Client Testimonials

  • Before working with Bern, I was feeling scattered and overwhelmed unsure how to prioritize the many different parts of my life and career. Through our sessions, I was able to reconnect with my values and gain real clarity on what matters most. One major shift was realizing that my procrastination was often a sign of misalignment, not laziness, and that insight alone helped me move forward with more ease and confidence. As a result, I now feel more grounded, motivated, and excited about my path than I’ve ever been. The impact has been huge, not just in my career decisions, but in how I show up in all areas of my life.

    -Andrew S. | Filmmaker, Vancouver, BC

  • Before I worked with Bernadette, I was feeling lost and unmotivated in my role and couldn't find focus or the discipline to push myself in my career growth. Through exploring values, visualizations, meditation mantras, she has been able to help me find my spark again. I've been able to align my values with my work to feel more fulfilled and excited to tackle the work day and solve bigger, harder problems. She's helped me build up my confidence and break down distorted thoughts so that I can see things more clearly and positively. I now have tools that I can use daily to help me make the impact that I want to make!

    Melissa, Sustainable Online Grocery Market, Marketing/Senior Level

  • When I first started working with Bern, I was struggling to understand what I truly wanted in both my career and personal life, often feeling stuck and unsure of how to move forward with confidence. Through our coaching, I’ve gained clarity around my values and learned how to make more intentional choices that align with who I really am. For example, our conversations helped me rethink how I approach my work and relationships, not as separate areas, but as interconnected parts of a more authentic life. This shift has helped me make decisions with more confidence and purpose. As a result, I feel more at peace with myself and more grounded in how I show up every day. The biggest transformation has been learning to trust myself, and that self-trust has given me the courage to face challenges with intention, rather than fear. Bern’s curiosity, guidance, and encouragement have been central to this growth, and I’m incredibly grateful for the journey we’ve shared.

    John, Recreation Manager, Minnesota

  • With Bern as my guide, I have realized how my severe self-criticism has negatively impacted many aspects of my life. How perfectionism shows up in the strangest ways.... And how these things have slowly eroded my confidence and limited my progress. Self-compassion is a critical skill set for continued growth, both personal and professional. I am equipped now with many of the foundational skills.

    Sarah, Corporate Manager, Major Outdoor Brand/US

  • Through our coaching, I’ve gained a deeper understanding of how to navigate challenges in my professional life and personal relationships. Bern helped me rediscover my values and become more intentional in my choices, which has made a huge difference. The biggest shift for me has been learning to trust myself and follow my values—this new perspective has given me more confidence and courage throughout work and life's challenges

    John, Recreation Director, Minnesota

  • I was at the point in my career where what got me "here" was not going to get me "there". It was going to be awhile before I got "there", so I needed to settle in and learn how to thrive in the squishy gray areas that I hate. She helped me accept myself - and all the versions of me who came before. I came to see myself as others do and accept the rad woman that I am! Learning to be present in each moment has brought a new kind of balance to my life that has empowered success, both personally and professionally. I am challenging myself in critical new ways, some of which are silent - and the most rewarding. I see the behaviors and mindsets that have held me back in the past and now have powerful tools to empower quiet change.

    Sarah, Burton Snowboards/Vermont

  • “Before working with Bern, I felt really lost career-wise and unsure of my direction. I was applying to tons of jobs and hardly hearing back, which made me lose confidence in myself and my path. Through our talks and one on one session, Bern gave me new approaches and tools to use in my job search, and encouraged me to reach out and connect with people in the industry I wanted to be apart of to learn how they got started. She also helped me reflect on my values and what truly matters to me in a role. Her thoughtful questions and one-on-one guidance helped me look inward and rebuild my confidence. Not long after, things started to align — I was offered three jobs, including one in my field as a graphic designer! I ultimately chose the design job as a stepping stone for experience toward my goal of working in the outdoor and snow sports industry. I truly don’t think this opportunity would have found me without Bern’s guidance, perspective, and encouragement.”

    Skye, Graphic Designer & Visual Storyteller

  • One of the most unexpected—and most impactful—parts of working with Bern has been the shift in my mindset around what’s possible in my career. I didn’t realize how much I was stuck in “there’s only one way” thinking, especially when it came to achieving success in my business—what success even meant, and what long-term paths could get me there. Bern helped me see that those rigid beliefs were a big part of what was keeping me stuck. She gently challenged those patterns and guided me toward alternative approaches that felt more authentic and attainable, even if they looked very different from what I originally imagined. Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs came not from changing what I was doing, but from changing how I was thinking—and Bern was instrumental in helping me get there.

    Becky/Outdoor Wilderness Educator & Business Owner

  • Bern's compassionate and engaging approach made me feel comfortable to open up and share vulnerably after just a few sessions. She is kind, and curious, and has a gift for engaging deeply and holding space for others. Working with her helped me recognize my needs, prioritize time and energy more effectively, and bring more balance to my relationships. I wholeheartedly recommend working with Bern for anyone who is looking for guidance in navigating life and exploring what's most important to you.

    -Bekah, Sierra Club Environmentalist, Utah

  • Working with Bern has been genuinely transformative. Her coaching isn’t about pushing or pressuring — it’s about helping you reconnect to your core values in a really honest, grounded way. She creates a space where growth feels natural instead of forced, and where even big, intimidating goals start to feel simple and achievable. One of the most powerful things she taught me is that meaningful change doesn’t have to come from hustle or intensity; it can come from aligning with who you really are and taking small, authentic steps forward. It’s a subtle shift, but it’s completely changed the way I move through life and work. I’m more in flow, more confident, and way more excited about the future because of our sessions."

    Andrew, Filmmaker, BC Canada

  • Working with Bern has been transformative, helping me understand myself and embrace the fact that it's okay to struggle as part of being human. I've realized I struggle with indecisiveness, especially in making bigger life decisions. Working with Bern has helped me recognize the importance of pausing and asking questions before deciding, which has boosted my confidence in decision-making.

    Meggie, Nursing School Student/Seattle WA

  • Life giving. You inspire me to be the best version of myself and remind me that i can make changes and that i don’t have to feel so stuck 🤍

    -Amber/Yoga Instructor/SLC Utah

  • Before I started coaching sessions with Bern, I was pretty disorganized and lost when it came to marketing for my business. During our sessions, she helped me find a clear path forward and helped me prioritize the tasks that would make the biggest impact. She also helped by holding me accountable to following through with the tasks that were the least fun for me, and offered feedback whenever I needed help. This gave me a clear direction, so it's much easier for me to continue the work we started and I'm much more motivated overall!

    Becky, Wilderness Medicine Business Owner/SLC, Utah

  • Bern is consistent, encouraging, funny and gentle. She has made me see my own beliefs and assumptions from different perspectives. She has shared some of her own experiences which relate to mine in a way which I found empathetic and compassionate.

    Alex/UK Website Designer

  • I connected with Bernadette at a tough time in life where I felt stuck and defeated. I've been to therapy on and off for years. Although I learned a lot during that process, something never fully clicked. Bern made me feel comfortable opening up helped me work through internal conflicts in a different way. She’s warm and inviting, and was truly present during our conversations. I left our conversations feeling hopeful and often inspired me to journal ideas and thoughts we had during our sessions.

    — Kari S. Global Retail Marketing Manager/Major Outdoor Brand

  • I was struggling to feel seen and heard by my previous therapist, and while life coaching isn’t a replacement for therapy, i do finally feel seen and heard by her as a guide. She helps guide me towards action oriented solutions that have been transforming the way i navigate hard feelings and relationships. What a blessing to be working with her 🤍

    -Amber B/SLC/Yoga Instructor

  • Bern is Attuned, curious, encouraging, unbiased, fun and uplifting. I feel encouraged by Bern to explore positive experiences and feelings that goes beyond the common problem solving mentality in some forms of coaching. She has coached me through ending one major project (spanning many years) and beginning another major project. She has skilfully led me to stay in-touch with my intuition through this significant restructuring of my life, and helped me recognise and enjoy my accomplishments along the way. What I didn't expect from being coached is the *emotional* clarity I have got from working with Bern. She has shown me how my past, present and future are connected and, as a result, I’m feeling fantastic and optimistic, as well as achieving awesome milestones in my creative work, relationships and life in general.

    -Alex/ Coach and Entrepreneur/ UK

  • Bern's approachable and kind. This make it so easy to drop my defences and get messy. She never shys away from challenging me, but also knows when to provide space. Her open heart enables mine!

    Sarah, Outdoor Brand Customer Service Manager, Vermont

  • The major challenge I’ve navigated whilst working with Bern is restructuring my daily and weekly schedule rhythms. She helped me focus on how I want to live, how much is realistic to achieve in a day, and how to recognise my achievements and *enjoy* them, which I’ve historically not done. I now feel like I’ve got a great balance of the various projects and commitments in my life, and Bern has played a guiding role in that, so I’m very grateful to her

    -Alex, UK

  • Before our sessions, I wasn't able to organize my thoughts, what the problems were and definitely not what to do about it. Through our coaching sessions, I've been able to identify what I want to work on and what my goals are.

    — Kim /Tech, San Francisco

  • Bern helped me structure the chaos in my brain into a list of things I could actually measure and work on one by one—Suggesting different language to use to describe situations has been helpful. Being able to anticipate that it's possible to fall back into old habits and coming up with a plan for what to do when I feel the desire to do that is super cool to get ahead of. Even if it doesn't happen, it takes the worrying out of that as a possibility.

    Alex Nichols/UK