Coaching for Leaders & Professionals Navigating Transitions
When the version of yourself that once fit no longer does—whether through a career shift, leadership transition, or life stage change—coaching helps you pause, realign, and move forward with clarity.
We work with individuals navigating personal and professional transitions, helping you integrate self-awareness into action so each season of life feels intentional, not reactive.
Note: Our primary work is designing fellowship programs and learning communities for organizations. This coaching practice serves individuals seeking 1:1 support for personal growth and leadership development.
Three Seasons of Growth
In life and work, we move through recurring cycles of exploration, integration, and renewal.
These rhythms appear at every age and stage—when starting something new, balancing competing priorities, or re-imagining who we’ve become.
Coaching helps you notice which season you’re in—so you can move through change with clarity, not pressure, and return to alignment again and again.
Below are three common patterns we see among clients—you might recognize yourself in one of them.
TRANSITIONS WE SUPPORT
A few examples of the people and transitions we've had the privilege to accompany:
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Sometimes leadership growth is less about a new role and more about recalibration—integrating new self-awareness, emotional agility, and purpose into how you show up each day.
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When you move from structured environments to self-directed work, the challenge isn’t just operational—it’s identity. Coaching helps you translate your strengths into a new context while learning to trust your own rhythm and redefine success on your terms.
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Whether you’re moving from nonprofit to tech, Japan to the U.S., or private to social impact, coaching helps you integrate your past experiences while positioning yourself for the future you want.
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Becoming a parent reshapes time, energy, and priorities. Coaching offers a space to pause, process, and reimagine what “balance” looks like as you re-enter the professional world with a new sense of self.
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Every founder’s journey is both professional and personal. Coaching helps you stay grounded amid uncertainty, clarify your “why,” and build systems that sustain both your impact and wellbeing.
OUR APPROACH
Our coaching integrates systems thinking, adult learning theory, and cross-cultural awareness—the same foundations that inform our organizational work.
We draw on:
Adaptive Leadership – helping you lead amid complexity and change
Adult Development Theory – understanding how people grow through developmental stages
Emotional Intelligence – building self-awareness and relational capacity
Systems Thinking – seeing yourself within larger contexts (organizational, familial, societal)
Experiential Learning – reflecting on lived experience to generate insight
What makes our coaching distinctive: We bring organizational development expertise to individual work.
We help you see not just your internal patterns, but how you show up within systems—whether that's your organization, family, or community.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
RELATED: Moms in Transition PODCAST
One ongoing exploration of these transitions has been Moms in Transition—a Japanese-language podcast examining how women navigate identity, ambition, and belonging through changing life stages.
While currently available only in Japanese, an English-language version is in development to make these reflections more widely accessible.
Aligned with our coaching philosophy, Moms in Transition offers space to pause, process, and redesign the systems that support each listener's next season of growth.
WORKING TOGETHER
Format: 60-minute sessions, typically every 3-4 weeks over a period of three months
Availability: Virtual (global) or in-person (New York)
Languages: English or Japanese
Who leads sessions: All coaching is provided by Tomoko Matsukawa, a certified coach and cross-cultural leadership specialist. See full credentials
Pricing: Varies by scope. After an initial consultation, we'll explore the best package together.
LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL WORK?
If you're here because your organization needs help designing a fellowship program, cohort-based learning experience, or community engagement strategy—that's my primary focus.