I help people design and live more creative lives.

I specialize in:

Writing Projects — Problem-Solving — Discovering Purpose & Meaning

Balancing Personal & Public Life — Building Community

      People often seek coaching because something's wrong. They're looking for relief from confusion, misunderstanding, lack of clarity, exhaustion, depression, past or present trauma, feeling stuck, and just not being happy.

      My work is helpful to writers who are “blocked” or want to be more productive, establish a regular writing schedule, and/or send more of their writing out into the world, through traditional or alternative methods.

      My work is helpful to people in job, relationship, or other life transitions, to artists and entrepreneurs building businesses, to young adults and new parents, to people care-taking aging parents, contemplating retirement, or learning to manage health challenges.

      My particular coaching is based on 20 years of experience as a poet and writing teacher and 35 as an entrepreneur, on my social activism through writing, and on Skills for Change coaching, a method in which I'm training that builds intellectual, emotional, and physical skills to help clarify your values and expand your understanding of choice.

      Skills for Change includes the social forces and power imbalances of our culture when looking at individual circumstance. This brings a realistic context to problem-solving and goal-setting and makes it easier to understand our stumbling blocks. Skills for Change sometimes includes bodywork and physical practices based in Aikido, in addition to one-on-one conversation.

      In my experience, when you address a situation with kindness and a view to dispelling confusion, you can get to a workable outcome. I'll help you quiet the mean voices in your head and learn to live with the power you have and the helplessness we all face.
 

      "Molly, I want to thank you for the presence and insight you offered again today. I have felt happy all day long. You have helped me so much to be able to allow that feeling in my life. I know that I always talk about the things that are difficult for me—for obvious reasons—and I wanted to share a bit of the beauty that you guide me to invite into my days."

      "Without your help, I might have not seen this spring."

      "You have helped me to be more honest with myself."

I work in person and on the phone — sitting, standing, walking, and sometimes swimming.

You can contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 530.265.8751
to talk more about coaching and schedule a session.

I look forward to speaking with you!