Coaching Testimonials: Client Success Stories

I began my journey in life transition coaching with Sam at a time when it felt that almost every part of my life was in transition. I was grieving the loss of a life I had imagined and hoped for, bigtime. With compassion, honesty, sensitivity, and great wit, Sam helped me realize that I was not starting over; I was starting NEW. She guided me to ask myself challenging yet essential questions related to my personal development. Who am I? Who do I want to be? What are my strengths? And what are the gremlins that I allow to hold me back? With insight and boundless grace, she offered trauma-informed coaching tools and strategies to help me embark on the Winding Path of Finding Me — the path where my desires and decisions reflect the truth in my heart, mind, and spirit. What a lovely realization it is now that every step I take can be a step closer to my best self.

Sam is an exceptional coach, particularly in the realm of life transition coaching. She provided me with the tools I needed during a pivotal time in my life, as I was navigating a major transition in my career. I was struggling with sleep and finding it difficult to see my way through the situation. Thanks to Sam's compassion, humor, thoughtfulness, and trauma-informed coaching approach, I was able to navigate that transition incredibly well and am now on a much more positive path. Sam excels at helping you tap into the truths you know but haven't been able to verbalize yet. Some of the personal development techniques, especially the visualization work we did, were incredibly impactful and still resonate with me. I can't recommend Sam more highly as a person, coach, and for the positive outcomes she helped deliver – she's truly a gem!

Working with Sam has been an exceptional and impactful experience, particularly in the realm of life transition coaching. I was contemplating a significant life change and was unsure about my motivations for change and how to navigate it in a healthy manner. Throughout our ~1 year together, Sam provided personal development support that encouraged me to listen to myself, engage in healthy introspection, and practice kindness. I appreciated that she employs techniques from trauma informed coaching, leveraging CBT and other scientifically-based frameworks alongside more spiritual practices. This combination was precisely what I needed to harmonize with my pragmatic mind. The insights I gained with Sam not only guided me through my life transition but also instilled lasting perspectives and practices. She is truly an expert in her field, and I am so grateful to have found her! Masuma H.

It's not an exaggeration to say that my experience with Sam Salenger has been nothing short of transformative. She has a gift for helping me see myself for who I truly am and finding that whole, perfectly imperfect person to be remarkable and worth loving. Through her life transition coaching, I can clearly see the tools and resources I have within myself and how to use them effectively on my personal development journey towards being my BEST self. Life is filled with both joy and challenges, and those challenges can often overwhelm our capacity to feel joy, more than I realized before beginning this trauma-informed coaching work. I can now handle the hard times without losing sight of the joy. Sam's collaborative approach consistently affirms my agency while offering unconditional support along the way. I feel grateful to have found her. 

Sue L.

When I started working with Sam in life transition coaching, I was in a place of fuzziness. I didn’t believe in myself, I didn’t know what I wanted, how to even start if I did know, and I was totally buying into the stories that I wasn’t worthy. Now, thanks to personal development strategies, I know exactly what my life is going to be like. I am following my dreams, I have clear goals, and I understand why I am passionate about creating the life I want. I have a feeling of freedom because I’ve pulled back the layers of all the negativity that were keeping me living small and in fear. Sam's trauma informed coaching helped me cut through all the stories and negative self-talk to see that I am capable of achieving anything I put my mind to. This is the best work I’ve ever done and in the shortest amount of time. It was scary and real, and totally worth it. Julie M.