Building something of your own isn't a career move. It's an act of resistance.

For equity-driven nonprofit and social impact leaders ready to start building something of their own.

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This might sound familiar

From the outside, it looks like you've made it. The title. The responsibility. The reputation people respect.

But internally, something else is true.

You're tired in a way that rest doesn't fix. You're constantly shapeshifting depending on the room you're in. The work still matters to you, but the way you're doing it feels heavy, disconnected, and unsustainable.

You keep thinking about building something of your own. But you second-guess every step. You've spent so long inside scarcity, funding pressures, and the relentless need to prove impact that charging well, or even doing work with ease, feels almost unrealistic.

You know you're capable of more. You just don't know how to move without risking everything.

Let me name what's actually happening

This isn't a confidence problem. It isn't because you don't know enough or haven't done enough.

You know how to lead. You know how to think strategically. You know how to create real impact and bring people with you.

The issue is how you've been taught to operate. You've been rewarded for pushing through, figuring it out alone, and carrying more than you should. And somewhere along the way, you learned to rely on the very systems that are depleting you.

Now you quietly wonder whether you can make it without them.

Building something of your own means choosing a different pace. Deciding who you work with and how. Creating impact on your own terms.

That's not just a business decision. It's a practice in courage.

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Build your first coaching practice

Sign your first 3 clients at $3,000+ each. Build a practice rooted in who you actually are.

A 6-month, 1:1 coaching experience for equity-driven nonprofit and social impact leaders ready to step outside the systems they've built their careers in and start building something of their own.

Not someday. Not when everything feels perfectly clear. Now.

This is for you if:

  • You've built a career in nonprofit or social impact leadership and care deeply about equity and justice

  • You want to turn your lived and professional experience into a coaching practice but don't know how to structure or sell it

  • You're ready to create work that gives you more space, autonomy, and control, and you're open to being challenged to get there

This is not for you if:

  • You want a business blueprint without doing the identity work that has to come with it

  • You're not ready to be challenged on how you think, what you've been conditioned to accept, and what you believe you deserve

  • You're looking for someone to hand you a formula rather than help you build something sustainable

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"In the past, I would never pay for support like this. I thought I should be able to do it on my own. Working with Miriam showed me it's not the same, and that's okay. She held both the emotional blocks and the practical pieces at once. Within four weeks I had my first paid client, and a hospital put me on their referral list. That's some powerful forward movement! And that's why I just invested in another 6 months."

— Natasha Steer,
Writer and Trauma Recovery Coach

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What this looks like in practice

This is a high-touch, highly personalized experience. You're not dropped into a system. You're supported as you build something that's actually yours.

  • 6 months of 1:1 coaching, two sessions per month

  • Unlimited voice note support between sessions so you're never stuck waiting weeks to move forward

  • Offer development and positioning: we turn your lived and professional experience into a clear, high-value coaching offer

  • Client acquisition support: real conversations, real trust, your first clients at $3,000+ each

  • Real-time decision-making support so you stop second-guessing and start moving with clarity

By the end, you'll have a clear coaching offer rooted in your identity and experience, your first 3 clients, and a way of working that actually works for you. Not just a business, but a practice you don't have to leave yourself at the door to show up for.

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Why I do this work

I spent over 20 years in nonprofit and social impact leadership. From the outside, it looked like I had built something solid.

But there's a moment I still think about.

I was a new executive leader, preparing to deliver a land acknowledgement to a room of potential donors. I had written honestly about my experience as a Palestinian woman. Before I could deliver it, someone pulled me aside and asked: "Is this really how you want to make your debut?"

So I rewrote myself. I delivered something generic, something safe, something that had nothing of me in it. And I smiled while I did it.

The further I climbed, the more I understood the system wasn't going to make more room for me. It was going to ask me to take up less. And I kept doing it, until I just couldn't anymore.

Building something of my own gave me back what years of institutional leadership had slowly taken. I stopped calculating the cost of my own honesty. That wholeness didn't cost me. It became the work.

And that's what I help you build. Not just a practice, but a way of working where you don't have to leave any part of yourself at the door.

INVESTMENT

This is a 6-month, 1:1 coaching experience designed to support you in building your first coaching practice from the ground up.

$6,000 CAD+ HST

  • 6 months of 1:1 coaching

  • 2 sessions per month

  • Unlimited voice note support between sessions

  • Support building your offer, signing your first clients, and making decisions as you go

Payment plans are available. If the work feels aligned, we can talk through what makes the most sense for you.

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"Working with Miriam gave me a new literacy to navigate inequitable systems. More self-trust, more confidence, and the capacity to show up as my authentic self without conforming to dominant culture. I'm choosing to stay in my role, and thanks to Miriam, I feel more equipped to navigate it, advocate for myself, and show up fully in every area of my life. We've been taught to keep pouring ourselves into systems that were never designed for us. This work helped me invest in myself instead."

— Anonymous Coaching Client

Questions you might be sitting with

  • That's completely okay, and honestly, it's where most people start. We'll work together to identify what you're uniquely positioned to offer based on your lived and professional experience, and shape it into something clear, valuable, and aligned. You don't need to have it figured out before you begin.

  • This is exactly why the program is six months long. It's designed to work alongside a full-time role, not compete with it. There's enough flexibility to move at a pace that's real for your life, and enough structure to keep you moving forward consistently.

  • That's real, and it makes sense. This is a meaningful investment and it's important that it feels aligned for you. Payment plans are available. And the goal is for you to build something that generates new income over time, not stay where you are.

  • Good news: you've been building trust, making the case for your work, and moving people to action your entire career. That's selling! You just haven't called it that. We'll work on translating those skills into a way of finding and signing clients that feels natural and grounded, not performative or pushy.

  • You're not starting from scratch. You already have years of experience, skills, and insight. This work is about translating that into a different context, and you won't be doing it alone.

This is the work. And it starts with a single conversation.

Tell me where you are, what you're carrying, and what you're ready to build. I'll tell you honestly whether and how I can help.

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