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As a coach, I work 1-on-1 with nonprofit/NGO leaders and executive directors seeking clarity in their personal and professional development. Coaching clients are often navigating organizational development challenges, imposter syndrome, burnout and compassion fatigue, mental health challenges, unhealthy workplace or industry cultures, and professional stagnation or isolation. Coaching engagements typically last 12 months or longer, and can provide invaluable strategic guidance and emotional support for social changemakers.

I practice healing-centered and trauma-informed coaching. In my coaching practice, I nurture clients to expand into their wholeness and embrace their transformative purpose. I have completed the 60-hour Blooming Willow Conductors Coach Certification Program (International Coaching Federation (ICF) ACSTH certified training program) and the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence (NSI) Training Certification. For first hand accounts, visit the about page.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • I offer complimentary initial consultation meetings and coaching sessions to determine mutual interest, scope of work, and fit.

  • While there may be overlap between these modalities, here are some brief definitions:

    • Coaching “Partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” ~International Coaching Federation

    • Consulting “Experts paid for their industry experience, guidance, and execution to use proven methods and strategies to help you reach your goals.” ~ Lisa Guillot

    • Mentoring “A relationship between two people where the individual with more experience, knowledge, and connections is able to pass along what they have learned to a more junior individual within a certain field.” ~ World Education Service

    • Therapy “Helping people with physical, emotional, and mental health issues improve their sense of well‐being, alleviate feelings of distress, and resolve crises.” - American Psychological Association

    For clients who experience significant overlap in their therapeutic and coaching experiences, I describe coaching as focused on changing your present and future actions, beliefs, and conditions, while therapy tends to focus on the past and present through exploring root causes of trauma, symptom alleviation, and integrating healing practices.

  • Coaching is an intimate relationship, and it’s important to find a coach that is a good fit for you. Most coaches offer complimentary consultation / sample sessions. I recommend interviewing or doing sample coaching sessions with at least 3 coaches who you feel may be a good fit. Some questions to ask your coach:

    • What is your mission or values statement as a coach?

    • Who do you typically work with?

    • What coaching training have you participated in?

    • What is your coaching specialty or areas in which you most often work?

    • Who would not be a good fit to work with you?

    • If you have time, you may also consider asking for 1-2 references of former clients who you can reach out to.

    In order to find a coach, ask your peer or funder networks for referrals, or check online directories of coaches. Peers in your network or shared movement context may have the best referrals for finding a coach who is most aligned with the area you work in. As a starting point, the International Coach Federation (ICF) offers a searchable database of credentialed coaches.

  • In our sessions, you will experience 4 distinct phases of coaching: grounding, introductory questions, exploration, and next steps.

    Grounding: Each coaching session will open with a brief somatic grounding activity to support the coach and client to attune to the present.

    • Introductory questions: Coaching will begin with a set of standard, introductory questions to ask the client what they would like out of the coaching session.

    • Exploration: The coach will guide the client with deeper, probing questions about the coaching topic selected. Additional activities may include role play, guided visualization, somatic awareness exercises, etc.

    • Next steps: Coaching sessions will end with clear next steps for the client to advance their own goals.

  • I prefer to work with clients for 12 months or more. Schedule permitting, I prefer meeting bi-weekly (every other week) for coaching. Coaching engagements begin with a 90 minute discovery session, subsequently followed by standard 60 minute sessions. Coaching packages are offered at a fixed rate for a 1-year contract, with payment due upfront or in two installments.

  • S.W., Executive Director

    Tracy helped me frame my leadership in a way that resonated with me and felt innovative, authentic, and radical! I’ve learned how to lead through modeling the transformation I want to see, accepting who I innately am, and making my position work to those strengths rather than trying to squeeze myself into someone else's strengths. The entire experience of working with Tracy was really transformational and meaningful to me.

  • N.R.

    I have noticed sighs of relief - emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually - during, after and even knowing that I am entering the coaching space. There are major shifts in my motivation and capacity which invites me to do what I enjoy.

    Coaching with Tracy has served to support my own boundary setting and mapping out what I want, deserve, and choose to work towards. I continue to hold and apply the tangible skills throughout my own intra-personal stewardship: of grounding, of gentleness, of accountability.

  • A.F.

    Tracy helped our organization reach a new level where we will have more opportunities and a more sustainable future… Tracy helped set up our new payroll platform, worked with our office manager to set up Quickbooks, and recommended updates to our staff handbook. I know these are systems that will be implemented for us in the long term.

    I learned so much! It was a long journey working with Tracy and there was so much growth for me as a leader for my organization, in regards to our infrastructure and outside partnerships. It was a really good experience, as Tracy made themselves available for our needs whether in person or online.