What is Personal Coaching?
If you’re not familiar with personal coaching, the leading professional organization for coaches, called the International Coach Federation (ICF), defines coaching as: “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”
Coaching is typically done in weekly or bi-weekly virtual calls lasting 60 minutes. During these calls, Joy works with clients in the some of the following ways:
Creating structure for the client to fully process a situation and feelings
Asking powerful questions
Listening at a high level
Empowering clients to elicit the wisdom and creativity they already possess
Challenging them to set goals and deepen learning
Championing the discovery of their unique values and purpose
Joy offers a compassionate and transformative approach to personal coaching that blends the relational skills of a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with advanced training in Internal Family Systems (IFS Level 2) and Effortless Mindfulness. Joy supports individuals who want to understand themselves more deeply, navigate inner challenges, and access the clarity and calm of Self-led living.
Drawing on decades of experience in education and personal development, Joy provides a steady, warm, and nonjudgmental presence. She helps clients reconnect with their strengths, shift unhelpful patterns, explore difficult emotions with compassion, and find greater authenticity, balance, and ease.
Whether someone is navigating a transition, feeling stuck, seeking healthier boundaries, or longing for a more grounded way of living, Joy offers practical guidance and deeply supportive partnership. She believes everyone has innate wisdom and resilience—and that with the right support, people can reconnect with that inner resource and grow in powerful, life-enhancing ways.
Joy has expertise in the following coaching methodologies:
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
Internal Family Systems Coaching-IFS Institute Level 2 Trained
Strengths-based Leadership Development
Emotional Intelligence Skill Development
Appreciative Inquiry
Asset-based Thinking ™
Values in Action Assessments
Reflected Best-Self Feedback
N.A. ~Co-Active Coaching and IFS-Informed Coaching
“What can I say? Joy is an absolute JOY to work with. After just moments of conversing, I knew that Joy was extraordinary. Without me even realizing it, she immediately was able to identify what it was we would work on together. Throughout our coaching, she always made me feel safe, heard, understood and seen. I learned so much about myself, things I had never even realized that needed to be addressed. She challenged me to dig deeper than I thought possible, instilled tools and techniques that I could access whenever, wherever. The work we did together was so impactful and I know it will stay with me. If you are considering coaching, trust me, you won't regret it!!!”