I’m an ICF-certified positive psychology coach based in Half Moon Bay, Californa, also offering offer virtual coaching in New England and beyond.
The future you want isn’t far away. It’s just your next step forward.
one-on-one Coaching
It's one thing to know what you want, and another to actually build your life around it.
You’re aware and notice your patterns as they happen. Still, something hasn’t changed. The Sunday scaries return each week. Waiting for the right moment is becoming second nature.
You're both excited and scared by the sense that you're outgrowing the life you built.
You're in a big chapter of change and have no idea how to manage it without losing yourself.
You're capable and functioning well on the outside, yet running on empty underneath.
You might be here becuase
What you really want
Research on mind-body approaches shows that lasting relief from stress, anxiety, and feeling stuck often comes from working with the body, not just the mind. That's why people who try every mental strategy still hit the same wall.
To finally feel at home in your life. To make decisions that feel steady. For your body to let go of the week's tension, and for your days to feel like they belong to you.
Design the life that expresses who you actually are. From here, you start making choices that reflect who you really are. With more clarity and lightness in your body, new options for action open up.
You’ll create practical plans and daily habits based on your values. Clients often describe this stage as a springboard. It leaves them ready to keep growing and meet what comes next with the internal resources and confidence they have built.
Live
month four
Return to the larger relationship you are part of. This phase takes the work outdoors. With guided nature connection and forest therapy practices, either in person or adapted virtually to where you are, you’ll learn tools to restore calm, improve focus, and find new meaning.
Research shows that spending time in nature lowers stress and boosts well-being in lasting ways that go above traditional talk-based methods. This step helps you build resilience, deepen your sense of purpose, and feel refreshed.
Connect
month Three
Let the understanding move into the body. By this point, you know a lot. But knowledge alone can get stuck in a thought feedback loop of inaction. With somatic breathwork, you’ll find emotional relief, physical calm, and awareness that lead to new habits and even breakthroughs.
Breathwork helps clear the energetic blocks preventing you from moving toward what is possible. Many clients say they feel lighter, more relaxed, and surprised by how possible lasting change feels after this phase.
Shift
month two
Understand what is actually happening. Through coaching conversations and a strengths-based assessment, you’ll discover your personal strengths and resources, as well as the patterns and mindsets shaping your life.
Most people come in focused on what’s missing. This month helps you notice what’s already working and what’s ready to grow, preparing the ground for a life that fits who you are.
See
month one
Most approaches stop at insight. You leave with clarity about what needs to change, but not the felt sense of how to actually do it. The Nature of You Method™ works across four months to bridge that gap: through conversation, through the body, and through time spent in the natural world.
How you move from understanding to lasting change.
The Nature of You Method™
Voice note support throughout
Month 3: Coaching + forest therapy (in-person or virtual)
Month 2: Coaching plus integrated somatic breathwork
Month 1: Three coaching sessions to establish direction
Strengths-based assessment to begin
$1,500
A single session ($225) or a four-session pack ($800) is a way to experience the coaching itself. The full method is designed to be experienced as a whole.
The Nature of You Method™
Four-Month Program
The full program moves through all four phases in sequence. Coaching, somatic work, and nature practices build on each other in a way that creates lasting change rather than temporary relief. Most clients feel a meaningful shift within the first two months.
Virtual across California & beyond, or in person on the San Mateo Coast.
A four-month container, or a single afternoon to begin.
your investment
Month 4: Two sessions to integrate and review the work
Prefer to begin smaller?
"I went from the ‘one day’ mindset to starting something big for myself that I look forward to creating more of every day."
I came to her with scattered ideas of how I wanted to live my life, and she’s given me the tools and insights to make sense of it all, become more myself, and confidently build a life of intention. and look forward to creating more of every day. Her style is warm, friendly, and I instantly felt comfortable connecting with her, even over Zoom.
"In my work with Angela, I was able to walk through the fear of change and take steps toward a significantly happier life."
I came to Angela during a big chapter of change in life: work, home, purpose. I knew what I needed to do, but I couldn’t get out of my own head enough to take steps in the right direction.
"I'd describe her as a radical and collaborative thought partner, a therapist, and a life designer."
She asks enlightened provocative questions, reframes my own challenges into questions, and provides research-based facts that provide opportunities for encouragement.
Common Questions
What is the difference between life coaching and therapy?
Coaching and therapy are different. Therapy is valuable, often essential work, and it tends to focus on processing the past. This work is oriented toward the present and the future. It builds on what is already strong in you, addresses the patterns keeping you stuck, and puts tools in your hands that you can use in real time. Many clients come to coaching after therapy and find that the two complement each other well. If you are in acute crisis or need clinical mental health support, I will always say so honestly.
How is positive psychology coaching different from other personal development approaches?
Most personal development work stays in your head. It gives you insight, but not the real shift that makes it stick. If you’ve done the reading, journaling, and therapy but still find yourself in the same patterns, it’s not because you haven’t tried hard enough. It just means there’s more to learn. The gap between knowing and feeling is where this work starts.
Is life coaching available virtually or only in person?
The 4-month program is available virtually to clients anywhere in California, New England, and beyond. Sessions are held over video, and the somatic and nature practices are adapted to your location. Many clients have done meaningful nature work from their own backyard, a local park, or a nearby coastline. For those who prefer in-person work, I split my time between Half Moon Bay, CA and Barrington, RI, and both locations are available for intermittent in-person sessions.
How does a single coaching session compare to a long-term coaching program?
A single session can give you real direction and a first step forward. The full program creates a deeper kind of change. It moves through all four phases of The Nature of You Method in order, and the coaching, somatic work, and nature practices all build on each other. Most clients notice meaningful changes in the first few weeks and feel the bigger shift by the end of the second month.
How do I know if I'm ready to work with a life coach?
You don’t need to feel ready. You just need to be willing. Being ready means you’ve already figured things out, but this work is for people who haven’t yet. If anything here feels familiar, that’s enough to start a conversation.
What are your credentials?
I hold an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential, a Master’s in Positive Organizational Development and Change from Case Western Reserve University, an Executive Certificate in Transformational Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University, and a Certificate in Positive Psychology from the Wholebeing Institute. I have served as adjunct faculty and course lead in Positive Psychology at Pepperdine University. I am also a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide (ANFT), a certified breathwork healer and teacher, and a Reiki Master in the Usui lineage.