“Life is so Much shorter than we think. make your art. take care of each other. Risk everything for joy.”

— Chani Nicholas

Coaching Philosophy

We all go through many transitions in our lives. Some of these transitions are anticipated, some are supported. But our western culture does not acknowledge and prepare us for the significance of these transitions, nor does it help us with the transitions we move through once we become adults - partnership, motherhood, career evolution, middle age, and our oldest years.

There are many shifts, large and small that we will all experience as we grow. Without taking the time to recognize and resource ourselves within these transitions, we get stuck, directionless, lost in old behaviors or patterns that no longer fit us, and unsure how to evolve.

How can we move through what no longer feels vibrant in our lives and find new possibility?

How can we find wholeness and a rooted sense of Self?

There are many ways to support this process. Bodywork, therapy, faith practices…I could name many more. Professional Coaching has a special power to hold space for this experience of growth and unfolding, of coming home to Self. What is unique about the style of coaching I practice is that it opens space for you to explore your creativity in discovering what’s next. You are whole, resourceful, capable and I help you connect to those strengths.

I support you while you discover how to recognize this in yourself and decide what to do with it.

While you discover how to find your power. How to hold your possibility.

I work with women that are going through transitions. Women that are ready to step into something bigger in their lives. Women that are ready to be more bold, and need the space to explore what that looks like on their own terms.

This could be scaling a business or trying a new professional direction. Learning how to balance motherhood and create healthy boundaries with other areas of life. Experiencing loss and grief and moving beyond the abyss. Does it make sense to work with me? If you are looking for someone to meet you exactly where you are at, recognize your strength, and hold space for you while you become the fullest version of yourself, then yes. I am the person that will partner with you while we create room for everything you know deeply is possible.

If you are curious what this looks like, visit the FAQs below, and check out my Writings. You’ll get a sense of the work I do and how I can support you as well.

I would be honored to hold space for you on your journey. If you’d like to see if we are a good fit, please schedule a 30 minute introductory session with me, below. If there are other resources that I think may be supportive, I would be delighted to share those with you as well. My work is intended as a resource to help nourish women, wherever they are on their own journey. None of us journeys alone, and by leaning on the strengths of others we make ourselves stronger for those that will need us in turn.

Our sessions will be

  • Intuitive

    I have been trained to hold space for you to show up in your entirety. I am trauma-informed and have been trained in somatic tools and practices that help me listen not only to your words, but also to your body. I see the language of you and understand how to support your unique growth.

  • Somatically Oriented

    I will invite you to notice how your body holds wisdom about your deepest needs and hopes. I will help you meet your tender places safely as they show up in our work together. I will help ground you practically as you explore new growth.

  • Integrative

    I will work collaboratively with your support system to help you shift into spaces that feel more nourishing. Whether you already have support practices or practitioners, or are seeking them, I will help you build a community of care.

Pricing

$50

30 Minute Consultation

If you’d like to learn more about Professional Coaching and explore whether we are a good fit, schedule this 30 minute consultation. I will learn about what you are looking for, what support you need and give you insight into my coaching style that blends somatic awareness with intuitive care. You’ll have the chance to ask me questions about how I can support and hold space for you.

$175

90 Minute Initial Discovery Session

This is our initial full session together. In it, I will get the chance to know you in depth - your history, most important relationships, challenges and hopes. We will explore what you hope to get out of Coaching and how I can best support you.

$135

60 Minute Coaching Session

These are our follow-up sessions together. Use the scheduling tool to choose when you would like to meet. I request a minimum 12 session commitment, to give us the opportunity to do the work of Coaching and allow for shifts to emerge. After this initial commitment, we can discuss ongoing weekly or bi-weekly meetings, or you are welcome to schedule for spontaneous sessions, as needed.

$95/month

($250/Season)

Shortened spring season (5 sessions) $225

meets bi-weekly

WOMEN’S ODYSSEY GROUP

This women’s group meets bi-weekly on Fridays at 11am PST. Minimum three month initial commitment to foster a sense of community continuity and strong relationships amongst those in the group. Maximum 15 group members.

This is a year-long Odyssey to explore ourselves on all levels. Who we are when we ground into ourselves and what we most need to thrive. Who we are in our relationships and our public-facing roles. And who we are in our highest manifestations, when we strive towards our biggest possibilities. This begins April 24 and will be aligned with each ‘season’ as understood in Chinese Medicine. We will enjoy yoga flows led by Alison, somatic guided meditations led by Briana, group discussions on positive psychology led by Karli, and soulful women’s connections throughout.

In spring, (starting April 24) we will begin the Odyssey, building our own Odyssey plan, and planting seeds of intention, awakening new energies and awareness. We will enjoy 30 minute yoga flows and guided meditations followed by group discussion and a structured ‘Odyssey plan’ that helps us explore three distinct possible life directions - What would our lives would look like in five years if we made no changes? What would we do if our current life plan was suddenly untenable? Or, what our plan would be if neither money nor image were a concern? We will use these explorations as a base to touch back on as we move through the energy of the coming seasons. For those that enter our group after spring season, you will have the opportunity to do this Odyssey plan either self-guided, or with the support of one of our leaders.

In summer (starting July 3) we will move into consolidating action and outward growth with a series that moves us through the chakras and explores how we support ourselves in the three astrological orientations - Personal, Intrapersonal, and Transpersonal areas of our lives. These two systems align as we focus first on the basic ‘I’ centered needs of ourselves (the root), and from there move into our intrapersonal relationships, and then to the more philosophical, transpersonal and higher purpose areas of our lives (the crown). When all of these energies are in alignment and given loving attention, we are thriving! Our 30 minute yoga flows and guided meditations will be followed by group discussion, and a chance to explore what areas of our lives need more support and coherence?

In fall (starting September 18), we will move into the season of harvesting, and of releasing and grieving what we no longer need to hold onto in our lives. We will watch the leaves fall, to create new compost for the seasons ahead. Similarly, we will take stock of what we need to keep and let go of what no longer serves us. Our yoga flows, guided meditations and group discussions will explore how we recognize what we are ready to let go of, and how we trust what will come once we carve out the space for new possibility.

In winter (starting December 18), we will enter the season of deep reflection. Having released what is no longer serving us during our fall season, we are now ready to let new seeds grow in our subterranean world. We will consolidate energy in our deepest places, nourishing the soil, growing root systems that connect to our most vital resources. Our yoga flows, guided meditations and group discussions will explore how we trust the deep work of winter, the need for rest and regeneration for what lays ahead, and the not-yet-knowing what we are building. How do we trust our deepest intuition?

This Odyssey women’s group is designed as a year-long experience, but you are welcome to join at any point (space permitting) with a three month initial commitment to honor the intimacy of the group dynamic. After the three month initial commitment, ongoing commitment is on a monthly basis.

Why are we as leaders are so excited about this group?

Our nervous systems are designed to grow and heal in community, in relationships of trust. This unique group offers the chance to experience that type of connection. There is something remarkable that shifts when we are held in a group and truly seen, heard and witnessed. We have seen in our work as coaches and retreat leaders that personal growth goes deeper and makes a more significant impact when we do this work in community. It is difficult to describe the experience of unfolding that happens when you make a commitment like this to yourself and a group of similarly dedicated women, but it is profound.

Sign up below and you will be sent meeting details by email. Contact Briana with more questions.

Bi-Weekly Women's Odyssey Coaching Group Fridays at 11am PST - 3 Month Commitment Bi-Weekly Women's Odyssey Coaching Group Fridays at 11am PST - 3 Month Commitment
Bi-Weekly Women's Odyssey Coaching Group Fridays at 11am PST - 3 Month Commitment
$225.00

Meet your guides

Briana Thiodet

Briana is a Seattle native and a Professional Coach working with women in the spaces of body awareness, radical self-love, and personal/professional transformations. She is a mother of two and seeks to create the world she wants for her daughters in everything she does. With a background in teaching and a Master’s in Sociology and Comparative Religion, Briana founded Ocotillo Explorations to align her love for learning with new opportunities for holistic wellbeing and self-discovery. Her own health challenges led her into research on nervous system regulation, various forms of therapeutic somatic work, and the transformative power of relationships in the healing process. She brings all that together here in her coaching offerings and this Women’s Odyssey coaching group, and is so excited to share this space of laughter, discovery and deep connection with other women.


Retreat Leader & Professional Somatic Coach

Alison Barrington

Originally from Athens, Ohio in the heart of Appalachia, Alison now calls Salt Lake City, Utah home. With a background as a Registered Nurse and a Master’s in Public Health, her passion is helping people live their best lives—while living hers fully too. Movement and yoga are central to that vision.

Alison completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga Assets in 2023. For her, yoga has always been the most natural way to connect with her thoughts, soul, and sense of grounding. It offers what she needs—and now she shares that gift with her community.

 Her teaching focuses on mind-body-soul integration through accessible vinyasa flows, offering something for everyone—from gentle practices to more challenging sequences. Alison often weaves themes inspired by nature, the seasons, chakras, and the wisdom of The Yoga Sutras. The Yamas and Niyamas hold a special place in her heart, guiding her both on and off the mat.

 Alison’s approach is rooted in the belief that true transformation begins from the inside out. She empowers her students to explore their own growth through movement, breath, and reflection—creating space for challenge, curiosity, and self-discovery. Her goal is to help others build strength and resilience not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually, so they can live with greater awareness and authenticity.

Yoga has profoundly changed Alison’s life, and she loves creating spaces where others can experience that same transformation. Outside of teaching, she enjoys time with family, friends, pets, and the beauty of nature and community.

Yoga Leader & Professional Coach
Engineering Leader, Author & Professional Coach

Karli Auble

Karli is a Missouri native, mother of three, and an engineering leader with a passion for speaking, writing, learning and coaching. She brings over a decade of experience leading high-pressure teams and now helps people go from surviving to thriving—at work and in life. With master’s degrees in Systems Engineering and Positive Psychology, Karli blends science, storytelling, and humor to show that thriving isn’t luck—it’s built.

Full Team

BOOK YOUR consultation and coaching sessions.

  • 30 minute Introductory Consultation

  • 90 minute Discovery Session (first client visit)

  • 60 minute Coaching Session (ongoing visit)

  • Weekly Women’s Coaching Group - For this Community, sign up above and you will be sent meeting details to join

FAQs

  • Coaching is a space of personal support that offers the client an opportunity to travel more deeply into what is most important to them. That may be addressing emotional challenges, personal transitions, professional transitions, feelings of stuckness or lack of clarity around purpose, wanting to feel more aligned with personal values and potential, and ultimately, not knowing how to move forward or evolve on one’s own. Coaching offers a creative partner to support the client as they explore what they want to do, shift, believe, or act on in order to find that sense of personal wholeness and fulfillment more readily in their lives.

  • In the Coaching world, we like to say that Coaching is therapeutic, but it is not therapy. What we mean by that is that Coaching is not licensed Mental Health Counseling, but the experience of having a Coach partner with you as you navigate the most important areas of your life is, understandably, emotionally supportive and therapeutic. Research shows that the most defining feature of whether someone will experience growth in Mental Health Counseling is whether they develop a successful relationship with their Counselor. As in Counseling, so in every area of life. Relationships are essential to having a balanced nervous system and bringing us the feelings of safety and confidence from which our most powerful, vulnerable, and important decisions are made. The right Coach will offer you the support and opportunity to be fully seen, heard and ‘held’. Some clients choose to work with both a Mental Health Counselor and a Coach at the same time, and that can be very valuable, and in fact, offer insights from one area to the other. 

  • The experience of Coaching will vary widely based on what the client brings to Coaching and the unique style of the Coach they choose to work with. The Coach’s job is to create a safe space for the client to explore whatever it is that they find most important to work on in their lives. Through a process of asking curiosity-based and exploratory questions, the Coach gives the client the chance to hear their own thinking, beliefs, values, and possibilities emerge. The Coach may offer their own insights, and will also offer acknowledgement and encouragement for the work they see their client doing and the possibility they also see in their client’s journey. However the primary goal is for the client to learn to trust their own voice, their own sense of Self, their own growing awareness of possibility, and their agency to create the life they want for themselves. The Coach is the partner that helps bring this awareness into being by partnering with the client and allowing for space to bring forth what can sometimes be so challenging for us to see on our own.

  • Professional Coaches undergo training and certification through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Coaches are not licensed practitioners, such as a Mental Health Counselor would be. However, the training I have received is rigorous and the requirements for certification outline annual Continuing Education, as well as ongoing Mentor Coaching and professional growth opportunities. The ICF maintains chapters throughout the world for Professional Coaches to continue to hone their skills and make use of resources such as ethics guidelines, trainings, ongoing education, and best-practices for the Coaching profession.

    If you would like to learn more about the ICF accreditation process, please visit this site.

  • This is a great question to ask as you are considering Coaching as an option. What does it take to be ready? Coaching requires vulnerability, and a commitment to self. We’ll take time to explore your own assumptions, values, patterns, and beliefs and how these either help or hinder you. We’ll consider where you’ve been, and where you want to be going, and do much exploring around how you create avenues for your own potential. There will be the time we take to meet each week, as well as any possible self-work or exercises you choose to do on your own. This is valuable work, but not always easy work! The results from Coaching are an increased sense of purpose, fulfillment, ease, and clarity as you rest more fully in a rooted and strong sense of Self. Many people report feeling more confident, self-assured, clear on choices and future direction, more creative and excited about possibilities in their life they hadn’t previously considered. I am here to partner with you on that journey.

“Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom of our words that we are able to effect the most profound changes in the people around us. Our listening creates sanctuary for the homeless parts within the other person. That which has been denied, unloved, devalued by themselves and others. That which is hidden...


Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us...the sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life.”

— Rachel Naomi Remen