You’re not stuck. You’re between chapters.

One-on-one coaching for people rebuilding after a big change — career, relationship, or otherwise.

Renata Ashby mid-conversation with a client, natural window light

Renata, mid-session

The Approach

The Threshold Method

Renata is an ICF-certified coach (PCC credential) who spent eleven years in organizational psychology before turning to private practice. She works from a structured three-phase framework she developed with her clinical supervisor, called the Threshold Method — named for the fact that most of her clients aren’t lost, they’re standing in a doorway.

Mapping — weeks 1–3

You put the actual shape of the change on paper — what ended, what’s unresolved, what you’re carrying that isn’t yours to carry. No abstractions; you leave with a one-page map.

Drafting — weeks 4–8

Using narrative-practice techniques adapted from therapeutic storytelling work, you write a literal draft of the next chapter — in prose, in the first person, as if it were already happening. Clients consistently describe this as the session series that changes everything.

Committing — weeks 9–12

The draft becomes a plan with dates on it: applications filed, conversations scheduled, the first concrete step taken before the package ends.

A chapter break isn’t a failure of the story. It’s how the story is told.

Working Together

Three ways to work with Renata

Single Sessions

$185 per 75-minute session

Book one session at a time when you need a steady outside perspective on a specific decision — an offer, a conversation, a move.

75 minutes, in person or by video
One focused question per session
Written summary within 48 hours
Book as needed, no commitment

Start with a free intro call

Most chosen

The Chapter — 3 Months

$2,100 one-time or 3 × $720

The full Threshold Method: mapping, drafting, and committing to the next chapter. This is where most career pivots and post-divorce rebuilds land.

Six 75-minute sessions, every other week
The Chapter Document — a working draft of what comes next
Email support between sessions
One emergency "pause" session held in reserve

Start with a free intro call

The Full Arc — 6 Months

$3,800 one-time or 6 × $660

For transitions that reshape everything at once — retirement, relocation, a life rebuilt from the studs. Weekly at first, tapering as your footing steadies.

Fourteen sessions: weekly for 8 weeks, then biweekly
Everything in the 3-month package
Values and strengths assessment with written report
A closing session at month seven to mark the turn

Start with a free intro call

Clients

In their words

Shared with permission. First names only — everything else here is theirs.

“I came in convinced I had ruined my career. Renata never once told me otherwise was true — she just kept asking better questions than the ones in my head at 3 a.m.”

MargueriteCareer pivot, 8 months in

“The first six weeks were just mapping. I thought it was slow. Then I looked at the page and, for the first time in a year, I could see the whole shape of my life at once.”

DevonAfter a divorce, 6-month package

“I’d been “thinking about going back to school” for four years. We drafted the actual plan in month two. I start my MSW program in the fall.”

PriyaReturn to study, 3-month package

“Retirement felt like a death in the family and no one would say so out loud. Renata said so in our first session. That alone undid something in me.”

WalterRetirement, 14 months in

“What I didn’t expect was how practical it would be. We worked with a real document — a draft of the next chapter — not feelings floating around a room.”

ElenaRelocation, single sessions

“She let me sit with a hard answer for two whole sessions without rescuing me. Nobody has ever trusted me with my own life like that.”

TobiasCareer pause, 6-month package

Booking

Book a free intro call

Thirty minutes, no charge, no pitch. You’ll leave the call with one useful thing whether or not we end up working together.

Intro calls — 30 minutes, free

Tuesday through Thursday, by video or phone. Pick a time that works; you’ll confirm it with your details on the right.

Times shown in Eastern. Can’t find a slot? Email hello@renataashby.com.