client stories
I have the wonderfully humbling pleasure to work with some incredible humans.
Working with Nancy has rejuvenated me more than I thought possible. I am thankful for the relative clarity and purpose I now enjoy. Upon reflection, I see that when I first began to meet with Nancy, I was floating rather aimlessly with brain fog and residual fatigue from health issues, experiencing difficulty adapting to sudden and unplanned retirement, and facing ever-increasing isolation resulting from both lengthy illness and the pandemic.
Kathy
Working with Nancy Kalina opened my heart and my mind to a new path filled with compassion, love, kindness, balance, intention, and choice. She empowered me through our calls, challenged me when my thinking was misleading, and helped me learn new tools that I can say have actually been integrated into my everyday life toolkit. Together, Nancy helped me transform my life and find a renewed passion for its experiences. If you are debating hiring Nancy as a life coach, I can assure you the journey will be worth the work and she will be a valuable and trusted advisor to you on your way. I recommend her highly!
Daniel Coleman
Chief Development Officer at Humane Society Silicon Valley
Facing divorce, potential loss of wealth, and other major life-changing issues, I knew that I needed someone to listen and to help. I couldn’t have been happier with the results of Nancy Kalina’s “Safe Space Life Coaching.” Through coaching, I was able to uncover negative and unproductive ways of thinking that were blinding and paralyzing me. I learned to “turn around” those negative ways of thinking, which provided me with renewed energy to grieve, face my problems, take action, and heal. I am a different, smarter, more vivacious, and more confident person because of life coaching, and I have recommended Nancy to countless friends and relatives that I have witnessed struggle with issues in their lives. If you are ready, and are willing to expend effort, Safe Space Life Coaching WILL change your life for the better.
Sandy
As a professional career consultant I truly understand the necessity of building your resource team to achieve your personal and professional goals. Even coaches need coaching and I can say with enthusiasm that Nancy helped me overcome some career blocks and fears that were getting in the way of my master plan. Her coaching style is empathetic and energizing and the action steps and exercises she provided gave me the tools to make changes. It’s refreshing to work with someone who reminds you how important each step is along the journey. I subscribe to her mantra of always learning, always growing and would highly recommend Nancy as a Certified Martha Beck Life Coach to help you create your unique destiny.
Caroline Dowd-Higgins
Vice President of Career Coaching and Employer Connections for the Ivy Tech Community College System statewide
I had no idea what a Life Coach was when I first met with Nancy. I only knew that I really liked her and wanted to learn more about her work. I gained so much from our very first session and left feeling very grateful for the tools she gave me to take into my life.. This was not therapy per se, although it felt similar. This was a whole new way of encountering and relating to my thoughts, my essential self, my relationships, and reality itself.
Maryellen
It takes a village and Nancy has certainly played an important role in our daughter’s journey. Recently, our daughter wanted to see Nancy about her fears about her lead role in a professional play. After the session, she said that she did not realize how much she needed that space to make sense and refocus her energy for this experience. She thanked me deeply for bringing her to see Nancy. It clearly had a huge impact.
Nancy is perhaps one the most intelligent, open-minded, and down-to-earth human beings that I have had the honor of knowing. Her attitude towards others surpasses being positive and is very infectious. You can’t help but be happy when you’re around her.
Alex
Nancy coached me during a challenging job search over several months. Ultimately, I got my dream job and a clearer understanding of what I was really looking for in a job. In our early coaching sessions, Nancy took a lot of care and genuine interest in getting to know me and my goals for coaching. Throughout our sessions, Nancy asked questions which allowed me to gain insights about myself. She also provided tools and resources.
Anonymous
I worked with Nancy in a 3 session series. I was struggling to make a job decision but I was also feeling lost in finding my sense of self awareness. In addition, My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and I needed to figure out where I fit in. Nancy was able to direct me and guide me in the most kind and non judge-mental way. Each session, she listened, asked me questions, and instructed me with tips and guidelines. I really felt at ease with Nancy and was very impressed with her knowledge and ability to explain things. I will most certainly return to see Nancy and I would highly recommend her to anyone who is curious about what life coaching can offer.
MS
I love working with Nancy for so many reasons they would be too numerous to list. As a coach, she has a lot of tools in her toolbelt and adapts dynamically to my needs as I am trying to achieve my goals. She is a perceptive and respectful listener and takes the time to absorb the full context before responding. She is very supportive but she also challenges me and always provides excellent perspectives I’m not seeing on my own—or am trying to avoid. I have had only a handful of sessions but I’ve already made positive personal changes, I am moving into a better suited career path, and have jump-started a stalled social life (due to death in family). Nancy works with me on several fronts at once to coach me through the challenges in achieving my goals. She is very effective and she is a lot of fun too.
Don
