I help you solve a specific communication or business problem.

  • Per meeting
  • Per hour
  • Per skill
  • Strategic recommendations
  • Review/assessment
  • Templates and resources as appropriate

I help you develop a specific skill through guided practice.

Under 8 weeks / one skill

Includes:

  • Intake
  • Face-to-face sessions — Zoom or in person
  • Selected literature
  • Templates
  • Resources
  • Exercises
  • Practice
  • Feedback
  • Accountability
  • Skill-development goals
  • Progress evaluation

    Coaching is a collaborative process. Your progress depends on your participation, practice, and demonstrated effort.

I help you develop over time by sharing experience, perspective, guidance, and professional insight.

8 weeks to multiple years

This becomes your longer-term relationship.

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Learning to Receive Support: The Veteran Superhero Edition

Learning to Receive Support: The Veteran Superhero Edition

Barb – August 27, 2026
There is a lesson many veterans learn the hard way: Being strong does not mean doing everything alone. You learned to carry the mission. Carry the gear. Carry the responsibility. Carry your battle buddy. Keep moving when you were tired. Stay focused when things were uncomfortable. You became the person others could count on. But what happens when you are the one who needs someone? The Veteran Superpower We Don’t Talk About Receiving support can feel strangely uncomfortable after military service. You may think: “I should be able to handle this.” “Someone else has it worse.” “I don’t want to...
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Grieving the Life You Planned — The Military Transition

Grieving the Life You Planned — The Military Transition

Barb – August 25, 2026
Leaving the military is often described as a transition. But sometimes, it feels more like grief. You may be grieving more than your military career. You may be grieving the identity, structure, purpose, relationships, routines, and sense of belonging that came with serving. You knew who you were in uniform. You knew your mission. You knew what was expected of you. Then one day, the mission changes. And everyone tells you: “Now it’s time to move on.” But moving forward doesn’t mean you don’t miss what was. The transition can bring an unexpected question: “Who am I now?” You may...
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Trust After Trauma — A Healing Season

Trust After Trauma — A Healing Season

Barb – August 24, 2026
Trust After Trauma — A Healing Season Healing can change the way you understand trust. After trauma, trust may no longer feel simple. You may question people’s intentions, overthink conversations, anticipate disappointment, or feel safer depending only on yourself. And sometimes, that isn’t because you don’t want to trust. It may be because your brain learned that staying alert was safer than letting your guard down. But healing introduces a different possibility: You can learn that not every person is a threat.Not every silence means rejection.Not every disagreement means abandonment.And not every vulnerable moment will end in pain. Trust doesn’t...
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