Not your typical coach.

I’m Kareen.

 

I’m a deep thinker, daily meditator, artist, nature-enthusiast and self-proclaimed home chef. As someone who is mixed-race, queer and gender non-conforming, I come to this work in an evolution of what it means to be my whole self and I approach each client in your unique and beautiful wholeness.

I have first-hand experience navigating places, spaces and systems that were not designed for my inclusion and I draw upon my lived experience alongside my education and professional experience to partner with you to co-create coaching programs that honour the entirety of who you are.

I love coaching. I see it as the inner work needed to support the outer work you are doing that the world needs. I am skilled at bringing softness to what feels sharp. I hold spaces and guide sessions that centre your experience and am skilled at meeting you where you are, witnessing and deeply listening to what you share, and gently holding up a mirror for you to reflect, find new perspective, and shift the paradigms that are no longer serving you. 

Choosing ourselves and supporting our own journeys is a necessary part of creating change in our world. It would be my honour to partner with you on yours.

My approach

Thoughtful. Gentle. Focused. I am a caring guide through your own personalized change journey that we create together. My work is trauma-informed and I recognize the many intersecting identities and influences that shape and impact our lives.

My approach follows the Integral Coaching Canada method and is focused on long-term lasting change rooted in practice. You are in charge 100% of the way. I will challenge you, but we don’t go anywhere you don’t want to go and we don't do anything you don’t want to do. Coaching programs are developed to meet you exactly where you are at and support you to move towards the change you are looking for.

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Qualifications

I take a broad view on how, where, and from whom I can be learning, building my skillset and evolving my abilities to show up, hold space, and be with people one-on-one or in groups to move through a process.

My work is deeply informed by my own lived experience, the breadth and depth of my professional experience - I learn from every client I work with. In my 10-year career in communications and digital marketing, I’ve worked with civil society organizations, non-profits, post-secondary institutions, private sector and government at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. I have built a team and a portfolio from the ground up more than once. I am also an experienced and skilled manager and facilitator.

I also understand the desire to ascertain how as a potential client you might be held - the techniques and tools I’ve learned and the modalities I draw from. For those to whom it is important, a sampling of my training and certifications are below:

  • Certified Integral Associate Coach™ with Integral Coaching Canada

  • Somatic Parts Work - Level 1 with the Embody Lab

  • Freedom to Fight Conflict Management with Ten Directions

  • Embodied Joy in Trauma Recovery and Social Change with The Embody Lab

  • Facilitate for Freedom - AORTA Anti-Oppressive Resource and Training Alliance

  • Skill Up Facilitation Intensive - AORTA Anti-Oppressive Resource and Training Alliance

  • Next Stage Facilitation with Ten Directions

  • Professional Certificate in Leadership and Management with Royal Roads University (in progress)

Kareen Wong Consulting is a proud certified queer owned business and diverse supplier with Canada’s Queer Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC).