About Me
Hi, I’m Kristin.
I’m a coach, a truth-teller, and someone who’s always had a knack for seeing the thing under the thing.
I work with thoughtful, intuitive people. They’re no strangers to inner work, they’ve read the books, named their patterns... and might still feel like something’s missing, stuck, or unspoken. Some of them are performing artists. Some aren't. Either way, we all shine brightest when we can reach all of who we are.
Coaching with me isn’t about advice. It’s not a pep talk, a fix, or a plan.
It’s a space to lovingly tend to the parts of yourself that long to be known and seen.
A space where something real shifts. Not because I tell you what to do, but because something in you finally gets heard.
My Coaching Background
I’m an ICF-credentialed coach (ACC), trained and assessed to meet the highest standards in ethics, skill, and presence.
I specialize in ontological coaching, which focuses on how you're being, not just what you're doing.
It works with what's beneath the surface: the beliefs, stories, and patterns shaping your experience. Many were adaptive then, and are limiting now.
At its core is a distinction between those automatic patterns and your essence: the qualities of your aliveness that are unmistakably you.
This work doesn't push. It reveals.
Experience + Training
I'm one of the leadership coaches with San Francisco Opera's Adler Fellowship, supporting tremendously talented early-career singers and pianists to bring their full selves to the stage, and to their lives. (Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson explains the program's whole-artist approach in this OperaWire interview.)
I completed my coach training with Accomplishment Coaching, an intensive, year-long ICF-accredited program grounded in ontological principles and experiential learning. Graduating required 100 hours of coaching real clients, under supervision, while being coached myself throughout and rigorously assessed.
After more than two years as a committed member of a powerful weekly women's circle, I went on to lead circles in Victoria, BC, and co-lead women’s circle leadership training.
My training in Levels 1 and 2 of Carmen Spagnola’s Therapeutic Helper Training — NuMethod Facilitation and Metaskills for Trauma-Sensitive Care — weaves together attachment, somatics, and justice into a rigorous, embodied practice.
I’ve completed Authentic Relating Levels 1 and 2 Advanced training. I regularly attend (and love) local AR games nights. These practices keep me present, curious, and genuinely connected to myself and others.
Integrative Changework training with Melissa Tiers deepened my ability to support regulation, healing, and change.
I volunteer with Sidewalk Talk, because I believe being heard can change a person, and being present can change a culture.
Over the past 15 years, I’ve worked as an advertising copywriter, UX writer, and UX designer, crafting clear, human-centred stories and experiences.
The Human Behind the Coach
I’m a white, cis woman, settler-Canadian of Norwegian descent, living and working on the unceded territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples in what’s commonly called Victoria, BC. I identify as neurotypical and bring my commitment to intersectional awareness and justice into how I work and how I live.
I name these parts of my identity because they shape how I move through the world, how I hold space, and how I continue to learn.
I’m a mom to two incredible, sensitive, deeply silly twins. Reparenting myself while showing up for them has cracked me open in the best ways.
I’m married to a gifted executive coach and incredible dad. Between parenting and work, we often only get five minutes to connect. That’s just enough time to reflect, reset, and crack a joke about nervous system regulation.
I’ve been known to stop conversations to point out awesome dogs. I love dogs. I don’t have a dog. I should get a dog.
I feel a pull to the land in Norway, like a faraway love that stirs something deep.
I studied Psychology and Sociology in undergrad, but my curiosity about why we do what we do started long before then. I’ve been asking big questions since I was a wee one.
I love a so-weird-it-works metaphor. And I have an oddly strong sense of direction.
When something inspires me — a song, a book, a poem, a meal, an idea — I’m passionate about sharing it. That’s one of my love languages.
Did you seriously read all of that? Oof. Thank you. Love that you’re still with me. Maybe we should talk.
Let’s connect.
If something here feels like a yes, even a quiet one, follow it.
That’s often how real change starts.
With a small yes.
Let’s see where it leads.