Hi, my name is Bernadette “Bern”. I'm a Values Driven Life Coach in Salt Lake City, Utah.
I’m here to help you gain clarity and facilitate the growth you've been desperately seeking.
I’m an American living in the beautiful western state of Utah. I’m married to my best friend, Shane, and we have a cat, Bailey. I’m 43 and an avid outdoors person. I find the most personal joy in being in rugged nature with close friends, adventuring, climbing, and sleeping in my cozy van under the stars. I thrive in deep conversations. I’m an empath and a natural teacher and mentor.
My friends would tell you I’m a deep listener, I ask questions no one asks them, and I’m genuine and easy to be around.
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Fueled by a desire to do more with my work, and connect with people on a deeper personal level to help facilitate their growth, I began my coaching journey here in Salt Lake City.
Before moving to Utah in 2021, I spent 20 years as a successful commercial photographer and business owner in Southern California. I had lovely clients over the years and some incredible assignments that often left me feeling like a strong confident woman [in a male-dominated industry]. I learned how to run a successful business, patience, reinvention, resilience, and the power of deep listening to understand and serve my clients at my highest level. Unfortunately, I also learned that my experience with most of my freelance work led to a dysregulated nervous system and a high level of stress and general nervousness that left an awful pit in my stomach. I knew I needed a change. I wasn’t designing a creative life path that was a good fit and truly aligned with my core values and personality.
I decided I was ready for fulfillment in work that aligned better with who I desired to be entering my 40s - passionate, rooted in awareness and authenticity, and excited to help others on their path as a life and business coach.
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My challenging life experiences contributed to my deep passion for wanting to help others as a life coach.
The areas I know best…
Resilience and Navigating … Generational Money Scarcity Mindset, from a 9-year relationship with a narcissist and Gaslighter to a partnership with a person who is my greatest mentor and love, Self-abandonment, Fear and Resistance in my Business & Personal Life, Goal Achievement, Dealing with Setbacks, and Major Life Transitions. Successes in those areas helped shape me into a person who is ready to partner with you, to help you gain the clarity and skills needed to bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be.
“Bern is life-giving. She inspires me to be the best version of myself and reminds me that I can make changes and I don’t have to feel so stuck 🤍.”
-Amber SLC, Utah
Common Questions
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My coaching space is,
A place to help you facilitate transformation and growth in a specific area of your life
A safe place for you to be vulnerable and open about your goals and aspirations
Neuroscience-based to help you bridge the gap between where you are right now, and what you want next
Any past views and experiences transform into action steps toward your future self
My coaching space is not,
Therapy (no clinical support or diagnosis given )
Advice driven
Scary or intimidating
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As your partner in this process, I’m here to help guide you but not give you advice or tell you what to do. The traits I possess, and my experience in business and my personal life mostly live in the background of our time together. Those aspects allow me to show up for you wholeheartedly, listen, ask insightful questions, and support you on your transformation journey.
This coaching process with me leans toward bringing more awareness to your life in the areas that don’t feel aligned. Those areas can be in your career or your personal life.
This is a space for me to listen, reflect, and hold space for you to make progress and achieve your goals. The hope is for you to begin to live fully in alignment with your values, bringing in more daily joy and less stress, purpose, and fulfillment.
My coaching space is,
A place to help you facilitate transformation and growth in a specific area of your life
A safe place for you to be vulnerable and open about your goals and aspirations
Neuroscience-based to help you bridge the gap between where you are right now, and what you want next
Any past views and experiences transform into action steps toward your future self
My coaching space is not,
Therapy (no clinical support or diagnosis given )
Advice driven
Scary or intimidating
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Absolutely not. Show up as you are, and where you are. Most people come to coaching feeling stuck, lost, unmotivated, and desire change, but they don’t always know where to begin, and what they need to grow. I will partner with you and we will peel back the layers to facilitate positive change in your life.
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The therapy approach aims at going deep into your past to heal your present. My coaching invites your past experiences if necessary, but aims to bring you into your present and future. Most people appreciate knowing we are always looking at how to move forward. Therapy allows for clinical diagnosis. In coaching, there is no diagnosis or treatment.
