coaching

Supporting Individual & Organizational Transitions 

"I knew coaching with Obie was for me during our initial meeting..."

Transitions invite us into seasons of change - moments when we pause, reflect, and ask deeper questions:

  • What is this moment in my life?
  • Am I fulfilled in my workplace?
  • Is this a welcoming space for everyone?
  • What direction feels aligned?
  • How do I navigate this transition?
  • What is the next version of myself asking for?

Coaching with Obie offers a supportive, grounded space to explore these questions with honesty and intention. Obie assists individuals, groups, and organizations in slowing down, reflecting, and reconnecting with the values, strengths, and possibilities that matter most to them. 

Organizations and groups may also explore The CARE Series at Coached by Obie — Connection, Awareness, Reflection, & Embodiment — a series of workshops supporting individual and organizational transitions.

Coached by Obie serves all of Ohio and all locations beyond. Book your coaching session or workshop today!

View Individual Coaching Packages & Options 

View Organization and Group Workshop Packages & Options - The Care Series 

Schedule a Conversation with Coached by Obie

 

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A Coaching Approach Rooted in Transition

Change happens. Whether seemingly all at once or over a period of time, it unfolds in stages that may present ups, downs, uncertainty, reflection, discovery, and new beginnings.

Obie's coaching approach is holistic and strengths-based, grounded in understanding how people meet life's moments of transition, and focused on helping them approach change with intention and awareness. Coached by Obie supports you in expressing where you are, what you're carrying, and where you want to go next.


Coaching May Be Helpful If You Are

  • Exploring a career transition or reinvention
  • Navigating a challenging or toxic workplace
  • Looking for ways to make your organization a more welcoming place
  • Feeling burned out, stuck, or disconnected from your purpose
  • Seeking greater alignment with your values, gifts, and identity
  • Processing a major life decision or season of change
  • Wanting a supportive space to think, feel, be, and move forward
Coaching is a collaborative process designed to help you reconnect with your strengths and move forward with clarity. Obie offers coaching to individuals, groups, and organizations.




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A Space That Affirms and Includes the Whole You


Coaching with Obie celebrates authenticity, dignity, and growth. Obie proudly provides coaching to individuals and groups of all identities, cultures, ages, and backgrounds, including SGL and LGBTQ+ identities. All coaching clients are welcomed into a supportive space where they can reflect openly, explore possibilities, and expand in ways that feel aligned with who they are becoming. 

Obie brings lived experience moving through complex systems and resisting hostile workplace dynamics, which informs his ability to support coaching clients with empathy, steadiness, love, and practical insight. He brings this insight and compassionate presence to each coaching conversation.





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Why Clients Choose Coaching with Obie


Clients describe coaching with Obie as grounding, clarifying, and deeply supportive. He listens closely, asks thoughtful questions, and offers insight that helps clients reconnect with their strengths, values, and direction. Obie's coaching is rooted in love, and his presence brings empowerment, honesty, steadiness, and warmth. His clients feel seen, affirmed, and capable of moving forward whether navigating a career shift, workplace challenge, personal development, or a season of change.
  • "I feel like I get something out of every coaching session with Obie."
  • "I knew coaching with Obie was for me during our initial meeting. Working with Obie was wonderful. He listens, keeps it real, and is very encouraging."





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Obie's Background

Obie is a Transition Coach with credentials as a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), a Certified Diversity and Inclusion Practitioner, and a Qualified Administrator and Coach of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). He holds an undergraduate degree in psychology, a graduate degree in educational policy and leadership with a focus in cultural & somatic studies and African & African American Studies, and a PhD in higher education administration. He brings over 30 years of experience as an educator and more than 15 years of executive leadership across private, public, two‑year, and four‑year institutions. 
                                                                                                  
His coaching draws on:
  • navigating personal and career transitions
  • intercultural development and inclusive leadership
  • love and identity-affirming approaches
  • breath and somatic awareness
  • facilitation and reflective practice




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The Coaching Experience

Initial Conversation
  • We begin with a conversation. Obie listens to you about what you're navigating and what you hope to gain from coaching.
Coaching Sessions
  • Together we explore your experiences, strengths, and possibilities through introspective dialogue and reflection.
Forward Movement
  • Coaching helps you move forward with greater insight, confidence, and alignment.

A Note About Coaching...
  • Coaching supports personal goals, clarity, and forward momentum.
  • Coaching is not therapy and does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions. 
  • If therapeutic support is needed, clients are encouraged to connect with a licensed mental health professional.


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Let's Talk About What's Next


If you're in a season of life, career, or organizational transition and want a grounded, supportive space to explore what's emerging and create what's possible, coaching with Obie may be a powerful and empowering next step.