Spirit * Biz * People

Partnership: noun, the state or condition of sharing with another in some action or endeavor.

I approach each coaching relationship as a co-creative strategic partnership. Like jazz improvisation, our work requires deep listening, shared awareness, and the ability to balance structure with responsiveness as we navigate what is unfolding in your business.

“THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE IN GROWING AND STABILIZING MY BUSINESS.”

“Missy’s coaching has been by far, the most important resource in growing and developing my career coaching business. As a result of Missy’s coaching, I have a clear focus, a solid business model and a strategy for growing my business. Her guidance on business development has created a consistent pipeline of referrals and a comfortable and effective process for enrolling new clients. Her marketing and website knowledge and advice strongly influenced my website development, and her recommendations on technology have freed up hours per week. As a result of all this, I have a better-run and more successful business that I thoroughly enjoy.

Our work together provides a forum for me to look at my business every 2 weeks and see what’s working and what needs improvement. Her coaching keeps me focused on the activities that keep my business thriving. Throughout our work together, she skillfully balances support and accountability, providing just the right amount I need to stay on track and encouraged, yet willing to point out when I’m off base.

Missy has the rare mix of skills and experience to provide solid business guidance necessary to build and grow a business, as well as the intuitive and spiritual skills to guide and support my inner work that needs to be addressed occasionally. That’s a combination that every business owner or consultant needs for long-term success.”

Stuart Meyer, Executive Career Coach, Aligned Career

“BALANCED PATIENCE WITH NO-NONSENSE HONESTY SO I COULD CONFRONT WHAT I WAS AVOIDING.”

Missy has been a fantastic coach as I have launched my business from a small side hustle to my full-time employment (with employees) for the last 2 years. She has a truly unique ability to balance patience and caring with no-nonsense honesty and goal setting, forcing me to confront the challenges I'm avoiding in a productive manner. I can genuinely say that without her help, I would not have enjoyed the success I have in my business, and I look forward to working with her for years to come.

Matt Miner, Founding Consultant & Owner, Quotable Consulting

“SUPPORTED ME IN STEPPING INTO THE ROLE OF CEO OF MY BUSINESS.”

Working with Missy has been an upleveling experience for me and my business. She has supported me in stepping into the role of CEO of my business, moving from enthusiastic hobbyist to confident leader. Missy brings strategy and skills to the table, helping me focus and streamline my efforts.

Before working with Missy, I would try countless different ideas from all over the internet, often feeling scattered and overwhelmed. She has helped me identify my strengths and create a clear plan that I am genuinely excited to implement.

Through our work together, I have expanded my reach, developed programs I am proud of, and built offerings I can't wait to share with others. Missy's guidance has been truly transformative, and I am so grateful for her support on this journey.

Deborah Oppenheim, Sex & Intimacy Coach, DeborahKat

“IN THREE DAYS, WE DESIGNED MY FULL PROGRAM, FINANCIAL PLAN, AND MARKETING STRATEGY.”

“I've worked with Missy at many points of my business development and growth. And I'll likely work with her again. Every time, she has helped me get unstuck and find the way to the next expansion of my business with more ease and joy. Missy is a very talented and astute business coach that I recommend without any hesitation. She is able to assess what is really stopping you and help you reconnect with the path of your passion, joy, and income in your business. I love how she brings vision, strategy as well practicality and efficiency in her coaching. While also holding the space with love for all the ups and downs of being a business owner. Every time I worked with her, my income grew. I reached my first six-figure year thanks to the systems she helped me put in place. I successfully launched my first group program thanks to her support.

Missy is a kickass business coach blending powerful business strategy, practical guidance, efficiency, with intuitive and heart centered guidance. I highly recommend her. She has changed the trajectory of my business and for that and more, I’m immensely grateful.”

Isabelle Peyrichoux, Founder & Career Reinvention Coach, Brilliant Seeds, LLC

“HELPED MY BUSINESS SOAR WHILE MAKING MY MARKETING MORE AUTHENTIC.”

“GAVE ME PERSPECTIVE THAT TRANSFORMED HOW I STRUCTURED MY BUSINESS.”

My approach to my business, Meryl Shaw Coaching, was transformed by working with Missy. Prior to working with Missy, I was trying to juggle two very different niches: actors who wanted Life and/or Audition Coaching, and professionals/entrepreneurs looking for coaching for public speaking. I felt divided and overwhelmed.

Missy helped me map out a strategy to make my existing business, coaching actors, more manageable by improving my systems, getting the right kind of help, and refining and repricing my offerings. We worked on labor-efficient strategies for building the newer, more lucrative aspect of my business of coaching speakers so I could be successful without overwhelm.

That’s the nuts and bolts. But what Missy really gave me was perspective. Instead of feeling torn, Missy helped me view this seeming division instead as a pivot in focus, rather than a struggle. Missy’s particular understanding of the theater culture from which I had come and in which many of clients exist, was a special attraction for me. When most business coaches tended to be somewhat dismissive of my earning potential with that niche, she was one of the few who helped me figure out the best way to serve that community and my own needs.

 Now I’m happily managing to work with a variety of clients in programs that feel serve their varied needs while working just as much as I want to, and with clients I love.

Meryl Shaw, Performance Coach, Meryl Shaw Coaching

“SHIFTED MY MINDSET SO MY BUSINESS COULD GROW SUSTAINABLY.”

“Missy was my business coach for two years. When I started with her and the Bill Baren program my business was making about $50,000 a year. I wanted to make more money and have more impact in the world helping the worst of the worst cases of pets with serious mobility issues like paralysis to get well. My financial goal was $100,000 a year.

With Missy’s guidance, and sometimes a little butt kicking, I realized that I didn’t need clients. THEY NEEDED ME! And so, my conversations with potential clients developed a whole new feeling where I was interviewing them to see if they were the kind of case I would take on, as opposed to hoping they would hire me. That feeling is so much a part of me now that I don’t even think about it!

And that feeling is SOOO attractive that money and opportunity flows to me constantly. I just got asked to co-host a long-running weekly radio show with a nationally recognized psychic! That gig starts in September 2019.

I also learned the power of experimentation and quick implementation allowing whatever happens to be a learning experience, not success vs. failure. This has led me to my marketing strategy that brings me a steady stream of prospects. Now that stream is increasing to the point that I may soon be faced with learning how to bring in other practitioners to serve my world-wide business.

Last year I made over $100,000! And my current trend would put me at $150,000 by years end and I can clearly see that I will be breaking $200,000 by the end of next year.

My wife and I never used to take vacations, just the occasional long weekend. We have taken a week-long vacation last year and this year and my business stayed strong. During the first vacation month my business hit a new monthly high despite being a week short!

I couldn’t be happier with how my business and my life are going right now. I’m 63 and I finally feel like I’m reaping the rewards for my years of dedication to my craft. Missy’s coaching was a HUGE part of turning my life from one of struggle to one of joy and fulfillment. I can’t wait to see what the next 30 years will bring!

If you are considering coaching from Missy you need to know something. She doesn’t need you to be a client. You need her!!!”

Dr. Nels Rasmussen DC, Healing Ministry for Animals

“MISSY BALANCES BIG-PICTURE STRATEGY WITH ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS THAT TRULY MATTER.”

Missy is a masterful coach and thought leader. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing her guide hundreds of clients in growing their businesses, and her expertise is truly inspiring. She has also been a trusted advisor to my own business and creative passion projects for the past decade plus, offering invaluable guidance and perspective every step of the way. Missy takes a holistic approach to everything she does, blending values, spirituality, mindset, and energetics with out-of-the-box thinking and creative resourcefulness.

Her unique ability to balance big-picture strategy with attention to the nitty-gritty details is a rare gift. She listens deeply, understands what matters most, and helps her clients overcome self-doubt, take aligned action, and grow in their skills, capacity, and confidence. Working with Missy feels like having a master coach, a spiritual teacher, a compassionate wise woman, and a cutting-edge thought leader all rolled into one. She brings wisdom, clarity, and perspective to every situation, making her an invaluable guide for anyone seeking grounded expertise and heartfelt insight.

Megan Walrod, Author & Founder, Live Your Yes, LLC

“ONE OF THE RARE COACHES WHO TRULY GETS CLIENTS UNSTUCK.”

I am super duper picky when it comes to business coaches and that’s why I choose ONLY to work with coaches who are the best at what they do. Missy is one of those rare coaches. She knows how to get clients unstuck and she is a wealth of business know-how, too. And her dedication her clients get is deep and profound. She is a true coaching rock-star.

Bill Baren, Founder, The Big Shift