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Most of us don’t need fixing — we need skills.

My coaching focuses on emotional regulation, self-trust, motivation, and confident decision-making.
So life feels more manageable and meaningful.

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Calm Under Pressure

Calm Under Pressure

Emotional Regulation & Self-Command

Learn to manage strong emotions without becoming overwhelmed, reactive, or shut down

Skills and Learning

  • An understanding of how the brain and nervous system respond under stress

  • The ability to recognize emotional hijack moments

  • Use simple, real-life tools to slow reactions, name emotions, shift perspective, and recover after emotional moments

How This Helps

  • Steadier emotions and clearer communication lead participants to feel more control, confidence, and calm at home, school, and under pressure

  • Faster repair when things don’t go as planned

  • Fewer blowups and power struggles

 

12 Sessions

Momentum Mindset

Motivation, Focus & Follow-Through

Learn how to build motivation and focus in a way that actually lasts — without pressure, nagging, or burnout

Skills and Learning

  • Why overwhelm and perfectionism shut motivation down

  • Tools to manage mental overload and fear of failure

  • Strategies for creating internal motivation

How This Helps

  • Better focus and less procrastination

  • More follow-through on schoolwork and responsibilities

  • Greater ownership and independence with less friction

  • Increased confidence from completing tasks and seeing progress

12 Sessions

Discovering Your True North

Direction, Self-Worth & Decision-Making 

Learn how to build a grounded sense of self and direction — without pressure to have everything figured out

 

Skills and Learning

  • Clarify personal values

  • Define success in an authentic, sustainable way

  • Simple decision-making frameworks for navigating choices with confidence

How This Helps

  • Reduced anxiety about the future and “figuring it all out”

  • Greater confidence in decisions and next steps

  • A stronger sense of self-worth that isn’t tied to achievement

  • More clarity and calm around school, college, and life choices

 

12 Sessions

Launch Into Leadership

Project Development & Execution

Built around a leadership project chosen by the student, participants are guided from idea to action while developing a growth-oriented mindset.

Skills and Learning

  • Clarify values, interests, and strengths as a foundation for leadership

  • Establish a clear and motivating vision

  • Break ideas into realistic, manageable action steps

  • Implement and subsequent reflection on challenges, growth, and learning throughout

How This Helps

  • Greater confidence in taking initiative and making decisions​

  • Develop resume-building skills through meaningful, real-world impact.

6 Sessions

Momentum Mindset
Leadership
True North

Not Sure Which Program Fits?

Some young people don’t fit neatly into one category — and that’s okay. Coaching can also be tailored organically based on what’s most present in your life right now. For this reason, I offer flexible, non-programmatic coaching in addition to the structured options.

Pro Bono Coaching

As part of my ongoing mission to build resilience in our youth, I offer free coaching packages to underserved adolescents. If you or someone you know could benefit from pro bono coaching, please reach out.

Free Workshops and Resources? Yes, please! Stay in the Know.

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