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For leaders navigating challenges, teams going through change, or individuals feeling stuck, this is a place to start.
1:1 Coaching
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Choose what you’re looking for:
Do you have a specific certification? Are you certified?
What if my company is paying for my coaching?
What’s the difference between coaching and therapy?
Do I need to have specific goals to start coaching?
FAQS
How do I know which coaching engagement is right for me?
What can I expect from our first coaching session?
What if I can’t make one of the scheduled coaching calls?
Do you offer payment plans?
What happens during the Chemistry Call?
What does "survival" mean in your work?
How long will it take to see results?
Do I need to be in crisis to work with you?
What happens during the Chemistry Call?
It's a relaxed, no-pressure conversation where we'll talk about what's bringing you here, what's been feeling stuck, and what you're hoping will be different.
If it feels like we're a good fit, I'll recommend the coaching path that makes the most sense for where you are.
If we're not the right fit, I'll tell you that too.
What’s the difference between coaching and therapy?
Therapy focuses on healing past experiences and addressing mental health concerns, while coaching is future-focused, helping you set and achieve personal or professional goals. Therapists diagnose and treat, whereas coaches provide guidance, accountability, and strategies for growth. Therapy is about emotional well-being; coaching is about progress and achievement. Many of my clients find value in doing therapy and coaching side by side for comprehensive personal development.
What if my company is paying for my coaching?
If your organization is sponsoring your coaching, we'll discuss exactly how communication works before we begin. In most cases, they'll know that you're participating, but the content of our conversations remains confidential unless we've agreed otherwise.
Do you have a specific certification? Are you certified?
Do you have coaching certifications?
Yes. I'm a Certified Professional Coach (CPC), ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), COR.E Dynamics Leadership Dynamics Specialist, and Trauma-Informed Certified.
I integrate behavioral assessment, neuroscience-informed coaching, and leadership experience to help you understand the patterns shaping your decisions and create lasting change.
How do I know which coaching engagement is right for me?
That depends on where you are and what you're trying to move through.
The Empty Cup Audit is the starting point. It's a short engagement designed to help you understand the patterns shaping your decisions before deciding whether deeper coaching is the right next step.
The Make Moves Coaching Engagement is for people ready to move beyond awareness and create lasting change over six months.
The Operator Coaching Engagement is for someone at a significant inflection point who wants deeper partnership, additional access, and strategic support.
If you're not sure which is right for you, we'll figure that out together during your Chemistry Call.
How long will it take to see results?
Most people notice a shift by the end of the Empty Cup Audit. Not because everything is solved, but because they finally have language for what's been happening. And once you can see the pattern, you can stop reacting to it.
Sustainable change takes longer. The work I do is identity-level, which means it's less about making a quick decision and more about changing who is making the decision. That's why the Make Moves Coaching Engagement is six months. You're not just changing what you do. You're changing what you're deciding from.
What does "survival" mean in your work?
When I say survival, I'm not talking about crisis.
I mean the patterns we develop to protect ourselves. People-pleasing. Overworking. Perfectionism. Staying too long. Chasing certainty before deciding. Managing everyone else's emotions before you get to your own.
Those patterns often helped you get where you are. They earned promotions. They built your career. They kept relationships intact.
They just don't always help you decide what comes next.
That's the work.
Do I need to be in crisis to work with you?
No. Most of the people I work with are not in crisis. Their lives look fine on paper. They have good jobs, healthy relationships, financial stability. What they're carrying is quieter than crisis.
It sounds like:
"Everything looks fine, so why do I feel like this?"
"I don't hate my job, but something isn't right."
"I should be grateful."
If any of those sound like something you would only say out loud to someone you trusted, this is the place to start. what comes next.
That's the work.
Hi, I'm Sharilyn Chavez
I'm a coach (ACC, ELI-MP, CPC, Trauma-Informed Certified) who helps people make their next move with self-awareness, not survival.
Before this, I spent 15 years opening restaurants for chefs like Wylie Dufresne, Kurt Gutenbrunner, and Amanda Cohen, then sold B2B SaaS at Toast. I closed two restaurants. Got laid off twice. Hit six figures by 24 without a degree. Then I left the job I was good at to do this work from the inside.
Your job isn't always the problem. It's who you've become inside it.
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