Are you a mission-driven leader who wants your work to fit you better?
Coaching helps you find a new way forward by offering a roadmap for change.
You’re ready for a change at work.
Maybe you’re craving more impact…
Maybe you want more challenge…
Or maybe you need a downshift…
Lately you’ve been feeling stuck, frustrated, and unfulfilled— and you’re craving a change in direction.
You care deeply about how your work serves the world and you want to do that work in the best way you can. But trying to navigate change on your own is hard.
No one teaches us how to change jobs, how to change our way of relating to a job we have, or how to shift our hard-won skills and experiences from one context to another when we want—or need— something new.
Coaching helps you better align your work with your values, improve work-life fit, and focus on what matters most to you.
My approach is:
tailored to each individual
Our work is highly customized for you and your needs, with email support between meetings as needed.
informed by inquiry
All coaching engagements start with an interview to understand your situation, your context, and your goals.
guided by your intentions
The trajectory of our work is guided by a written plan that clarifies goals, activities, and time frames.
supported by information
I provide resources (like articles, blogs, book chapters, and podcasts) that support your goals and your learning.
Let’s work together.
Jumpstart
This is the best fit for people who aren’t sure they want to hire a coach or who have a very specific question.
You’ll gain key insights and new approaches in just a few weeks — or even a few days.
Two 60-minute sessions via Zoom or phone, scheduled no more than three weeks apart.
Email support between your two sessions, including a written recap of key points from our initial conversation.
Suggested follow-up actions.
Jumpstart clients receive a 10% discount on a longer coaching engagement for 60 days following their 2nd session.
(Investment: $549 )
A Path Forward
This is the best fit for people who want to make a shift within their current field of work, who want to better align their work-life fit, or who need some short-term support through a period of intensity at work. Six to eight weeks in length.
A 60- to 75-minute interview that helps frame the goals and strategies for our work together.
A customized written program plan.
Suggested resources and tools.
Three coaching sessions, about 1 hour each, guided by your program plan and scheduled 1 week to 10 days apart.
Email support between sessions, as needed.
A final 45-minute session focused on celebrating and sustaining success.
Recommended optional add-on: a single Spark session with Mighty Forces “word wizard” Amanda Hirsch.
(Investment: $1499)
I want coaching to be accessible to leaders in organizations of all sizes, and to leaders at all stages of their career. I therefore offer at least one sliding-scale slot each quarter for this option.
Just let me know in the contact form that you’re interested.
Big Shift
This is the best fit for people who want to make a bigger change— from one field to another, from for-profit to non-profit work, from a period of caregiving into full-time paid work, or from full-time paid work to an “encore” with a different pace and rhythm. Approximately 12-14 weeks in length.
A 75- to 90-minute, in-depth interview that helps frame the goals and strategies for our work together.
A customized written program plan.
Suggested resources and tools.
Six coaching sessions, about 1 hour each, guided by your program plan. Generally scheduled about 2 weeks apart.
Email support between sessions, as needed.
A final 45-minute session focused on celebrating and sustaining success.
A 30-minute check-in any time in the six months after your final session.
Recommended optional add-on: a single Spark session with Mighty Forces “word wizard” Amanda Hirsch.
(Investment: $2499 plus the cost of any add-ons or assessments.)
“ …What I can tell you for sure is how it felt to work with Michelle as my coach: Like she clearly saw my blind spots and brilliances and helped me to approach my work in a new way that I could not have gotten to on my own. Like I moved forward so quickly that I must have been pushed but all I remember feeling is lifted up.”
JAY FIELDS, SOMATIC EDUCATOR + AUTHOR 
Here’s what you’ll get when we work together.
During our time together, you’ll get:
a written plan that outlines your goals and how we’ll work together.
resources to support your plan: articles, blogs, podcasts, or other material that’s relevant to your goals and your interests.
email support between sessions as needed.
a shared online workspace for the duration of our coaching engagement.
a balance of structure and flexibility— a “container” for your transition that gives you some boundaries and some direction, but enough room to move around as you grow toward your vision for change.
co-creation and collaboration.
ongoing support and care.
perspective and permission.
When our work is done, you’ll have:
made progress toward the change you’re seeking.
greater capacity to manage similar change in the future.
access to an open door to come back for additional support or to be referred to someone else in my network as new opportunities and challenges arise.
You’ll avoid:
unnecessary struggle.
making do without tools that could help you move from where you are to where you want to be.
trying to find your way through new territory without a map.
Work changes. We change. Change is hard.