Your coach
A lifelong educator who knows transitions from both sides
Your coach is a Board Certified Coach and former university dean with more than 25 years in education and leadership. That work has meant sitting with people at turning points: students finding their footing, faculty changing direction, and leaders guiding teams through change.
Borealis Coaching brings that experience to one-on-one and team coaching, online, wherever you are. The approach is warm, practical, and grounded in research on what helps people grow.
Credentials
Training you can count on
Board Certified Coach (BCC)
Center for Credentialing & Education
Workplaces at Their Best Certified Consultant
VIA Institute on Character
Doctorate in Education
Adult learning and leadership
Coaching and well-being
- Graduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Coaching
- Cultivating CompassionStanford University
- Compassionate LeadershipCenter for Compassionate Leadership
- Bridging Differences Community of PracticeGreater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
- Mental Health First Aid, Adults and Youth
Teams and organizations
- Professional Certificate in Human Resources ManagementSHRM
- Prosci Change Management
- Lean Six Sigma Foundations
- Behavioral Intervention Team StandardsNABITA
Credentials can be verified on request.
Approach
How coaching works here
Every engagement is shaped around you. These evidence-based methods guide the work.
Positive psychology
Start from what’s already working, and build well-being and performance from there.
Character strengths
Name and use your strengths on purpose, with the VIA Character Strengths survey when it helps.
Radical listening
Room to think out loud, without anyone rushing to fix, judge, or solve.
Motivational interviewing
Conversations that help you find your own reasons for change, at your own pace.
The GROW model
A simple path through each session: your goal, where you are, your options, your next step.
Co-active coaching
A partnership in which you set the agenda and your coach helps you hold to it.
What you can expect
Clear, careful, and yours
You set the agenda
Sessions start with what you want from today.
Confidential
What you share stays private, within the usual limits for safety or the law.
Online, anywhere
Every session is by video, so you can meet from wherever you are.
Coaching, not therapy
If something needs a different kind of support, you’ll hear that honestly.
Your thriving starts with a conversation.
A free 20-minute call. No pressure, just space to think.
Book your free consultation