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IFS-Informed Life Coaching

IFS-Informed Life
Coaching Overview

We all carry stories, experiences, and patterns that shape how we move through the world. Some of those patterns come from moments of pain, stress, or trauma— experiences that may have left us feeling stuck, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward.

IFS-informed coaching recognizes that healing and growth happen most fully when we feel safe, seen, and supported.

IFS (Internal Family Systems) is a gentle, evidence-based approach that sees each of us as having many “parts” inside—like inner voices, feelings, or roles we’ve carried through life.

Some parts might try to protect us (like the inner critic or perfectionist), while others may carry old pain or fear. In IFS-informed coaching we explore these parts with curiosity and compassion, not judgment.


You will learn how to listen to them, understand what they’re trying to protect, and meet their needs in healthier ways.

Over time, you connect more deeply with your highest Self—the calm, wise, centered part of you that can lead with clarity and compassion.


Because I combine IFS with a trauma-informed lens, we will go at your pace. Safety, consent, and choice are always at the center of the work. The goal is to help you befriend your inner world, reduce inner conflict, and live with more ease, authenticity, and freedom.

What to expect with 1:1 Coaching

One hour per
week meeting

Personal, family, and
ancestral healing

Turning vision
into reality

Personalized
coaching plan

Goal Setting and
Achieving

Shadow work around
feelings of guilt & shame

Breathing and
meditation exercises

Text message
motivations

Writing prompts

Getting to know
and trust parts

Embodying the 8 C’s of IFS: Curiosity, Compassion, Courage, Calm, Confidence, Connection, Clarity, Creativity

Trauma-Informed Principles

  • Safety

    Sessions are designed to create a felt sense of safety and containment.

  • Empowerment & Choice

    Clients are supported to move at their own pace; consent and autonomy are central.

  • Trustworthiness & Transparency

    Clear expectations, boundaries, and communications.

  • Collaboration

    The coaching relationship is non-hierarchical and relational.

  • Cultural Humility

    Acknowledgement of diverse identities, power dynamics, and intergenerational trauma.

  • Somatic Awareness

    Grounding techniques and body-based tools integrated throughout.

Benefits of IFS-Informed Life Coaching

  • Heal from burdens you have been carrying for many years
  • Get to know your Self from a fresh new perspective
  • Start setting goals and achieving them
  • Have an advocate to support you as you make healthy changes in your life
  • Motivation and direction from an outside perspective
  • Guidance from a caring and patient person
  • Someone to listen to you
  • Someone who will validate your feelings, but also hold you accountable to yourself
  • A chance to be true to your Self
  • Find your path and walk it with confidence
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