About me

I believe people move better when they can see themselves clearly.

I built GrowthGains for people who know something needs to change and want a thoughtful place to figure out what comes next. My role is not to choose your next chapter for you. It is to help you understand the season you are in, reconnect with what matters and move forward with intention.

Book a free consultationCertified life coach · GrowthGains
Michael, founder and life coach at GrowthGains
My coaching philosophy

“I can help guide the journey, but I cannot take the journey for them.”

There is no single kind of person who arrives at a turning point.

I work with people who know something needs to change and want support figuring out where they are going next. That covers identity and major decisions, athletes navigating life beyond sport, foster care and adoption, grief and loss, and the patterns someone sees in their own life and wants to change.

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Identity and major decisions

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Life after sport

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Foster care and adoption

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Grief and loss

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Patterns that keep repeating

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Seasons where something simply has to change

How I think about the work

Clarity first. Ownership always.

Coaching should make you more able to see, choose and act for yourself, not more dependent on the coach.

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See the whole person

A transition rarely lives in one box. I want to understand the roles, values, relationships and experiences around the decision, not just the decision itself.

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Ask better questions

I am not here to hand you a prefabricated answer. My job is to create enough clarity and perspective for you to hear your own thinking more clearly.

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Build movement you own

Insight matters, but it should lead somewhere. We turn what you are learning into goals, conversations and practical next steps that still feel like yours.

What working with me feels like

A real conversation with somewhere to go.

I listen, reflect, challenge when needed and keep the conversation connected to the life you are actually trying to build.

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Listen

Start with what is actually happening, not what you think you are supposed to say.

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Reflect

Slow the situation down enough to notice the patterns, assumptions and values underneath it.

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Challenge

When it is useful, I will question the story, belief or pattern that may be keeping you stuck.

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Move

Leave with something concrete to think about, practice, decide or do before we meet again.

Start with a conversation

You do not need to have the answer before we talk.

Bring the real situation. We can decide together whether coaching is the right next step.

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