TLJ Coaching & Consulting, LLC

It’s a rare opportunity to slow down and give ourselves the space to be more fully present with our inner lives and the natural world. 🌿

Time on retreat can help us reconnect with what brings meaning and find steadiness in the midst of difficulty. ✨

Please join my dear colleagues, Bob Gillespie and Heather Sorensen, and me this June for a 5‑day silent mindfulness retreat. This retreat is ideal for those who have taken a mindfulness class or have a foundation in meditation practice. We’ll share practices from Mindfulness -Based Stress Reduction as well as compassion, and loving‑kindness. 💖

It would be an honor to be in community and in practice with you. 🙏🏽

For INFORMATION & REGISTRATION, see the link in my bio.

Ever feel like you're living life on “automatic pilot”?

What if you could pause… and meet each moment with a bit more choice and agency?

My upcoming Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) class is an invitation to:
🌿 Explore new ways to relate to illness, pain, and stress
🌿 Rediscover joy in the everyday
🌿 Deepen connection with yourself & others

📅 Tuesdays | 3:00 - 5:30 PM CT | January 27 - March 17, 2026* |
Online
* Orientation on January 13

Step off autopilot. Step into presence.

I'm excited to share that my dear friend and colleague, Lisa Stein, M.Ed., and I will be co-leading an online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course this summer. 🌞🌿

This program has been life-changing for so many—including us—and we’re honored to support others in discovering new ways to relate to pain, illness, and stress.

If you’re looking to cultivate more self-awareness, clarity, or connection in your life—or know someone who is—we warmly invite you to join us.

🗓 Tuesdays | June 24 – August 26, 2025
⏰ 9:00–11:30am CT
📍 Online
🔗 Link in bio

Let’s breathe, reflect, and grow—together.

Hello Dear Community, 🌿

My colleague & friend, Papa Fall, and I are offering an 8-week online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction class beginning in January. This class is focused for members of our BIPOC communities. ❤️

Please join us and/or please invite others who may benefit from this offering! ✨

INFO & REGISTRATION: https://tinyurl.com/ye23bz2z

This program is sponsored by UW Health and the Mindfulness For All Grant from the Kataly Foundation.

Mark Your Calendars! Join us on Friday, Nov 8 for the Sustain Dane Summit! We’re thrilled to host the afternoon workshop: “Renewing Purpose: How Nature Sustains Us.”

🗓️ Don’t miss out—register now at Sustaindane.org/Summit (early bird pricing ends Oct. 8!)

Featured Speakers
🍃Patrick J. Bohlen PhD- UW-Madison Arboretum Director
🍃Luke Kloberdanz- Ice Age Trail Alliance Executive Director & CEO
🍃Toral Livingston-Jha, PCC- Leadership and Life Coach

Moderator Toral will lead the guest speakers and audience through learning about these local natural spaces and a workshop on how connection to nature can foster our purpose and energy for sustainability work.

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Hello dear community! I'm delighted to partner with my colleague and friend, Papa Fall, to offer this 8-week online Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction class focused for BIPOC experiences.

Join us! September 10 - November 5
INFO & REGISTRATION: UWHealth.org/mindfulness

✨ Generously funded by the Kataly Foundation and offered as part of the Mindfulness for All Project.

Hello Dear Community!

It is a rare opportunity to slow down and give our hearts and minds some space to be more fully present with our inner lives and the natural world. 🌿

Time on retreat can help us reconnect with the sources of meaning in our lives and find steadiness in the midst of difficulty. ✨

Please join me and my dear colleagues, Bob Gillespie and Heather Sorensen, this May for a 5-day silent mindfulness residential retreat. It's a great opportunity to deepen one's practice for those who have taken a mindfulness class or have a foundation of some meditation practice. We'll share practices drawn from the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program as well as compassion and loving-kindness practices. 💖

It would be an honor to be in community and in practice with you! 🙏🏽

For INFORMATION & REGISTRATION visit uwhealth.org/mindfulness

Hello dear community ~ Please join me for an 8-week online Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for BIPOC class beginning on July 13. ✨
There are just a few spots remaining!

The class is designed to introduce mindfulness meditation techniques as a way of developing greater balance, ease, and fuller participation in your life.

This session is specifically offered for those who identify as people of color/multiracial/racial minority and who are willing to engage in the practice of mindfulness. This class is offered as part of the Mindfulness for All Project, and generously funded by the Kataly Foundation.

Our intention is to explore and deepen mindfulness practices in a community where our full selves are invited to be present. While the subject of race may spontaneously arise during periods of participant sharing, this course is not intended to be a forum for the discussion of racial issues as a primary focus. Rather, the course is being offered to the BIPOC community as a way to learn the practice of mindfulness meditation in a
supportive and welcoming environment.

For INFORMATION & REGISTRATION visit uwhealth.org/mindfulness



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Holy Bananas!…We’re two weeks away from the fall equinox and I’m still catching my breath from the summer! Time flies when you’re having fun…and rebuilding a website!

I've been exploring “why me, why now?” and how do I convey a genuine sense of what it’s like to partner with me. I needed to acknowledge and develop a new relationship with a lifetime of learned code switching, assimilation, and playing it safe.

Ultimately, I’m still in process - gently accepting and allowing my fears and excitement to all be true. Through it all, Holistic Business Growth with Jess Parvin and I created a site that feels like me! It represents me through color, language, images, artifacts, and so much more!

✨What do you think? How does it resonate or not resonate with you?

I’m so thankful for my clients, colleagues, friends, and family who have helped shape the site. I’m also so grateful to Ueda Photography for capturing my energy, passion, and care through his sweet portrait photography.

Here’s to new beginnings, transformation, and abundant joy! Let’s make magic together!

I recently hired an awesome business coach and made the very clear decision to create more space for nature and loved ones. 🌸 I ended my day doing exactly that... walking through wetlands, woods and an arboretum with my dear friend . You can clearly see I am in my element! ✨😁

Where do you feel most in your element? Who/what surrounds you?

Do you ever notice those threads that weave through and bind together different moments of your life? 💫

When I was a little girl we planted a small magnolia bush in the front of our house. Each year there are buds in April and beautiful blossoms by May.

✨Recently, I haven’t been able to see the blossoms at my childhood home. So, I’ve created a new tradition - going to visit the flowering magnolia trees near me!

This weekend my family and I made the annual pilgrimage to our local arboretum to witness their beauty.

🌸We noticed the different shades of pink, white, and yellow.
🌸We noticed how the blue sky made a beautiful backdrop.
🌸We saw there were trees in different stages of growth - some with buds, some with withered blooms, and others in their prime.
🌸We heard birds and squirrels navigating their way through the leaves and branches and heard other families express their joy and awe in the presence of the trees.

And it all made me realize what an absolute gift that small magnolia bush has been in my life. My connection to its rhythm keeps me connected to the rhythm of life around me now. What a gift to simply notice what’s here, what’s alive, what is present!

I'd love to know...What is a thread that weaves through your life? What does it invite into your life today?

“I don’t know what my employee/partner/teammate needs.”


“I wish I knew how to be a more supportive manager.”


“I’m not sure how this new partnership is going to go.”


“I’ve tried everything I can think of, but nothing seems to work.”

Do these thoughts sound familiar? I often hear clients wonder what others need or how they should lead in certain situations. Through our exploration we usually arrive at the solution of ✨‘ask and co-create.’ ✨

Why leave the dynamic or relationship to hope and chance when you can design it on purpose? Of course, there are many complexities present in new and existing relationships. We can navigate these by inviting the other person to design the relationship or interaction with us.

In the coaching world we call this practice 'designing an alliance' (similar to setting norms or agreements in other professional contexts). What is most unique about designing an alliance is that it can be done at any time and is explored as a partnership rather than one party telling the other how the relationship is going to work (or, as is often the case, leaving it to hope and chance filled with assumptions and unspoken expectations). Designing an alliance is a way to lead - ourselves and others - through inquiry and co-creation.

Check out my latest post (link in bio) to learn more about designing an alliance including some sample questions and examples of where to apply this powerful coach approach!