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Coaching

As a coach, I support complicated people as they explore their internal worlds, understand and value every part of who they are, and live with inner harmony. These posts are about my coaching work.

Screenshot of a Zoom with two people. I’m saying, “That is a lot of feelings at one time.”

Demo session 1: “A lot of feelings at one time”

Having mixed feelings is a common experience — and it’s the easiest, most direct way to begin exploring the complexity of our inner communities. During the first few minutes of this demonstration session, see if you can track all the different ways “Michelle” is feeling.

Still from the YouTube video linked below, showing a bald white man with a brown beard and a white woman with brown hair.

What a first coaching session might be like

What is a coaching session like? My colleague Alysa Haas and I teamed up to show you how a new client’s first session might go, from start to finish. Here are the videos we made.

Photo of Robyn Lending Halsten, a white woman with long brown hair, smiling to the camera.

Embodied IFS in the Twin Cities

This fall, certified IFS therapist and consultant Robyn Lending Halsten will offer an in-person consultation group in Embodied IFS right here in the twin cities. I’ll be there — read more about the group here.

Golden statues of Amitabha Buddha (center) with his attendants Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva

Compassion from Self and Buddha

Today I learned about a Buddhist way of thinking about Self from Satya Robyn, a Buddhist teacher, author, and IFS therapist.

Guided introductions to your inner world

Guided introductions to your inner world

I use an app called Insight Timer to listen to guided meditations, including many versions of Internal Family Systems practice. If you’re ready to get to know your inner system a bit, here are some guided meditations you can use to get started, all by yourself, for free.

My sliding scale

My sliding scale

I charge for coaching on a sliding scale, based on Alexis J. Cunningfolk’s “green bottles.” Learn how it works here.

Ways to find a therapist

Ways to find a therapist

If you want help managing a specific mental-health diagnosis (as I do), or if you need to pay for support using health insurance, then you need a clinical mental-health practitioner — not a coach like me. Here are some suggestions for finding a clinician that works for you.