Coaching
For musicians, students, parents, and individuals who want to respond to challenges with greater awareness and intention.
Coaching
For musicians, students, parents, and individuals who want to respond to challenges with greater awareness and intention.
“Miriam has a gift that I haven’t found in any other coach of this kind.”
— Sarah Whitney, Career & Leadership Coach, Violinist
Meaningful Change
Are you capable and motivated, yet sense your approach could feel easier and more sustainable?
Imagine feeling:
Greater clarity in decision-making
More freedom and comfort in movement
Improved focus and responsiveness under pressure
Healthier connection to practice, performance, and learning
With coaching, we explore ways to:
Respond to challenges with presence, confidence, and adaptability
Navigate tension, overthinking, and self-doubt
Develop sustainable habits for practice, performance, and learning
Grow with purpose and resilience
Coaching provides a space to slow down, reflect, and explore how you respond to challenges in real time. Meetings are conversational, collaborative, and guided by what feels most relevant in the moment.
We explore patterns that show up in practice, performance, communication, or daily life, noticing how thinking, physical habits, and expectations interact.
“Miriam challenges you to explore the big questions…and attend to your specific needs. I came away from each session feeling supported and energized to make the changes I wanted to make!”
— Coaching Client
“Miriam challenges you to explore the big questions…and attend to your specific needs. I came away from each session feeling supported and energized to make the changes I wanted to make!”
— Coaching Client
My clients are looking for more grounded and responsive ways to approach work and daily life.
Coaching is helpful for:
PARENTS who want to support their child’s growth and independence while navigating complex family dynamics, outside pressures, or unfamiliar challenges.
INDIVIDUALS seeking practical tools for thinking, communicating, and responding with greater intention
MUSICIANS who want to play with more comfort and freedom, so their musical expression can fully emerge
ACTORS, DANCERS, & PERFORMERS who want to bring greater presence, freedom, and authenticity to their work
ATHLETES who want to work through physical or mental barriers so that they can perform with greater confidence and responsiveness
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What I Do
Drawing on coaching principles and awareness-based practices — including insights from the Alexander Technique — I help clients learn to pause, observe, and choose their responses more deliberately. This process helps people build skills that enhance performance and everyday life.
As my clients’ awareness grows, their effort becomes more organized, their decisions clearer, and they become steadier and more confident.
This work is not theoretical for me. I’ve experienced firsthand how transformative it is to be coached in this way — how learning to notice, interrupt patterns, and respond with greater intention changes not only how we perform, but how we relate to ourselves and others. It shapes how I move through my own life and work.
After decades of studying, teaching, and coaching, I’ve found that lasting change doesn’t come from pushing harder. Change comes from learning how to incorporate new ideas and different choices into our lives. Coaching leads to more reliable performance, clearer decision-making, and greater responsiveness in demanding situations.
Getting Started
If you’re curious about working with me, please schedule a free discovery call.
This initial conversation gives me an opportunity to learn a little about what you’re experiencing and how I might help.
“The skills she teaches—focus, resilience, problem-solving, emotional regulation, and self-compassion—are life skills. They show up in school, in relationships, and in how we learn to approach hard things with courage rather than fear.”
— Coaching Client
Coaching Q & A’s
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The two differ in multiple ways, but the short answer is that therapy is often long-term, focusing on mental health and on psychological patterns. Coaching provides support and accountability, and is focused on action steps and practical strategies to manage specific challenges.
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I am here to listen. What are your concerns? What are your objectives? Together, we will explore your parenting goals, discuss current challenges, and then strategize a plan for moving forward.
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That depends on your specific goals and the complexity of the issues that brought you to coaching. The number of meetings is flexible and tailored to your individual needs.
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Yes. Coaching can be especially meaningful when navigating relationships with older children. My work supports connection that evolves over the long term.
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Absolutely. Coaching is about growth, awareness, and intentional communication. Everyone can benefit from support in fostering meaningful relationships—both at work and at home.
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Contact me to schedule an initial conversation. Meetings take place either in person or via zoom.
Curious about working with me?
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