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Life Coaching designed to organize your workflow, clear your mental clutter, and align your daily actions with your long-term purpose.
Turning personal overwhelm into structured, actionable life and career plans.
Aligning organizational mission with practical, sustainable strategic goals.
Providing the consistent support needed to sustain long-term momentum.
It’s pretty straightforward…
Life coaching helps you move from where you are now…
… to where you want to be.
Life coaching helps you move from where you are now…
… to where you want to be.
Life coaching is a structured, goal-focused partnership between you and a trained professional life coach. The purpose is straightforward: help you move from where you are now to where you want to be. That might mean gaining clarity on your career direction, improving how you manage your time, strengthening relationships, or finally making progress on goals that have been sitting on your mental to-do list for months.
What are some things you can work on with a life coach? Common goals include:
Navigating the demands of remote or hybrid work-setting boundaries, managing isolation, protecting focus time
Building leadership skills within mission-driven or non-profit organizations
Recovering from burnout and rethinking what a meaningful life looks like
Planning a career change in a shifting economy
Aligning daily life with deeper values after years of autopilot
Coaching sessions are typically forward-looking, practical, and accountability-driven, drawing on tools from positive psychology, habit design, and values clarification. Each session is built around what matters most to you and what you’re willing to do about it.
A life coach is not a substitute for a licensed therapist. Life coaches help clients set and reach personal goals by working with what’s present and what’s possible. Life coaching focuses on present and future growth rather than healing past trauma. Unlike therapists, who are licensed to diagnose and treat mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, or PTSD, a life coach zeroes in on action steps, accountability, and forward movement. This distinction matters: coaching does not treat mental health conditions, and if clinical support is what you need, a licensed therapist is the right starting point.
Many clients reach out to a life coach when they feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure whether they need a therapist, a mentor, or a coach. That uncertainty is normal. Here’s where coaching tends to be the strongest fit:
Mid-career professionals feeling stalled, questioning direction or purpose
Non-profit leaders juggling fundraising, staffing, and programs while running on fumes
New managers wanting to develop communication skills, delegation, and decision-making
Anyone considering a career change and needing structure to make it happen
People seeking more purpose, clarity, or alignment in their professional and personal lives
Life coaches help clients navigate significant life transitions and decision-making, providing guidance and structure when the path forward isn’t obvious. They also provide tools and resources to live the life you want to be living, as the person you want to be.
When coaching might not be enough: If you’re experiencing a diagnosable mental health condition-major depression, severe anxiety, PTSD, or active addiction-a licensed mental health provider should be your first step. Coaching can support motivation and life organization, but it does not replace therapy for mental health issues.
A quick self-check: Do you mostly need better structure, clarity, and accountability? Or are you struggling with symptoms that disrupt daily functioning? The first points toward coaching; the second toward therapy. And for many clients navigating burnout or major life transitions, combining coaching with therapy can be especially powerful when both practitioners understand their roles.
Dan Abbott is a life coach based in Portland, OR who works with individuals and non-profits both locally and online.
Hi! I am Dan
My Mission
My passion is coming alongside individuals and non-profits to
help them reach their visions, goals, and dreams.
My Story
I have spent over 10 years working directly within the non-profit
sector. I understand the unique challenges of mission-driven
work, tight resources, and the constant demand to balance big
visions with everyday execution.
Years ago, I found myself needing direction. I hired a personal
coach who transformed my approach to life and career. They
helped me organize my workflow, clear my mental clutter, and
align my daily actions with my long-term purpose.
That experience was instrumental in how I operate today. It also
sparked a deep desire within me to provide that exact same
breakthrough for others.
How I Help
• Individual Strategy: Turning personal overwhelm into
structured, actionable life and career plans.
• Non-Profit Growth: Aligning organizational mission with
practical, sustainable strategic goals.
• Accountability Partnership: Providing the consistent
support needed to sustain long-term momentum.
Dan Abbott is a life coach based in Portland, OR who works with individuals and non-profits both locally and online.
My Mission
My passion is coming alongside individuals and non-profits to
help them reach their visions, goals, and dreams.
My Story
I have spent over 10 years working directly within the non-profit sector. I understand the unique challenges of mission-driven work, tight resources, and the constant demand to balance big visions with everyday execution. Years ago, I found myself needing direction. I hired a personal coach who transformed my approach to life and career. They helped me organize my workflow, clear my mental clutter, and align my daily actions with my long-term purpose. That experience was instrumental in how I operate today. It also sparked a deep desire within me to provide that exact same breakthrough for others.
How I Help
• Individual Strategy: Turning personal overwhelm into structured, actionable life and career plans.
• Non-Profit Growth: Aligning organizational mission with practical, sustainable strategic goals.
• Accountability Partnership: Providing the consistent support needed to sustain long-term momentum.
Life coaching is a future-focused, goal-oriented support system. It helps you define what matters, design action steps, and build accountability to achieve goals that lead to a more meaningful life.
A career coach is a subset of life coaching focused specifically on your work life-exploring roles, making transitions, navigating promotions, and finding career success through structured planning.
Life coaching helps nonprofit leaders clarify their vision, manage competing priorities, and turn meaningful goals into practical steps. With support and accountability, leaders can strengthen communication, build confidence, and create healthier boundaries. This focused approach helps them lead their teams with purpose while keeping everyday decisions aligned with their mission.
Most life coaches offer weekly or biweekly coaching sessions, each lasting about 60 minutes. Frequency depends on urgency, capacity, and the nature of your goals.
Yes. If therapy is handling emotional healing or a mental health condition, coaching can cover the growth, action, and structure side. The two complement each other when roles are clear.
Many clients engage for 3–6 months, enough time to build habits, shift mindset, and produce initial breakthroughs. They then transition to a less frequent meeting to focus on accountability. Some extend to a year for deeper strategic or leadership transformation. Dan structures engagements to match client objectives.
Through clearly defined goals, periodic check-ins, and tangible indicators-habits kept, decisions made, objectives reached. You'll see the evidence in your daily life.
If it becomes clear that coaching isn't what you need, Dan will discuss this openly and help you consider other forms of support, whether that's therapy, consulting, or a different kind of guidance. A safe space to have that honest conversation is part of the process.
You may have a vision for your life or career but feel unsure how to move forward. Working with a personal life coach can help clear the mental clutter, organize your priorities, and connect your daily actions with your long-term purpose.
My passion is coming alongside others to help them find clarity and direction. Whether you’re navigating a transition, pursuing a personal goal, or leading a non-profit, coaching provides space to think, a practical plan, and consistent support as you take your next steps.
Here are common themes seen in coaching sessions with individuals and non-profit leaders:
Structure and clarity. A client drowning in tasks builds a weekly schedule that protects deep work, rest, and family time. Within a month, they reclaim weekends and notice sharper focus during the workday. Many clients find clarity in their purpose through life coaching, often for the first time in years.
Career transitions. Someone planning a career change maps transferable skills, conducts informational interviews, and builds a 6–12 month transition plan-managing risk while making transformative progress toward professional goals they’d been avoiding.
Non-profit leadership. An executive director translates a sprawling 3-year strategic mission into quarterly goals and metrics. They learn delegation, create feedback loops, and stop being the bottleneck. This kind of work supports personal growth alongside organizational health.
Mental clutter and decision fatigue. Clients work through what to say “yes” and “no” to, simplify commitments, and organize workflows. The result is reduced overwhelm and more energy for what matters in their personal lives and at work.
Inner shifts. Clients report improved well being and decision-making after coaching. They describe increased confidence, stronger alignment between values and daily actions, a clearer sense of purpose, and the experience of positive change-even when external challenges remain. Life coaching can lead to better habits and increased success across both professional and personal lives.
My passion is coming alongside individuals and non-profits to
help them reach their visions, goals, and dreams.
My role is to come alongside you, listen to what matters most, and help you create a plan that fits your life. Whether you’re navigating a career change, building better habits, or feeling unsure of your next step, we’ll work together to connect your daily actions with your long-term purpose—with encouragement and accountability along the way.
“Life coaching” is a broad term. Many life coaches specialize in niche areas like career, wellness, or leadership. Dan offers several focused pathways depending on what you need.
Life Coaching centers on values, routines, and the daily decisions that shape a fulfilling life. Common goals include better time management, reducing overwhelm, clarifying priorities, strengthening relationships, and building confidence.
Career Coaching supports clarity on career direction, role changes, or transitions to entirely new fields. A career coach helps with mapping transferable skills, planning upskilling, practicing difficult conversations (raises, feedback, resignations), and structuring a job search campaign. Whether you’re chasing career success in your current role or considering a pivot, this pathway gives you a concrete plan.
Non-Profit & Mission-Driven Coaching provides strategic support for executive directors, program managers, and board leaders. Examples include turning a 3-year vision into quarterly action plans, setting realistic KPIs, building healthier staff rhythms, and improving internal communication. Research shows that combining training with coaching improves manager productivity by roughly 88%, compared to about 22% with training alone-a critical difference for resource-strapped organizations.
While Dan is not a therapist, his coaching frequently intersects with topics like stress, burnout, relationship challenges, and work–life boundaries-always within a forward-focused, goal-oriented frame. This also touches on wellness coaching territory: empowering people to build sustainable habits around well being, energy, and rest.
Our first session will be talking about where you are and where you want to be.
I will work with you to establish actions and habits to meet your goals.
Continue to grow and shape your life with accountability.
If you’ve never worked with a coach, the process is simpler than you might expect.
Free 15 Minute Discovery call: Dan offers a free 15-minute discovery call to give you a chance to connect before making any commitment. During this brief conversation, you can share what you’re looking for, ask questions about Dan’s coaching approach, and get a sense of whether working together feels like the right fit.
Early sessions: Focus on clarifying your vision-whether personal or organizational-identifying key obstacles and patterns that keep you feeling stuck, and prioritizing a small number of high-impact goals for the first 60–90 days. This is where the real momentum begins.
Typical session structure: Includes a check-in on progress, exploration of current roadblocks, concrete planning for next steps, and agreement on specific actions before the next meeting. Life coaching sessions typically last 60 to 90 minutes, depending on the engagement. Life coaching emphasizes accountability through regular check-ins with clients, so you’re not just talking-you’re doing.
Frequency and format: Most clients work on a weekly or biweekly basis. Virtual coaching increases choice and flexibility for clients, and Dan offers sessions via Zoom or phone. Portland-based clients may request occasional in person sessions when it makes sense.
Between sessions: Dan provides accountability support-brief email or messaging check-ins, shared documents for tracking goals-so you stay on track even when life gets busy. Life coaches provide accountability and support during transitions, making sure progress doesn’t stall between conversations.
It is easy to keep a list of things you want to do. It is much harder to get those things done. Let me help.
