Working Together
What you can expect from the coaching process.
How the Work Unfolds
Before we begin, it helps to understand how coaching works and what you can expect from the process. My approach is grounded in a simple cycle: awareness, action, and learning.
Awareness involves examining the patterns, assumptions, and habits that shape how you operate. Many women in midlife have been relying on the same internal systems for decades. Sometimes those systems still serve you well. Sometimes they no longer do.
Action, or fieldwork, happens between sessions. Coaching is not just a conversation; it is a structured space that supports thoughtful experimentation in real life. The goal is not perfection, but movement.
Learning comes from reflecting on what happened. What worked? What didn’t? What could you do differently? This reflection informs the next step forward.
The process is cyclical rather than linear. Over time, these small cycles of awareness, action, and learning build steadier follow-through and a more durable sense of self-trust.
Accountability, Reframed
Accountability is woven into everything we do, but not in the traditional sense.
In most settings, accountability implies performance: you commit to something, and if you don’t complete it exactly as planned, you’ve failed. That’s not how we approach it here.
In coaching, accountability means staying engaged with the process. It means committing to some form of fieldwork between sessions and returning to the next session to examine what happened, no matter what.
If you completed the fieldwork, what made that possible?
If you completed it partially or not at all, what got in the way?
If the fieldwork shifted, what made that adjustment a better fit?
These reflections are the work.
I’m not here to extract results from you. I’m a steady partner in the ongoing cycle of awareness, action, and learning. That cycle continues to build clarity, follow-through, and self-trust over time.
My Role as Your Coach
I don’t fix, direct, or evaluate your life. I cannot create motivation for you. The clarity and movement you are seeking must ultimately come from you.
My role is to create a structured, thoughtful space where your thinking can deepen and your assumptions can be examined. I ask questions, explore perspectives, and reframe things when helpful to generate insight that supports action.
The coaching container provides:
Structure for turning insight into action
Space to review what happened
A place for learning to emerge
You remain responsible for the choices you make and the steps you take. I’m responsible for holding the structure and supporting the process.
My only agenda is the one you bring to coaching. I don’t have opinions about your pace, your methods, or whether your goals evolve along the way. In fact, refining your agenda in response to new learning is often a sign that meaningful change is underway.
What a Typical Session Looks Like
Each one-hour session follows a consistent rhythm.
We begin by identifying your topic for the day. We then briefly review what unfolded between sessions, including the fieldwork you did and any observations you made.
From there, we return to your topic with that new information in mind. This is where insight sharpens perspectives begin to shift.
Each session concludes with a clear next step. Most often, you generate this action with prompting and reflection. On occasion, I may make a request for you to try something. You always retain the right to say yes, no, or maybe.
Between-session fieldwork is often observational. You may be noticing patterns, assumptions, or internal reactions. At other times, the work is more concrete or task-oriented.
We both operate within agreements. Either of us may make a request, and either of us may respond with yes, no, or “maybe, with conditions.”
One agreement that is especially important is to show up to the next session, regardless of what happened between sessions. That is how the process continues.
Next Step
The next step is to request an introductory Zoom call.
This brief conversation allows us to discuss what you’re navigating, clarify your goals, and determine whether working together is a strong mutual fit.
If we decide to move forward, you will begin with my One-Month Coaching Commitment, a four-session introductory container designed to help you gain clarity and build traction.
