Everyone has inherent wisdom and good heart. These are our greatest resources. I act as a facilitator, guide, consultant, and spiritual friend, offering relational presence, insight, and techniques to support you in connecting with these deep inner resources and integrating them into all the areas of your life that matter to you.
Obstacles are not blocking the path, they are the path. As part of our process together, I will support and guide you in honestly and compassionately presencing and exploring the obstacles that appear to block you from your goals or full potential. My experience is that the more we can become aware of and include what is excluded, painful, or disowned, the more positive energy can flow within us in new ways.
My approach synthesizes what I’ve learned from decades of Buddhist meditation practice, awareness of mind and emotions, exploration of relational presence, connecting to the body as a resource, dealing with illness, honoring shamanic world-views, integrating personal and collective trauma, and experiencing my full share of life’s inevitable ups and downs.
Our work together can be short-term or ongoing, can range from personal growth to professional development. I offer coaching and consultation, not therapy. (If you are looking for ongoing emotional or psychological support, seek out the many excellent professional therapists who may provide that.) Here are examples of issues people have addressed with me through one-to-one coaching.
- Personal: meeting and transforming obstacles on life’s path; navigating relationships; stress and anxiety; political despair; health challenges; life transitions; developing or deepening a spiritual practice or meditation skills; identifying and nurturing one’s sense of purpose; connecting with one’s ancestors; developing abilities to listen and speak with more presence and authenticity.
- Professional: editing and writing projects; providing brainstorming, structure or support to bring a creative project into reality; problem-solving a work or business situation; navigating professional relationships, effectively communicating in a work or leadership role.
Motivation and aspiration matter. I especially stress the importance of connecting with your purpose, motivation or aspiration as a context that will inspire and guide you. Personally I am motivated during these difficult and tumultuous times to be part of a movement toward greater awareness, compassion, interbeing, generosity and humility for ourselves, our relationships, our society and our world. It is in this spirit that I offer my coaching. In that same spirit, I will do my very best to offer everyone respect and compassion for the suffering and difficulties each of us has known, as well as confidence in each person’s unique gifts and ability to live more happily, wisely, kindly, and courageously.
Please get in touch at shana.l.klinger@gmail.com or via this contact form if you would like to explore the option of one-to-one coaching, mentoring or consultation. For info about my latest small group offerings and circles, check the posts at the bottom of my HOME page.
Initial free consultation: Click HERE for info about a free initial consultation and coaching fees.
Reviews from people who have worked one-to-one with Shana:
Guidance, insight, listening deeply…
“Shana’s wisdom and guidance are invaluable as I develop a contemplative practice leading to correct action. She listens deeply– to what is said, and not said– and her questions have consistently provoked me to go deeper into myself. She does not impose a framework, or her own expectations, on the work we do together, but has been generous in her suggestions of what I might look into, and supportive of my own explorations. I feel grateful to be a beneficiary of her remarkable insight, experience, and teaching.” A. B., Providence, RI
Supporting values and activism…“I am tremendously grateful to Shana for her wise counsel the past 18 months. I reconnected with her because of my deep fear of what the November ’16 elections might bring, and how I would be able to function. I now find myself not only surviving, but thriving, and with my values and activism intact and stronger than ever. She listens and guides wisely, and, really — for me — magic happens. I can’t really explain how –she creates this space where I can both acknowledge what I am suffering with and simultaneously reach for my highest aspirations. Best of all, she has helped me develop a practical routine that seamlessly integrates with my existing spiritual practices.” —Rich S., Rhode Island
Skillful editing and project collaboration…”I hired Shana as an editorial collaborator to help me appraise, plan, and execute a large writing project. Her support was key to the project’s success. She conducted a thorough reading of all the materials, provided insightful suggestions for how to move forward, and offered strategic guidance that helped me get the job done. I am also particularly indebted to her for skillful editing of some of my more sensitive professional correspondence. The element of emotional intelligence she adds to my business dealings is career-saving!” —L. H., Providence
Effective short-term support...”Shana has an incredible gift for compassionate listening and shares a tremendous amount of wisdom from her life experiences and spiritual practice. In our work together, she has provided me with very effective short-term support that helped me identify and connect to longer term supportive services from others in my region.” –A. R., Washington, DC
Compassionate presence during difficult times…“Shana is beyond gifted. She is genuinely caring, intuitive, and fully grounded in loving compassion and our soul’s journey. I carry Shana’s words in my heart and her presence has helped me through the most difficult years of my life…” —Sandra P., Massachusetts