1:1 coaching · The Threshold
You’ve outgrown a job you used to be proud of, and the next thing doesn’t have a name yet. Over twelve unhurried weeks we find its shape together — so the change you make is one you can actually stand behind.
A 25-minute call, no pitch. We decide together if this is a fit — and I’ll tell you plainly if it isn’t.
Before we talk
I take very few clients at a time, so I would rather be honest now than polite later. Here is who this is, and is not, for.
How it works
Sessions are 60 minutes, fortnightly by default, over video or a walk if you are local. The shape below is the spine — your version bends to fit.
Week 0 · 25 min, free
We talk, unscripted. You describe the knot you are in; I tell you honestly whether I am the right person to help untie it. No call ends in a hard sell.
Weeks 1–3
Three sessions to get the whole picture out of your head and onto the table — the history, the constraints, the quiet wants you have been talking yourself out of.
Weeks 4–9
We run small, real experiments between sessions: a conversation, a draft, a day shaped differently. We keep what gives you energy and let go of what does not.
Weeks 10–12
You leave with a decision you can defend and a way of working that holds after we stop. A single check-in session lands six weeks later, on the house.
About
For fourteen years I ran design teams and mistook exhaustion for ambition. Walking out the second time taught me what I now do for a living: help capable people leave well, without burning the village or waiting for permission.
My work is unglamorous and quiet. No frameworks printed on mugs, no morning routines. Just steady, honest attention until the next thing stops being a fog and starts being a direction you trust.
In their words
I came in wanting Maren to approve a plan I already half-hated. She refused, kindly, and asked better questions instead. Three months later I run a team half the size and feel twice as much like myself.
No hype, no homework I resented. Just someone paying close attention while I worked out loud. The fortnightly rhythm gave the changes time to actually settle.
She told me on the first call that I might not need her — that it might be six months of rest, not coaching. That honesty is exactly why I trusted the twelve weeks that followed.
Sessions & programs
Most people start with a single session and move into the program if it feels right. There is no upsell mid-way — you will always know the whole cost before we begin.
$220 per 60-minute session
For a specific knot — one decision, one conversation you keep avoiding. Pay as you go, no commitment.
$1,950 12-week program · 6 sessions
The full accompaniment for a real transition. Spread over three months so the changes have room to hold.
Limited spots are real, not a tactic: I hold no more than six clients at once so the attention stays undivided. If we are full, I will tell you when, not pressure you to rush.
Questions, answered
Coaching. We work forward — toward a decision and a direction. If what surfaces is grief, trauma or clinical anxiety, that is real and it deserves a licensed therapist. I will say so plainly and, if you want, help you find one. Many people do both; the two are not in competition.
Sixty minutes, fortnightly, over video — or a walking session if you are in the city. You talk, I listen closely and ask, we name what is really going on, and you leave with one small experiment to run before we meet again. No slides, no worksheets you will not use.
If after your first program session you feel I am the wrong fit, tell me and I refund the rest in full, no awkwardness. Single sessions are refundable up to 24 hours before we meet. I would rather you leave than stay out of politeness.
Yes. Everything you share stays between us. I never name clients without written permission, the testimonials on this page are shared with consent, and my notes live encrypted and are deleted when we finish. The only exception is the legal one: a genuine risk of serious harm.
Then this is honest information, not a flaw. The program needs roughly two focused hours a fortnight to work. If you cannot give that right now, start with single sessions instead, or come back when the season is calmer. The door does not close.
No, and I would distrust anyone who did. I guarantee undivided attention and honesty. What clients leave with is clarity and a decision they trust — sometimes that is a new role, sometimes it is staying with new terms, sometimes it is rest.
Book a call
Twenty-five minutes, no preparation, no pitch. You tell me where you are; I tell you honestly whether I can help and what it would look like. If we are not a fit, you will leave with a clearer head anyway.