East Bay
This is my home base and preferred location for walking sessions.
Some great options are Tilden, Blake Garden, along the Bay Trail, or somewhere else we choose together.
Bay Area Walking Coaching
Coaching that
moves with you.
Finding time for coaching is hard. So is making time to move your body and get outside.
Walking coaching brings all three together in one powerful, protected block of time.
Walking sessions are part of my ongoing 1:1 coaching engagements. We bring whatever is current and take the work outside.
Bring what’s in front of you
We might explore questions like:
- What do I know that I haven’t acted on yet?
- How do I want to handle this conversation?
- What deserves my attention right now?
- Why does this situation keep getting under my skin?
- What would I do if I trusted my judgment here?
- What do I want to try next?
Some walks are at sunrise and expansive. Some are during a lunchbreak and tactical. Some involve a lot of talking. Some leave room for quiet.
We bring what matters that day and work from there.
Where we walk
San Francisco
If you work in the city, a walking session may fit naturally into the workday.
We might meet near your office, use a longer lunch window, discover a new urban hike and find a fresh perspective to an old problem.
Marin
Walking sessions are also possible in Marin when location and scheduling work for both of us.
Part of the rhythm
You don’t have to choose between walking and virtual coaching.
We might walk one session and meet virtually for the next. The format can flex with your schedule, geography, goals, and what the work needs.
Remote clients can also make sessions walk-and-talks. Bring your headphones, step outside, and take the conversation with you.
You don’t have to be a hiker
Walking coaching can mean a gentle stroll.
The coaching is the point. Movement and the outdoors shape the setting.
If weather or circumstances interfere with a planned walk, we can change the format.
Professional coaching, outdoors
Walking Coaching is part of the same ongoing coaching relationship described on the Work Together page.
Organizations can sponsor coaching through professional development or leadership-development budgets, and I can coordinate contracting and invoicing directly. Self-pay coaching is also available. Let’s get moving, together.
“I’ve turned to Sonya for coaching for years when I’m feeling stuck or facing a difficult decision. She doesn’t hand me an answer. She helps me slow down, pay attention to my deeper knowing, sort through what’s in front of me, and experiment with what might be possible. I leave our sessions feeling lighter, clearer, and more grounded in my own judgment. I have more confidence in what I want to do next and more freedom in how I move forward.”R. Van Donk, Chief Philanthropy Officer, California
When I say I’ll walk beside you, I mean it.
We’ll talk about what’s in front of you, the support you’re looking for, and whether working together makes sense.
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