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Coaching and facilitation for people and teams navigating stress, change, and conflict.

If you are feeling tired, lost, or disconnected, you are not alone. At Path of Wisdom, parents and teens can slow down, listen to themselves, and begin to find their way back to steadiness and clarity in their own time.

Path of Wisdom Coaching is a Portland-based, trauma-informed transformative coaching practice supporting people navigating stress, change, strained relationships, and disconnection from themselves.

When the old way no longer works

You, someone you know, or your team may be experiencing what feels like constant strain, especially as a parent, teen, or supporting professional. This weight can feel even heavier if you have held these roles as a person of color, someone who is LGBTQ, or as someone whose identity is rarely centered where you live and work. Even if things look fine on the outside, you might feel flat, numb, overwhelmed, or distant from yourself. These feelings are not failures. They are gentle messages from your body and your life, reminding you that you have been holding more than anyone should have to carry alone. Sometimes, these feelings quietly invite you to listen more closely to what is happening inside, to what you value, and to what may be ready to shift.

How change begins

Slow down and notice

  • Change often begins by slowing down enough to notice what has been hard to hear beneath the noise of stress, expectations, and responsibility.

Reconnect with your Values

  • Our partnership explores what your experience is telling you and helps you reconnect with the values that can guide you forward.

Explore Next Steps

  • From there, we can explore choices and practices that feel more aligned and kinder to yourself.

What becomes possible

With time, this work can help you:

  • Feel more connected to yourself and your own inner steadiness

  • Find daily rhythms that feel more sustainable

  • Meet hard conversations and decisions with greater clarity and care

  • Rebuild a life that matches your values, not just one focused on getting by

  • Understand your emotions with more compassion and less fear or self-judgment

  • Respond to stress, change, and conflict in ways that reflect who you are and what matters most to you

The goal is not perfection or a quick fix. It is about finding a way of living that feels more honest, grounded, and sustainable in your real life.

At a glance

This practice is grounded in professional training and ongoing learning:

  • 15+ years supporting teens, parents, and communities through crisis, transition, and recovery

  • Master's in Conflict Analysis and Resolution

  • PCC-level coaching credentials through the International Coaching Federation

When you are ready

When you feel ready, book a free 60-minute consultation for a conversation about what you are experiencing and what kind of support might help you move forward.

Schedule a time with Path of Wisdom

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