Who is Coach Shelly?

Confidence & Reinvention Coach

Shelly Leslie Coaching + Creative was born out of a catalytic life event: An unplanned end to a 35-year career that was wildly fun and rewarding, but had taken over my life. Then came the massive identity crisis that comes from that kind of change, and the profound realization: who am I without that job?

Rediscovery. Rebuilding. Reinvention.

That’s what I coach. Because it’s what I’ve lived over and over in my life and career. The hardest moments in life can deliver the biggest gifts, we just have to mine for that gold. I am guided by curiosity, creativity, and courage—developed from my career and the life experiences that shaped the reinventions throughout my life, including divorce and coming out, intrapreneur to entrepreneur, parenting to blended family to grandparenting. Life’s just a series of reinventions, isn’t it?

Why “Coaching and Creative?”

My career in media and creative direction taught me to live in a world of imagination and possibility—and that’s exactly what’s needed to navigate through life challenges and release attachment to old patterns that no longer serve you. Everyone, including YOU, has access to the powerful space of new possibilities, and I ask the powerful questions to open that treasure trove waiting inside you. You already have the answers you seek. I help you move the obstacles obscuring your view.

As a Wayfinder-Trained Life Coach:

I promise to bring an untroubled mind to our sessions, and a sacred space for you to bring your whole self. I have a toolbox full of coaching tools, but the most important are intuitive listening, and asking impactful questions that uncover the answers you seek. Transformation can happen in an instant. Real life change comes with what you do with the insights. Creating the life you want, starts with a turtle step. Then another. Then another. I’d love to help you find your new path, rediscover the true you, turn your light back on, navigate life’s unplanned curves, or just clear out the noise to make the next right choice.

As a Non-Profit Creative Consultant:

I use my creativity, problem-solving, marketing, creative direction, and strategic thinking to help good humans maximize the good they’re putting into the world. I take a few clients a year, and only if I’m moved by the cause!