Services

I work with burnt out, high achieving perfectionists to help them perform at a high level while living a joyful, peaceful life.

I use highly effective coaching techniques, communication education, and mentorship to help you reach your goals in sports, relationships, career, and body image.

3-MONTH COACHING PACKAGE: $750

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Climbing Mindset Package

Learn to truly have a growth mindset in climbing so you can enjoy it instead of feeling stressed about it. Over 3 months (6 sessions), we’ll decrease your fear of falling, confront your fear of failure, give you tools to turn your mindset around when you feel defeated, and help you remember why you fell in love with this sport in the first place. All of this will help you perform at a higher level while also having fun doing it.

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$150

Single Video Coaching Session

If you have just a single topic you’d like to work through or you want to dip your toe into coaching, this is the option for you. My coaching techniques can work in just a single session, so come ready with a topic in mind and we will form a goal for the session and reach it in 60 minutes. Whether you’re having an issue with your partner, you want help making a big decision, or anything in between, let’s do this.

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FAQs

about my services

Great question! Therapy and coaching have a lot of similarities and some differences, so you can decide for yourself. Therapists and coaches both hold a safe space for clients to explore their thoughts and feelings. Both are going to help you understsand yourself better so you can move through life being less reactive and more empowered.

Therapists are more equipped to work through big traumas, while I as a coach will touch on trauma but for the purposes of bringing more understanding to your current situation.

Therapists can diagnose mental illness and I can not. As a coach for high achieving perfectionists and athletes, I will also bring my unique mentorship to our sessions to help you reach your goals, while therapists generally don’t offer mentorship.
I am a Certified Professional Coach with a specialization in Performance. I graduated from iPEC, which is an ICF accredited institution. I also have a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. I am trained in Non-Violent Communication, I have extensive knowledge of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and I have been doing coaching, therapy, and other emotional work myself for the past 27 years.
Honestly, I’ve had many successes with clients with just a single session, which is not good for business because those people don’t feel the need to come back! ;)

For real, though, I’m not into the whole “let’s get to know each other before we do any real work” approach. We begin working on your issues and goals in the first couple minutes of our first session.

The real work, though, gets done over many sessions that build upon each other. While you’ll make incremental progress in each session, you will create true joy and peace in your life by exploring more than one topic in more than one way over many sessions with me.

That’s why I prefer working with people in packages. Committing to a longer term engagement holds you accountable to show up for each session and do the (sometimes difficult) work.

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"I am so glad Neely is my coach! She has helped me gain valuable insights about myself, which has helped me move forward in achieving my goals. She creates a safe place for me to address what is important to me, asks thought provoking questions that allow me to look deeper, and helps me hold myself accountable. I have struggled for many years in a particular area of my life, and with her expert skills, she helped me process and move through it! I highly recommend her to anyone who is looking to achieve their goals and live the life they truly desire."

- KD
"Working with Neely completely transformed my mindset around rock climbing. She asks incredible questions, helps you sift through your most uncomfortable feelings and thoughts, and shares actionable advice for you to work on so that you can feel your best while out there on rock. I highly recommend Neely for any mindset coaching needs, in or outside of rock climbing."

– Emily Holland
"Neely’s gentle, yet straightforward approach to exploring my struggles made it easy for me to open up and name some of the things that I had been judging myself for feeling and not wanting to say aloud. Through our time together, I was able to peel back the layers on what the real feeling behind my lack of motivation: I hadn’t allowed myself the time and space to process the changes from the past year."

– Christina Asai
"I had a chat with Neely about my redpoint jitters heading into a weekend on my project - my last chance to send for the season. Neely was an amazing sounding board for me to process the stress, joy, and excitement of the redpointing process. I left our call with clear, actionable steps to take in my final session on the project to manage my nerves both on and off the wall. So glad I got to sit down with Neely, she was incredibly supportive, understanding, and helpful. Thanks again, Neely!"

– Lauren Abernathy, Climbing Coach
"You cut through the noise and summarized how I was feeling and what was holding me back. You provided insights that I couldn't see for myself that really helped me understand things clearly, evaluate my own behavior patterns, and decide how I wanted to proceed. I felt like you helped me gain back my agency and it was so impactful."

Jocelyn Lavallee
"Working with Neely was a fantastic opportunity that I recommend to anyone. She led every session with a professional air that made me feel safe, understood, and heard. I brought forth delicate items in our sessions that I hadn't even been able to release, even into professional therapy spaces, and she helped me move forward and past some deeper blocks that I had around self-care and food. I live a busy life, and knowing that my time spent with her would be efficient and well-respected made our coaching sessions something I honestly looked forward to. Her consistency and compassion will be something I will never forget, and being my first coaching experience, I finally realized why having a coach was a must-have staple in today's modern, go-get-'em world. Thank you, Neely!!"

- Salem

The tools I’ll use with you…

Intuitive Questioning

You are wise - you just need the right questions to provide a better understanding of yourself. I use my training and intuition to ask useful questions that get to the core of the issue.
Acknowledge & Validate

Ignoring and invalidating our emotions and experiences just leads to pent up frustration. You’ll have a safe space to see and hear your emotions so you can move beyond them.
Gremlin Work

Your gremlin is the voice in your head that tells you in some way that you aren’t good enough. We’ll identify your gremlin and learn exactly what it needs to hear to give you some peace.
Communication Education

I have training in Non-Violent Communication and extensive knowledge of other tools that will help you advocate for yourself without causing conflict with your climbing partners, friends, family, and co-workers. I will teach you everything that is relevant to you.