this, I’m referring to those who see (or are waking up to) the insanity of our current cultural paradigm and yearn to live in alignment with who they truly are.

During a vino-infused moment around my fire pit in 2022, I got this inkling to call a women’s circle. When I sobered up (side note: I ditched the booze later that year), I realized that I’d better figure out how to facilitate a circle for the women - all strangers! - who had RSVP’d to my Facebook post.

There’s more backstory, but the gist is that on the full moon of May 2022, I began holding monthly (and sometimes semi-monthly) circles for the women in my community.

In the spring of 2024, I began offering a membership circle to encourage deeper connections and continuity amongst circlers. Eventually, I scaled back my other circle offerings so that most of my energies could be devoted to these membership circles.

I’m continually exploring other ways to promote the practice of sacred circling and gathering women in circle. This led me to create an on-demand Masterclass on how to facilitate sacred circles, and there may be a cohort-based training on the horizon. Just sayin’.

When we gather in sacred circle, we show up as our true Selves. We get vulnerable. We hold space for each other. We are seen, witnessed, and heard. We share what’s on our minds and hearts, without anyone offering us comment or advice.

THESE CIRCLES ARE POWERFUL. Whether you join me in circle or find another circle in your own community, I pray that you get to experience the magic of circling.