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Anne-Marie Brest

Certified Integral Coach- New Ventures West
Aletheia Coach Levels 1 to 4- Aletheia
Professional Certified Coach- International Coaching Federation
Trained Climate Change Coach- Climate Change Coaches
Nature Meditation Teacher- Awake In The Wild
Trained Medicine Walk Guide- Walking Coach
Compassion Cultivation Training- Stanford CCARE
Wilderness First Aid Certification- NOLS

In my Life Coaching practice, I serve clients who have a sense that something is not quite right in their life, who feel stuck, are in the midst of a large personal or professional transition, at a threshold. In my Climate Change Coaching practice, I work with people who want to take action for the climate and need help taking the first step on their climate journey.

In each case, my focus is on New Beginnings, helping clients identify, envision and step into their new situation, with courage and clarity, moving from a place of stuckness to forward movement and agency in their life, achieving the results and impact they are seeking in the world.

I work with clients in person (San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas), by phone or via Zoom video conferencing.

All first consultations are free.

My Story

I was born in Brittany, the part of France that faces west towards the Atlantic, with its rugged coast and tumultuous ocean. I studied Electrical Engineering in Paris and came to America to earn a Master's Degree at the California Institute of Technology. My career took me to Silicon Valley where I worked in high tech for many years. In my previous lives, I managed a consulting services organization, worked as an independent consultant in high tech, founded and ran an online rental service of children's books in French, all while raising three boys.
I have experienced a number of "New Beginnings" in my life and want to help you with yours.

My favorite activities are walking, yoga, martial arts and, reading fiction and poetry. In my coaching practice, I am able to combine all these different life skills, interests and experiences and bring them to each coaching session, in the interest of you, the client.