“…When we illuminate some part of the psyche, there is a resultant deeper dark to contend with. This dark cannot be let alone. The key, the questions, cannot be hidden or forgotten. They must be asked. They must be answered.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
“…When we illuminate some part of the psyche, there is a resultant deeper dark to contend with. This dark cannot be let alone. The key, the questions, cannot be hidden or forgotten. They must be asked. They must be answered.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
“…When we illuminate some part of the psyche, there is a resultant deeper dark to contend with. This dark cannot be let alone. The key, the questions, cannot be hidden or forgotten. They must be asked. They must be answered.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
“Sacred hungers keep pushing at our edges…so we can expand into blossoming…”
Dawna Markova
“Sacred hungers keep pushing at our edges…so we can expand into blossoming…”
Dawna Markova
“Sacred hungers keep pushing at our edges…so we can expand into blossoming…”
Dawna Markova
“I have worked briefly with Sherisse but the effect has been long lasting. She has a magical way of listening that brings me forward into my most precious self. Working with her is a valuable gift that I treasure for what it does in shifting my orientation toward the possible and, better yet, the impossible too.” —Claire H.
Empowering women, men and couples to reclaim their wildness through embodied coaching.
I am a Cuban-American writer and certified yoga teacher who comes to coaching through an interest in language and somatics. The power of coaching is that it allows us to honor the parts of ourselves we have exiled and liberate our greatest hungers. It is a process of naming, holding space, and taking loving action toward ourselves and others.
In my practice I intentionally fuse coaching, writing and yoga because, on my own life journey, I have found that these modalities support connection and transformation.
I began writing as a young girl to try and make meaning out of the things I experienced. When I found yoga, I fell in love with the philosophical principles that informed it. And, when I discovered coaching I knew that this was the missing link I had been searching for.
Embodied coaching is a collaborative process informed by both the wisdom of the client and the skills of the practitioner.
The aim of coaching is to help you connect more deeply with true vision, calling and purpose. We ask empowering questions that bring us into truer and clearer alignment with our highest selves. In a supportive and confidential environment, we engage with our limitless potential. Coaching allows us to explore, play, and access the seemingly impossible both from within and without.
Areas in your life that may shift as a result of partnering with a coach: work and career; creativity; self-expression; intimacy; communication; leadership; health.
If you are curious to learn more, contact me for a complimentary strategy call.
“When I first started working with Sherisse, I was experiencing a lot of anxiety along with a need to have a greater purpose in life, other than my family and work. Sherisse had a very gentle way of pointing out what my strengths are when sometimes all I could see were my weaknesses. I was so unhappy in my career and scared to make a change because I am in my mid-fifties. But, with her support, I was able to embrace the changes and move forward. Our discussions are forever in my memory and her sensitive and insightful coaching will always guide me. Sherisse is extremely preceptive, compassionate and a wonderful copilot to have on your journey.” —Gloria D.
Sherisse is a certified transformative life coach through Leadership That Works and a certified embodiment yoga teacher through Yoga Center Amherst. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Hunter College, City University of New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities & Cultural Studies from Hampshire College. In addition, she has studied theater and women’s studies and taken courses in Buddhist meditation, Sanskrit, Reiki, Integrative Nutrition, and Thai Yoga Massage. She has held arts residencies at the Nationa l Book Foundation, Fine Arts Work Center, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She has performed and curated shows at The New School, Hampshire College, Lincoln Center and the Yale School of Art. She has taught art making at The I Have a Dream Foundation, writing at Hunter College, and yoga at Yale University.
Her work has appeared in Navigating the Body edited by Ebony Williams; One Vision, Many Voices, edited by Gail Noppe-Brandon; Becoming: Young Ideas on Gender, Identity, and Sexuality, edited by Diane Anderson-Minshall; Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology, edited by Amy Sonnie; Meat for Tea: The Valley Review; Tidal Basin Press; Luna Park Review; Hamilton Stone Review; S.P.A.W.N. Magazine; Lunatic Magazine; Daylight Magazine; Palimpsest: Yale Literary and Arts Magazine; and on Postcard Fiction Collaborative. Her research and work have brought her to Canada, Central America, Europe and the Middle East. Sherisse currently lives in New York and is grateful to be able to coach brilliant clients from around the world.
Sherisse is a certified transformative life coach through Leadership That Works and a certified embodiment yoga teacher through Yoga Center Amherst. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Hunter College, City University of New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities & Cultural Studies from Hampshire College. In addition, she has studied theater and women’s studies and taken courses in Buddhist meditation, Sanskrit, Reiki, Integrative Nutrition, and Thai Yoga Massage. She has held arts residencies at the Nationa l Book Foundation, Fine Arts Work Center, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She has performed and curated shows at The New School, Hampshire College, Lincoln Center and the Yale School of Art. She has taught art making at The I Have a Dream Foundation, writing at Hunter College, and yoga at Yale University.
Her work has appeared in Navigating the Body edited by Ebony Williams; One Vision, Many Voices, edited by Gail Noppe-Brandon; Becoming: Young Ideas on Gender, Identity, and Sexuality, edited by Diane Anderson-Minshall; Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology, edited by Amy Sonnie; Meat for Tea: The Valley Review; Tidal Basin Press; Luna Park Review; Hamilton Stone Review; S.P.A.W.N. Magazine; Lunatic Magazine; Daylight Magazine; Palimpsest: Yale Literary and Arts Magazine; and on Postcard Fiction Collaborative. Her research and work have brought her to Canada, Central America, Europe and the Middle East. Sherisse currently lives in New York and is grateful to be able to coach brilliant clients from around the world.
