My journey is a unique blend of science, leadership, and personal transformation. With a background as a trained biologist and an MBA, I spent several years working as a Conservation Biologist across academia, government, and NGOs before transitioning into Human Resources—specifically Learning and Development—in the corporate world.

Throughout my career, I’ve gained valuable experience leading teams and supporting individuals through their growth journeys. With over nine years of coaching experience, I’m a credentialed Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation.

I’m passionate about supporting my clients in their professional development and workplace well-being, helping them grow into confident, effective professionals and leaders. In my coaching sessions, I create a calm yet empowering space where they can deepen their self-awareness, align with their values, and confidently shape their own path to success.

I’m a wife, mom of two boys, cancer survivor, and Duke Certified Health & Well-Being Coach. My own experience with cancer is what led me to this work and gave me a deep passion for supporting others through survivorship.

At 33, I was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. What I thought would be a temporary chapter of my life became two and a half years of intensive treatment, uncertainty, and challenges I never expected.

Finishing treatment was an incredible milestone, but I quickly learned that survivorship brings its own set of challenges. I had to navigate changes in my body, energy, identity, relationships, and priorities while figuring out what it meant to move forward.

That experience showed me that surviving cancer is only part of the journey. There is also the process of rebuilding, reconnecting with yourself, and creating a life that feels meaningful after treatment.

As a Duke Certified Health & Well-Being Coach and cancer survivor, I bring both professional training and lived experience to my coaching. I understand that every survivor’s experience is different, and I believe you deserve support that meets you where you are—not a one-size-fits-all approach.

I partner with cancer survivors as they navigate the challenges of survivorship, including fatigue, movement, sleep, relationships, identity, confidence, routines, and finding joy again.

My approach is compassionate, client-centered, and focused on helping you identify what matters most to you and turn that into small, sustainable steps forward.

You’ve spent so much time getting through cancer. Now, you get to explore what comes next.

Hi, I'm Shakira — a Social Worker with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and a Certified Mental Health Coach (CMHC) and working on obtaining my National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) certification.

My background in social work has given me a deep understanding of the challenges people face — and a genuine passion for showing up for my community in meaningful ways. I came to coaching because I saw a gap in accessible, culturally aware support for BIPOC individuals and other marginalized communities , and I wanted to be part of changing that.

I specialize in working with people who are feeling stuck, navigating burnout and anxiety, or standing at a crossroads in their career and not sure which direction to take. I know how exhausting it can be to carry all of that — and I know how much it matters to have someone in your corner who truly gets it.

My coaching style is calm, grounding, and empowering. I don't have all the answers — and I'm not here to give them to you. I'm here to help you find your own. Every session is a judgment-free space where you can show up exactly as you are, speak freely, and start making sense of where you want to go.

My goal is simple: I want you to leave every session feeling safe, seen, and a little more clear on what comes next.

• My Story: When I'm by water or wandering in a forest, slowed down by the flow of the natural world, I feel peace. And, joy!  This spaciousness wasn’t common for the first decade of my working life. Striving to do and achieve were my life themes. Part of me loved it—there was real fulfillment. But, there was also a real toll—aspects of my health. Support, like coaching, that listened to me and valued me as the expert in my own life helped me build a lifestyle that meets my needs—so I can feel fulfilled, and healthy. My experience being coached, lifelong fascination with health, and deep belief that protecting and nourishing the health of our minds and bodies is so important led me to this work.

• My Why: To help women feel their best, embrace their power, and enjoy their lives.

• My Training: I'm a Certified Health Coach, trained by Headspace Training Institute. I'm also a trained yoga and meditation teacher. I use evidence-based practices, and weave in my expertise in storytelling that I gained through a MFA in Cinema Directing, and a decade-long career in the communications field. Your mind and body are so powerful. The stories you tell yourself are so powerful. You can embrace that power to feel your best.

• Session Cost: 30-minute sessions are $50. I'm also offering one scholarship for free weekly or bi-weekly coaching for a 3-month period. This is currently booked but please message me, or book a discovery call, if you'd like to discuss this option and future availability.

• Forever Here For Equity, Diversity, + Inclusion: I value diversity in gender, sexual orientation, culture and race, socioeconomic status, size, immigration status, age, ability, and other identities. I’m a LGBTQIA+ affirming and neurodivergent (ADHDer? Me too!) affirming health coach.

I’m Gina Martin, founder of Own Your Next and a Master Certified Coach (MCC) who has spent more than 20 years developing and leading people through change, growth, and transition.

My work today is centered on helping women reconnect with themselves after a life-changing experience and begin asking a different question: What do I want my next chapter to look like?

I believe survivorship is about more than getting through treatment or returning to the life you had before. It can also be a time to reclaim your voice, rebuild confidence, reconsider what matters, and create a life that reflects who you are now.

As a coach, I bring both compassion and challenge. I’ll give you space to process what has changed while also helping you move toward the decisions, possibilities, and goals that matter to you. There is no expectation that your “next” has to mean a bigger career, a new job, or any particular version of success. It is yours to define.

I hold an MS in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting from NYU and the ICF Master Certified Coach credential. Before becoming a coach, I spent more than two decades in corporate leadership, leading large teams and businesses through significant change.

Through Own Your Next, I am building a space where women are supported not simply in moving forward after cancer, but in choosing what forward means for them.

I'm an experienced wellness professional who helps women reconnect with strength, confidence and possibility after major life transitions.

As wellness, movement, and life coach and the founder of Living Fit with Dawn. I’ve spent more than 30 years helping people build strength, flexibility, confidence, and greater well-being through movement, coaching, and wellness.

I believe that life after a major health challenge isn’t about simply getting “back to normal.” It can be an opportunity to reconnect with who you are, discover what matters now, and create a life that feels meaningful and fully your own.

My approach is supportive, practical, and empowering. I help women move forward with greater clarity and confidence while honoring where they are today—not where they think they should be.

Outside of coaching, I’m a longtime yoga teacher, wellness enthusiast, and lifelong learner. I love helping people recognize that they are capable of more than they may currently believe and finding realistic ways to make their well-being a priority.

Through Own Your Next my goal is to help people feel stronger, more confident, and more at home in their bodies and their lives.

After spending 38 years as an executive in leadership, talent and organizational change for Fortune 500 companies in New York, while raising two daughters, I left Corporate to start my coaching and consulting business.

In addition to my ICF coaching certification, I was certified in a neuroscience backed method of transformation that helps my clients going through growth and transitions achieve outcomes greater than they could have imagined.

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, I put my skills to the test and had a more easeful (not easy) journey. Two months after completing treatment in NYC, I actualized a dream of moving across the country to Los Angeles, where I now run my coaching business from my home at the beach in Santa Monica.

I love helping my clients grow and thrive through life transitions.

Kara Hodes-Wechsler, NBC-HWC is a Leadership and Well-being Coach who helps women make an impact and pursue what matters to them without giving up too much of themselves along the way. She supports women in reconnecting with who they are and what matters most, building confidence and trust in their choices, and creating a life that feels meaningful and fulfilling.

Through her whole-person approach, Kara integrates well-being and self-leadership to help women navigate change and move forward with greater clarity, intention, and purpose. She creates a supportive, compassionate environment where women can explore who they are becoming, recognize their strengths, and make choices that lead to a life that feels aligned and sustainable.

Before becoming a coach, Kara built an accomplished career in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, developing new therapeutics and holding leadership roles that involved guiding teams and individuals through growth, change, and complex challenges.

If you’re here, you may not just be looking for better habits. You may be looking to feel like yourself again. Perhaps your body feels unpredictable. Maybe stress has quietly become your normal. Maybe illness, trauma, caregiving, or life transitions have left you feeling disconnected from your strength, your energy, or even your identity.

I understand that space deeply.

I’m Raye Gall, a Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, 15-year yoga instructor, breathwork coach, autoimmune nutrition specialist, and practitioner of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). My work is rooted in both science and lived experience. Throughout my career, I have partnered alongside research teams connected with Mayo Clinic in cancer recovery and exercise, Banner Health and Arizona State University in cognitive health and movement research, and Arizona State University in collaboration with Phoenix Children’s Hospital in diabetes prevention initiatives. These experiences strengthened my understanding that sustainable wellness is not about quick fixes—it is about supporting the whole person.

But the most meaningful education I have received did not come from textbooks or research labs.

It came through walking through cancer. It came through navigating trauma. It came through seasons when my body did not feel safe and my sense of control felt uncertain. In those moments, I learned something foundational: our nervous system runs the show. When it feels overwhelmed, we feel overwhelmed. When it feels unsafe, we feel disconnected. When it is dysregulated, our sleep, digestion, immunity, habits, and mindset all follow.

So many people try to force change through willpower. They push harder. Restrict more. Add more rules. But healing rarely comes through force. It begins with restoring safety.

My approach to coaching centers on identity-based transformation and nervous system regulation. I guide individuals through rebuilding trust with their bodies, developing sustainable health habits, improving sleep hygiene, strengthening nutrition and hydration rhythms, and shifting thought patterns that keep them stuck. We focus on what is within your control, even when life feels chaotic. We work gently but intentionally. We build habits that match who you are becoming—not who you are trying to prove yourself to be.

Lasting change happens when identity shifts. When you begin to see yourself not as broken, but as rebuilding. Not as inconsistent, but as learning stability. Not as defeated, but as resilient. As that identity strengthens, your nervous system calms. Your choices align. Your confidence grows.

My work integrates evidence-based science with compassion. I believe the body was designed with remarkable intelligence and capacity for healing. While I respect research and clinical evidence deeply, I also believe there is a spiritual dimension to wellness. There is something sacred about the body’s ability to restore, adapt, and renew. Faith, for me, is not about perfection—it is about trust. Trust that we were created with resilience. Trust that growth is possible even after hardship. Trust that restoration is available.

When we reconnect with our authentic self—the part of us that is grounded, capable, and aligned—we begin to live differently. Health becomes less about fighting and more about stewarding. Habits become less about punishment and more about care. Change becomes less about pressure and more about purpose.

I work best with individuals who feel disconnected from their body, overwhelmed by stress, navigating chronic illness or autoimmune conditions, recovering from trauma, or simply tired of starting over. You do not need to be perfect. You do not need to have everything figured out. You simply need to be willing to take the next step.

Working with me feels supportive, structured, and steady. There is accountability, but never shame. There is science, but also compassion. There is strategy, but also grace. Together we restore safety first—because when safety returns, strength follows. And when strength returns, you begin to live fully again.

Restore Safety. Reclaim Strength. Live Fully.

You are not behind. You are not broken. You are not too late. Your body is communicating, not betraying. When we listen, regulate, nourish, and realign, transformation becomes sustainable.

If you are ready to reconnect with your authentic self, reclaim your health, and build meaningful change that lasts, I would be honored to walk alongside you.

You do not have to do this alone. Let’s begin.

Hi, I'm Arcenia. I'm a Leadership & Transition Coach who supports women navigating seasons of transition and growth. My work helps them reconnect with what matters most and move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust.

Transition has been a meaningful part of my own story. At 20, I moved from the Dominican Republic to the United States and began building a new life. My journey since then has included a career in leadership, motherhood, an extended career break, and eventually building a new professional chapter as a coach. These experiences have taught me that while change may alter our circumstances, transition often asks deeper questions about who we are, what matters now, and what we want next.

Before becoming a coach, I spent more than a decade in hospitality leadership, where I learned firsthand about responsibility, leading others, navigating uncertainty, and the pressure that can come with carrying many demands at once. Today, I bring that leadership experience together with professional coach training to offer a thoughtful, supportive space where women can slow down, hear themselves more clearly, and make intentional choices that reflect who they are and who they are becoming.

I am an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and coach in both English and Spanish.