Affinity Group Coaching
Finding strength, safety, and connection in shared experience.
We spend so much of our lives "translating" ourselves—explaining our identities, navigating systems that weren't built for us, or educating others about our lived experiences. It is exhausting work.
Affinity Group Coaching is the antidote to that exhaustion. It is a sanctuary where you can drop the mask, stop explaining, and just be.
Whether you are a BIPOC member of a predominantly white institution, a parent/caregiver navigating a specific journey, or someone seeking a space of accountability and growth, these groups offer a rare combination of professional coaching and communal healing.
Our role is to facilitate the space so it feels safe, productive, and deeply restorative. We move beyond venting to find collective wisdom, joy, and strategy.
What does your most “liberated self”
look and feel like in affinity spaces?
What it looks like
Engaging in uninhibited truth-telling. Challenging systemic workplace or societal issues as a collective front rather than suffering in isolation. Sharing resources, rest, and joy without the need to explain or defend your lived experiences.
What it feels like
The immediate, physical exhale of stepping into a room where you are implicitly understood. Deep psychological safety. The warmth and resilience that come from moving out of isolation and into a community that truly sees you.
Let’s discuss how coaching can transform your impact and foster belonging.
Liberation Coaching empowers people to identify and dismantle internal and external barriers that impede growth, leading to profound personal, professional, and emotional well-being.
Current & Forming Circles
We are currently gauging interest for the following cohorts. These groups are designed to be intimate, confidential spaces for shared learning:
Life Stage & Experience Groups
LGBTQIA+ Community
Intergenerational support for navigating authenticity and safety.
Neurodivergent Adults & Families
Connection and practical strategies for those who experience the world differently—whether you're autistic, ADHD, or still finding the language for it.
Living with Mental Health Challenges
A steady, non-clinical space for those managing anxiety, depression, or other ongoing mental health realities—where you don't have to explain or perform wellness.
Parents of LGBTQIA+ Kids
A judgment-free space to ask questions, process fears, and learn how to best advocate for your child.
The Village (New & Adoptive Caregivers)
For those expecting, pregnant, or navigating the early years of parenthood—because we aren't meant to do this alone.
BIPOC Faculty & Staff in Independent Schools
Specific support for the unique "double duty" of being a person of color in private school environments.
Racial & Cultural Identity Groups
AANHPI(Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander) Circle
Navigating the "model minority" myth, intergenerational expectations, and leadership.
Black / African
Diaspora Circle
A space for rest, Black joy, and navigating anti-Blackness in professional spaces.
Desi & SWANA Circle (South Asian, Southwest Asian & North African)
For those whose heritage often gets flattened into broader categories—navigating diaspora identity, cultural expectations, and the particular weight of being racialized as "other" in American spaces.
Latine/x/o/a Community
Exploring the nuance of language, colorism, and cultural values in the workplace.
Mixed Race /
Multiracial Circle
For those navigating the "in-between" spaces and fluid identities.
White Anti-Racist Accountability Circle
Continuing to deepen anti-racism and accountability, building skills, and deepening connection across differences.
For Organizations
Are you looking to bring facilitated Affinity Spaces to your school or organization? We partner with leadership teams to design and facilitate these spaces for your staff. This is a powerful retention tool that prevents burnout and signals a genuine commitment to inclusion.
Don't see your space?
Community is fluid. If you identify with a group not listed here or are looking for a specific intersection (e.g., "Queer Leaders of Color"), please reach out. If there is enough interest, we will build the table together.
You don't have to carry it all yourself.
Offerings
Discovery Call
- Complimentary 30-minute Zoom call
- An introductory call to discuss what affinity group coaching could look like and answer an intake questionnaire
Affinity Space Program
- Join a group that has a shared identity. Affinity groups can be suggested and formed based on interest.
Adhoc 1:1 coaching session
- For those who may need occasional sessions, this allows the flexibility to purchase single sessions as needed.