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Every year we ask folx who’ve tried coaching to let us know how it impacted them, both to help us improve this resource, but also so prospective coachees can hear directly from their community the way coaching has support them.
Anonymous Testimonials
- "This coaching came into my life when I really needed it. I now feel more resilient to the challenges in my life, but also much more self compassion for when I do struggle. I have so much gratitude for my coach. Thank you for making this service accessible to students."
- "Thank you to my coach for being the kindest, most supportive, intentional, and patient person I’ve ever interacted with. This resource was a highlight of my experience at Stanford and has taught me that it is so important to reach out for guidance and support when you need it."
- "My well-being coach has honestly helped me more than any other helping professional I've ever known. I am so grateful to have found Well-Being Coaching — I have felt so heard and understood and empowered to take action with the things in my life that I'm struggling with. Amazing service, I would recommend it to any and every student."
- "Coaching has helped me build a more positive relationship with myself and become more mindful of the voices in my head that bring me down. I now see these voices as the soft and fragile parts of me that tell me stories to stop me from taking risks and making myself vulnerable. I have learned to be more compassionate with them, but also to doubt them. They never tell the whole truth."
- "I have learned so much from my coach in just three sessions. I've already cried twice — each time because a profound realization about my past surfaced. Every session has left me with concrete tools and resources to rebuild my life, my resilience, and my hopes for the future. I am so grateful for Well-Being at Stanford and especially for the gift that is my coach. This program has truly been a priceless resource for me - both personally and professionally."
- "My coach has been a huge help to me to navigate a very hard time changing advisors. I had to restart my PhD after 2.5 years of working in a toxic environment. Coaching helped me to identify what was valuable to keep from my previous experience and how to recover from the issues that remained from that previous episode and flourish in my second chance."
- "I've absolutely loved my experience with the coaching program. I recommend it to everyone I know. I have met with two different coaches,each several times, and I think they are absolutely incredible people. Our conversations always leave me feeling better and more capable than before. I don't know how I would have gotten through this last year without them."
- "I've worked with two well-being coaches at Stanford. They've held space for me, reflected insights back at me that were enormously validating and helped me feel deeply seen, and suggested concrete strategies for improving my sense of well-being. In my opinion, well-being coaches at Stanford are one of the university's best resources."
- "My coach helped me explore new patterns of thinking and helped me practice switching between multiple perspectives. I am more aware of myself and my values because of coaching, so now I know what I want my life to look like, at Stanford and beyond."
