Heather Shaughnessy-Cato, NBC-HWC

You’re thoughtful and kind to others — but hard on yourself.

And something’s hard right now: maybe a change in your work, your health, or your life. A goal you keep circling. Or just the tiredness that comes from holding yourself to so much.

How do you take care of yourself in the midst of what’s happening — and find your way through it?

That’s where coaching can help. It gives you a trusted thought partner to help you understand where you are, what you need, where you want to go, and what may be getting in the way.

How coaching helps

Coaching works through regular conversations to untangle where you feel stuck and figure out what to do next. I pair self-compassion and mindfulness — both learnable, research-backed skills — with practical action.

I sometimes think of this as high standards without the harshness. You don’t have to stop caring deeply, wanting things to be different, or moving toward something meaningful. But you can learn to do those things with less self-criticism and more understanding of what you need.

Together, we try on new perspectives, explore tools, and experiment with them in your real life between sessions — closing the gap between where you are and where you want to be, in a way that still feels like you.

What my clients are saying:

“With your gentle and insightful guidance, I was able to shift some long-ingrained patterns of harsh self-judgment — and got so much more out of it than I could have possibly imagined.”
— Chris

“At the end of every call I felt seen and heard, and always walked away with some type of valuable ‘aha.’”
— Sam

“I was able to overcome a feeling of frustration and helplessness, which resulted in me feeling more creative again — writing more, building a newsletter and community, and getting a clearer sense of what actually matters to me.”
— Max