What is coaching?
First and foremost coaching is a relationship - one that can be powerful and transformative.
People turn to coaching when something is not working in their lives - they seek help to make things better. But often the root is deeper than the symptoms that are troubling us. We can benefit from a trusted guide to help us in the exploration.
And this is where I come in.
We will work with what you bring. But we won’t just rearrange the furniture in your life. We will traverse the territory under your feet, whatever arises in our inquiry. We will not be looking to make you “fit better”. We will be looking to bring more you present, to help you fully inhabit your life.
From this place, all things are possible.
How I Coach
My training is multi-disciplinary, including certification by two coaching programs and training in a wide variety of other programs focusing on adult development, systems thinking and integral thinking. I also have many years of experience working in a large organization with the professional and management training that goes with that. And I use my intuition.
All of my knowledge, training and intuitive capacities come to bear in my coaching. But the most important - the essential - thing is presence: to sit with another and to be with that person just as they are.
Mysterial Woman
I am certified as a Mysterial Leadership Depth Level 1 coach by this deeply transformative women’s leadership and development program. The Mysterial Woman has significantly informed my work and powerfully affected my own development over the last 15 years. In the words of the program’s founder, Suzanne Anderson, the Mysterial Woman is….”a radically new way of being that brings together our Feminine and Masculine strengths and gives rise to more conscious, connected and creative ways of acting. Characterized by a remarkable ease with unknown, chaotic and ambiguous realities, this upgraded 'inner operating system' generates the capacity to bridge between differences with grounded presence and unfold a positive future.”
Newfield Network
I am certified by the Newfield Network which focuses on the whole person - body, mind, and emotions. Their framework focuses on ontology - or as they say “on being and its properties”. This is a very effective, holisitic approach to transformational coaching.
I offer an initial complimentary session
…because in coaching, the right fit is essential.
This session will give me a sense of the territory and allow us to talk specifically about your needs.
Astrologically-inspired coaching collaboration
I offer this option for clients with an interest in astrology, in collaboration with trusted colleague and insightful astrologer, Wendy Giles.
This coaching path includes a one-on-one astrological reading providing perspective on the coaching issues you and I surface together. A written summary of the reading will allow us to integrate the wisdom of your astrology into our coaching conversation. This approach provides an added dimension to the already deep coaching conversation.
“When you are transformed the world will be transformed,
for you are the world and the world is you.”
Word of Mouth
“When I started working with Nota, I was already in a major transition and my mind was pure chaos. I second guessed everything I thought about. I could not connect with my intuition. It was paralyzing. Through breathing and centering, Nota took me back to basics and helped me to reset my nervous system.
Our sessions together became increasingly constructive once I had settled down and Nota's reflections on my process truly clarified my location in space and time, so that I could actually move forward. It's so hard to describe moving from chaos to clarity.
Over one year later, I still feel held by the experience of Nota's heart centered coaching. And I am connected to my intuition, the guide that I desperately sought when I went to Nota in the first place.”
- J. G.
“Nota helped me immensely in my midlife career transition process and at the same time helped me unravel some deeper personal issues. She guided me gently through a deep self-discovery phase bringing focus back to my own place of inner knowing, my North Star. She provided a loving container that enabled me to reconnect with my essential self and helped neglected or buried gems to emerge.
Nota is a very gifted and insightful coach who integrates various methodologies and her intuition. She always strikes the right balance of gentleness and digging into the areas that need focus and attention. I had nothing short of a transformational experience in my time working with her.”
- D.G.
“Nota’s way of working is embodied and authentic...she is extremely compassionate and non-judgmental. Working with her is enabling me to really manifest changes in my life because I come away with things to practice that create true changes in my way of being.”
- L.P.
“Nota was very intuitive, honest, authentic and forward-thinking and really helped me to materialize what I wanted to do next. She made the process seamless and rewarding. I am forever grateful for what I learned and how I advanced during my coaching time. She’s a gem.”
- N.S.