Our Coaches

Positive Psychology Coaches can help you with your goals, your aspirations, your achievements, your beliefs – in short, with your happiness and your life. We are Positive Psychology News Daily (PPND) authors who are both alumni of a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program and professional coaches.

Contact us.: For questions about the coaching list below, please email us. If you request, we can call you to discuss a good positive psychology coaching fit specifically for you. Feel free to email a coach directly, using the email links in the table. All of the coaches would be happy to answer your questions about how they work.

Authors who are also editors

The Coach (link to Bio)	Clients	Example Client Result and Example PPND Article	Contact	Rates
Senia Maymin	– Entrepreneurs – High tech – Finance	Wall St. client found and started dream job with upside potential doubled and better lifestyle. Create New Habits: Self-Regulation	– Email – Website – PPND	$$$
Kathryn Britton	– Professionals – High tech teams – Career transitions, including layoffs	Scientist survived disruptive reorg, made major decision not to retire, gained job fulfilling personal aspirations. Resilience in the Face of Adversity	– Email – Website – PPND	$$-$$$
Margarita Tarragona	Bilingual Spanish and English coaching – Women at midlife – People in transitions – Young adults – Psychotherapists and coaches	Psychologist writes the book she wanted to write, within her desired time frame. Formerly super successful professional mother redesigns her career to balance it with the parenting of a special-needs child. Young woman makes a career switch to fulfill what she feels is her real calling using her talents and strengths. Bienvenidos	– Email – Website – PPND en Espagnol	$$$

Authors

The Coach (link to Bio)	Clients	Example Client Result and Example PPND Article	Contact	Rates
Miriam Akhtar	Anyone who wants to – Feel good, function well, and flourish. – Protect against depression Coaches and therapists Mid-life & career transition	Client found new life purpose and job which was a perfect fit for her strengths and is flourishing in new role.. The Dogged Pursuit of Happiness: Are Dogs the Positive Psychologists of the Animal World?	– Email – Website – PPND	$-$$
Louis Alloro	– Anyone – With an open mindset – Ready to grow	Middle-aged woman clarified vision and created the life she always dreamed of. Attenti Alla Suocera! Language & Reality Through Social Construction	– Email – Website – PPND	$$
Derrick Carpenter	– Meaning seekers – Adventure-hungry – Pursuing balanced wellness	Burnt-out couch potato engineer promoted to leadership position, training for marathon Visualizing Happiness	– Email – Website coming soon – PPND	$-$$
Eleanor Chin	– Executives – Life and Career Transitions – Parents	Female executive discovers what is important to her and develops confidence to ask for what she wants and skills to build life on passions. Don’t Push the River: Autonomy and Healthy Development	– Email – Website – PPND	$$-$$$
Sulynn Choong	Corporations & individuals for – transitions – relationships – performance	Client emerged from self-doubt and anguish stuck in a stifling work environment into a confident purpose-driven quest for an MBA and a new fulfilling job. … The bottomline got hit when #1 hit the roof!	– Email – Website – PPND	$$-$$$$
Denise Clegg	People interested in application of –mindfulness –neuroscience & body/mind connection –resilience skills –high performance –narrative and resonance tools	This is Your Brain on Strengths	– Email – Website – PPND
Jeremy Clyman	People interested in improved functioning and better living: — young professionals — athletes — individuals suffering from anxiety and depression.	A care-taking senior gained more fulfilling relationships with family members and improved sense of spirituality, including greater sense of meaning and acceptance of death. Cinematherapy: Film Does More than Meets the Eye	– Email – Website – PPND
Kirsten Cronlund	– People going through divorce – People moving on from divorce	Clients find success with attorneys, ex-spouse, children, and work The Eye of the Beholder: Divorce Through an Appreciative Lens	– Email – Website – PPND	$$
Orin Davis	– Entrepreneurs – Students – Career coaching – People trying to find their path in life	Professional who had taken a number of personal and career hits found renewed meaning and vigor to bounce back and own her career and life direction Making Self-Help Effective	– Email – Website – PPND	$$$
Christine Duvivier	– Executives – Leadership teams – Parents & teens	Exec. of $600M medical technology co. promoted after successfully engaging company in positive global change. Teens Who Bring Good Dreams to Life	– Email – Website – PPND	$$$$
Sherri Fisher	– Schools & non-profits – Students & families – Career changers	Residential school counseling team reframed duties resulting in increased well-being and services Is Career Happiness Up to You?	– Email – Website – PPND	$$
Cordele Glass	Adventurous high-performers interested in – Mindfulness – Engagement (Flow) – Peak Performance – Creativity	Building wellbeing connections amongst individual, family, and professional development. Lessons grounded in real-world experience that will last a lifetime. Nature and Purpose, Part 1 and Nature and Purpose, Part 2	– Email – Website – PPND	$$-$$$
Margaret Greenberg	– Financial services – Technology – Executive teams	Client promoted from Senior VP to CIO. Sort Your Life Into Place: The Strengths Card Sort	– Email – Website – PPND	$$$$
Nicholas Hall	– Change seekers – Career searchers – Grad students	Poorly performing high school junior got accepted to University of Rochester with a merit scholarship. Happy Rewards for Goal Seekers	– Email – Website – PPND	$$ – $$$
Amanda Horne	– Executives, managers – Leadership teams – Organisations and non-profits – performance – job and life fulfillment and well-being	Team leader adapting to promotion, stepping up to strategic role, managing complexity and taking care of his team’s well-being and engagement. Listening and Health	– Email – Website – PPND	$$-$$$$
Caroline Miller	– Goal seekers – Hard working – Willing to take risks	Stuck Wall Street exec changed course and went to med school, lost weight, and got happy using techniques in my book (PPND review). “Dara” To Be Great: Gold Medals, Grit & Goals	–Email –Website –PPND	$$$
Elaine O’Brien	Individuals or small groups wanting – to improve their fitness level(s) – to achieve radiant health -to realize greater enjoyment, engagement & meaning in life.	A group of men and women with medical concerns/stress. My result was in building higher group cohesiveness, support, and morale leading to greater life satisfaction, improved ideas about fun, physical activity and flourishing. Exercise is Medicine™ as a Sustainable Vision	–Email -Website – coming soon –PPND	$$-$$$
Suzann Pileggi	People seeking – Healthier Food and Thoughts – Mind-Body Balance – Physical Energy	Client created healthier food & lifestyle habits, increased energy, and lost 30 pounds. How Can Mindfulness Increase Health and Happiness?	–Email –Website –PPND	$$
Shannon Polly	– Leaders – Managers – People looking to improve their executive presence	Coached one leader whose debilitating performance anxiety dissolved after three sessions Measuring Happiness at Work	–Email –Website –PPND	$$ – $$$
David J. Pollay	– Leaders – Managers – Organizations	Two CEOs and their companies were featured in a BusinessWeek SmallBiz Magazine feature story (article complete and awaiting publication). Beware of Garbage Trucks!™ – The Law of the Garbage Truck™	–Email –Website –PPND	$$$$
Lisa Sansom	– professionals – leaders / managers – graduate level students	Client was a woman working in a male-dominated workplace. As a result of our discussions, she gained more confidence and management tactics to enable her to excel in her supervisory role and grow her team. Positive Design for Corporate Leadership Training	–Email –LinkedIn –Facebook –Blog –Twitter –PPND	$$-$$$
Marie-Josée Salvas Shaar	– Business owners – Out-of-control lifestyle -Want to increase health and productivity	Financial industry executive learned to sleep better, find time to exercise and enjoy family meals on weekdays while earning 27% higher monthly performance bonuses within 6-month timeframe. Added bonus: lost 12 pounds! When Overworking Leads to Underperforming	– Email – Website – PPND	$$-$$$
Emily vanSonnenberg	People who are: – creative – goal-oriented – lost & confused – hard-working – full of potential but don’t know how to activate it	Highly talented actor struggling with depression & self-sabotaging behaviors, learns strategies I design for him that create healthy habits, discipline, and resilience that enable him to making a living as an actor. Ready, Set, Goals	– Email – Website – PPND	$$-$$$
Emiliya Zhivotovskaya	– Hold big dreams – Seek holistic flourishing	Client found ideal job, developed the skills to combat debilitating mind chatter, increased happiness and confidence. Healthy Minds Reside in Healthy Bodies	– Email – Website – PPND	$$

Rates
To give you a sense of how much coaching would cost, we asked our coaches, “If a client asked you to do a one-hour coaching session, what would be your rate for that session?” At the same time, please just be aware that many aspects can differ for each specific coach: session length, number of sessions per month, follow-up between sessions, etc.  Rate per one-hour session:

• “$” is $0 to $99
• “$$” is $100 to $199
• “$$$” is $200 to $299
• “$$$$” is more than $300

Questions

If you have questions on which coach may fit you most, please feel free to email admin@PositivePsychologyNews.com with some specifics of what you’re looking for, and we can see if we can help you find the right fit.

Please enjoy the variety and expertise of these coaches.