I cannot recommend Meredith Walters highly enough! She was exactly what I needed during an unexpected period of career indecision. From the very first session, I found her to be approachable, open-minded, and non-judgmental; she created a space for me to catch my breath as I sorted through my priorities and options. Her empathy, patience, and authenticity made it easy to open up and explore. She asked insightful questions that helped me consider angles I might not have otherwise considered, and she provided practical tools and resources that I can revisit at any time. Thanks to her guidance, I now feel more confident, focused, and equipped to navigate my career path. read more

When I first came to Meredith, I was at a crossroads after 15 years of struggling with a lack of purpose and unhealthy coping mechanisms. I felt disconnected from my true self and direction, honestly, I didn't even know what that actually meant at the time. In just a few months of bi-weekly sessions, Meredith helped me find crystal-clear purpose and begin significant healing. She skillfully guided me through peeling back layers to rediscover my authentic self, buried beneath years of constructs. I'm now 7 months into this incredible journey since surrendering, and I can truly say: I love who I am, I love where I am, and I am profoundly grateful for Meredith's exceptional guidance and dedication. She helped me achieve staggering progress in a short time. read more

Before meeting with Meredith, I was really lost both in my personal life and career. With her guidance, tools, reading her book "This Animal Body", grounding techniques, and all-around kindness is a life-altering experience. She provided everything needed to get in touch with myself, love myself, remember and reignite my passion for Love, life, and that which fulfills me. She naturally and authentically helped me find my true north, and how to continually follow my path and purpose in this world. I have a new found hope and belief in myself and what the present and future may hold after 30+ years of flaying, anxiety, and low self-esteem. I highly recommend Meredith and my gratitude for her (and myself) continues to expand in the process. It means the true richness in one's life. read more

If you're looking for someone who will walk next to you in your career journey, align with your values, allow you to be vulnerable in a safe space without any judgement, Meredith is your person. I had the fortunate opportunity to work with Meredith for several months. What I thought was going to be a standard career guidance discussion turned out to be more: she helped me to reflect on who I am, what I wanted, and the why. I walked out of every session feeling renewed, energized, and having actionable steps that incorporated deep self-reflection. Working with Meredith unlocked aspects of my mind, heart, and soul which has made me feel more confident in myself and to take ownership of my life and my career. Thank you, Meredith! read more

Meredith is an excellent career coach that helped me find out what I want to do next as a career. She shared many great exercises that helped me understand more about who I am as a person and what I value. During our meetings, she also provided a lot of great life advice that could help me find my next career, and improve my life in general. Through working together, I was able to find the next steps needed to move forward in my professional life. I highly recommend Meredith to anyone else looking to make a career change. read more

Meredith is a wonderful career coach. She is very patient, warm, and kind. She helped me to rediscover my value and worth. She gave me both personal and career advice. I found her to be insightful and spot on with her observations. I highly recommend working with her. read more

Meredith is a great coach- she is grounded, calm and compassionate, and her energy made it so that our time together was a healing and productive space. She helped me gain greater awareness of my strengths and limiting beliefs in service of making my highest contribution at my job. I appreciated her thoughtful and relevant "homework" between sessions and her guiding questions that enabled deeper reflection. Thanks Meredith! read more

I have worked with Meredith twice for different reasons and have always enjoyed working with her. She is grounded, patient and insightful and uses a variety of tools that helped me hear my own voice and learn how to trust what feels right for me. read more

After 10+ years with the same company, and 5 months in the pandemic, I found myself in a bit of a mid-life career crisis. Like a lot of people during that time, I really needed a change, but I wasn't even sure how to define what that meant for me. Some days I felt like I wanted to completely abandon the path that I'd been on for most of my career, but I felt paralyzed by inertia and fear of the unknown. I worked with Meredith for about 7 months. Her patience, and her methodology, really helped me to re-focus on the things that I am passionate about. Most importantly, she helped me to recognize and define the self-doubt that I was allowing to hold me back. Working with Meredith touched every aspect of my life, not just my career. A good coach doesn't just give you the answers. Meredith gave me to tools to find my own answers to what is right for me at this point in my life. read more

Meredith was wonderful in helping me find my calling and next steps to pursue in my career. She guided me through many exercises (in and out of session), which helped me find myself and calling. She's kind, patient, and very grounded. I highly recommend Meredith to anyone who is soul searching for their next steps in their career and life as well. read more

During the recession, my job went away and I felt that I needed to take a job that I really didn't like and was not a good fit. I put up with it for 2 years because I felt lost and was stumbling around in the wilderness. When depression started to creep in, I hired Meredith to help me figure out my next career move. We didn't just deal with career issues; we also dealt with quality of life issues. Meredith stuck with me for a whole year and she stressed that what I was going through was temporary and that there is the right job for me out there. She gave me a lot of assignments that were time consuming, but they are important if you want to figure out what you want in your life and career. Now, I do have the right job for me in the right environment and I'm no longer stumbling around in the wilderness. So, if you are at a point in your life where you are stumbling around and are not sure what to do, I highly recommend that you hire Meredith to help you find a new path because life is too short for you to be depressed with your job and life. read more

I consulted Meredith to help make a shift in my photography business and it was a great idea to work with her. She helped me realize that not all decisions are made with our brain. We have to figure out ways to listen to our bodies as well. That was a difficult step for me, but it was an important one to help me determine a new direction. Meredith followed up each of our meetings with an email reviewing what went over during our session, and included "homework" to prepare for the next time we sat down together. If you are looking to make a big career change or a small pivot, I recommend career coaching with Meredith Walters. She has helped me take my business to a new level. read more

While I am self-employed and was in the process of transitioning from a single-person business to a partnership when I began working with Meredith, I came to her not primarily for help with a career transition,as many of her other clients do, but to learn how to be better about self-care and boundary-setting in my personal life. If this sounds strange to you, you have never balanced a busy professional practice with the responsibilities of being a family caregiver, in my case, for both of my parents. Being pulled in many different directions made me stop and want to reassess how I dealt with competing demands: in particular, how I could take care of others who were very important to me (and who have constant and often overwhelming needs) but not do so at the expense of caring for myself. I still have ample room for improvement in achieving balance and self-care. (I suspect nearly all of us do). Meredith has been instrumental in making me more mindful of the choices that I make each day and how those choices impact my energy level, health, and relationships. No aspect of my routine- work schedule, handling difficult conversations, exercise, social life, sleep hygiene- went unexamined. Meredith was always able to offer very concrete exercises and feedback on how to be more mindful about each of these areas and how to get them to work as a functional whole- a virtuous cycle, instead of the "vicious cycle" of effort and exhaustion with which I had often wrestled. At the end of day, you can take amazing care of clients, family, and others, but you are responsible for taking care of you. Working with Meredith has absolutely made me more mindful about how I approach these challenges every day. I am incredibly grateful for her patience, insight, and equanimity in working with me, and I would highly recommend her to anyone else who is willing to invest time and money over many months to better meet such challenges in their own lives. read more

I found Meredith when I couldn't feel more lost. I was very unhappy in my job, but had no idea how to find out what path was right for me. She taught me how to listen within. That has always seemed very abstract and confusing to me, but honestly, without that piece, I wouldn't be able to find what I needed. She also helped me realize I have a tendency to not give myself credit or acknowledge my accomplishments, no matter how large or small. Her guidance was always meaningful, and she would follow our meetings with e-mails with accomplishments, reflections we made during the session, and steps to further the goals we had established at our initial meeting. She was always very quick when responding to e-mails if I had any questions or concerns. If you are looking to change your path, Meredith can help. I am incredibly grateful for the work we did. read more

Meredith was amazing in helping me along my journey. Not only was she pleasant to work with, but helped me rediscover myself. Couldn't be more tankful for our work together. read more

Life sometimes seems impossible, but it is comforting when you have someone to guide you. Meredith has become that guide for me. I met Meredith at The Hub when she gave a seminar on 'doing more with less time'. It was focused on start up non profit 'dreamers', but spoke volumes about what I was going through. After a short conversation concluding the seminar, I decided that it was worth continuing the conversation further. Through the trials and tribulations that life can bring, Meredith has become a sounding board and guide along this journey to really discovering my true passion. During the last several years I have been walking without a map and she gave tools to find a new path. She created exercises to make me accountable at a time when I there was no motivation to even get out of bed in the morning. If some exercise didn't work, she always had suggestions and new tactics. Meredith's insight, thoughtfulness, energy, and overall 'vibe' is refreshing. I would suggest her as a coach for anyone who is looking to make a change or just trying to make it through day-to-day routines in a different way. read more

Meredith gave me language and tools for identifying my desires, doubts, fears, and wisdom so I could shift out of my pattern of talking myself into and out of potential new jobs and careers. Before working with Meredith, I had no idea how to get out of my own way. I raced forward reactively, without any confidence that I really wanted to go wherever I was headed. Then, inevitably, I froze when my doubt -- or wisdom -- caught up with me. Meredith's incredible communication skills, self awareness, sensitivity, and access to her own inner wisdom enabled her to meet me where I was. Over the course of six months, she patiently taught me how to check in with my inner wisdom, distinguish it from fear, and attend to my feelings BEFORE they could paralyze me. Most important, Meredith was able to help me TRUST my inner wisdom. I'm so grateful to have connected with her. read more

Working with Meredith was immensely helpful. She helped me quiet my inner critic, hear my inner wisdom more often, and start taking concrete steps of progress in my work life and my life in general. After having been anxious for years about when and how I'd find my way into more meaningful work that would feel like my life's work, I participated in two of Meredith's 6-month group coaching programs. I felt very supported, and the exercises and resources she has built are wonderful and insightful. I also liked that the meetings were held by video conference. I feel more optimistic, prepared and confident, and am so glad to have worked with Meredith. read more

Meredith came into my life at a time when I felt completely defeated by my professional experiences. I worked with her for 6-months and I can sincerely say that it was a life-changing experience. She is an incredibly compassionate and wise woman who helped me unearth the stories I've conjured up over the years both professionally and personally. She was great at integrating all parts of my life into the work we did together while opening my eyes to the parts of myself that I thought I left in the dust many years ago. During such an unpredictable time in our lives our sessions were certainly filled with an ocean of emotions: fear, sadness, anger AND laughter. You name it Meredith saw it, however she listened and always brought me back to myself. Adding tools to my tool box with each session. Having worked with Meredith, I now feel that I have a skills and the confidence to navigate professional and personal life-transitions. I cannot recommend working with her enough as I think everyone should have a Meredith Walters in their life! read more

I'll start first by telling you where I am today because of my work with Meredith: I now have my small video editing business up and running, I have clients, I am loving my work, I am finding time to exercise, make dinner, spend quality time with my family, see friends ... and most importantly, I am HAPPY! Now don't get me wrong, it takes work to keep this balance. But before I started working with Meredith, I felt like I was completely lacking in the tools to help me find this kind of balance and peace, to be able to set goals and accomplish the things I wanted for myself. So where was I before Meredith? Well ... I was at home taking care of my wonderful children who I adore but I was in agony over what felt like a complete loss of identity. The transition to motherhood was harder than I had expected it to be. I felt like I was failing at everything, had no career to return to and was overwhelmed by negative feelings about myself that continued to push me down every time I tried to move forward. At that point I knew I needed help. Therapy wasn't doing it for me. I needed someone to help guide me. I found out about Meredith through a dear friend whose life I saw completely changed for the better after the work they did together. So I signed up! Within a few sessions I could already feel change happening. Through the exercises Meredith had me do both in our sessions and on my own, I discovered and uncovered feelings and patterns of thinking that were old, un-useful and frankly just negative. I found some tools for handling those feelings and letting them go. I learned to create some new ways of thinking, created some tools to help silence the perfectionist within me who was keeping me from even taking the first steps and found the strength within me to give myself permission to move ahead ... imperfectly ... knowing that I would HAVE to make mistakes along the way in order to grow as a person and in my career. And becoming OK with making mistakes has become an essentially important part of my life, my career and my parenting. If I couldn't show my daughter that it's ok to make mistakes, how in the world would she ever learn to move forward bravely through life?! Thank you, Meredith for all that you've done and all that you do. My work with you has been life changing. read more

Meredith is a woman who has truly found her calling, and I am so happy I had the chance to work with her. While I first sought out her support for one particular work issue, Meredith's approach to coaching really helped me uncover the underlying questions that were necessary to explore and unpack to make true progress. After six months of coaching support from Meredith I was much better equipped to navigate running my own business and multiple, complex life transitions with confidence and trust in myself. I credit Meredith's really integrated, thoughtful approach for that progress. Highly recommend working with her! read more

Working with Meredith was a pleasant and eye opening experience. Meredith was sensitive enough to pick up behaviors that have been holding me back most of my life. She directed me throughout the work with grace and wisdom... After working with Meredith, I have more compassion and love for myself. My relationships with others have also improved. I am still the same person but my perspective has changed. I feel like my spirit is lighter. read more

I came to Meredith Walters for career advice. I was feeling stuck. I was floundering for a long time. I wasn't even sure if I wanted to continue on my path or start a new one or if I was even capable of starting over. My only regret was hesitating so long before getting help. I felt I was too old to make a major life change. I rationalized that nobody could help me at this point. That it would be a waste of money and time to work with someone. Thankfully, I was completely wrong. That is what makes Meredith so special as a coach. She spent six months slowly and methodically guiding me to clarity. This intensive process takes time and focus but it is deeply rewarding. Her expert guidance helped me rediscover all the things essential to me. Life coaching isn't about finding the answers. It is about finding yourself so that you can ask the right questions to continue on your journey to find your calling in this world. Now that I have a much clearer sense of identity, I feel so much more empowered to take action towards the career and life that I want. Thank you Meredith for your compassion and patience. You showed me that I am still capable of making big positive changes in my life and career. And more importantly, making changes that are a good fit for my core values and strengths. read more

I always wanted to follow my dreams but it's easier said than done. I've had a number of hobbies but never understood which one(s) would be worth pursuing as a possible next career step. Would it possible to change my 20-year career to something radically different but yet something I'd love doing? Here is how Meredith achieved what i'd always thought was unreachable: - Through meditation techniques I was able to reduce noise and self doubt in my mind and focus on what's really important to me. - Through data gathering and experiments I was able to give myself permission to execute on ideas and pivot based on results. - Through a short plan identified on how to iterate and continue to stay on course. I now have a hobby that i turned into small venture which i plan to expand. I love it and feel even better on where I'm going next. Thanks Meredith for all your help ! read more

This marks my first review on Yelp and speaks to how strongly I feel about letting others know how great Meredith is as a life coach and career counselor. I have struggled for years with trying to get the infamous 'work-life balance', gain satisfaction in my career, and overall lead a happy and contented life. I thought this was a lot to ask for and that I might get one out of three. Working with Meredith made me see that these were reasonable and attainable goals and that with the right tools, I could make it happen. And with her help, insight, coaching and counseling, I have. When I went to Meredith, I was overwhelmed with my current job, was trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, and was frustrated with my inability to figure it all out. A challenging task when you're over 50 years old. Meredith took it all in stride and helped develop a program with specific goals and outcomes. Like the other reviewers have noted, she takes a holistic approach combining both career and quality of life issues. She helped me gain confidence, rediscover those aspects of my career that I truly enjoyed, pinpoint my strengths, and work towards what I wanted in life and career. The beauty of Meredith's coaching and career counseling is that is designed around you and your needs and wants. She is insightful, patient, calming, motivational, and inspirational. She has been a great help to me and I highly recommend her for anyone who wants to get more out of their life and careers. read more

I went to see Meredith one year ago, since I had the feeling that I needed some guidance. Before our first call I was really nervous but she was very nice and approachable. We started working together on a biweekly basis. She gave me exercises and great tips I could integrate into my daily life. I am glad that I found her on yelp and that this journey is successful for me. read more

I've needed a career change for a while but was utterly lost on how to identify a career path that would not only make me happy but also be fulfilling. I spent a couple of months looking for a career coach and ultimately choose Meredith after speaking with her regarding her program. Her program does not focus on personality and skills test but instead delves deep into you to identify your strengths, powers, and passions to help lead you to a more meaningful career. She also helps you identify things you struggle with, like stress or speaking up, and develops methods for you to better cope and improve them. She has a well-rounded program that she builds for each individual person and focuses on you as a whole person, so you can find balance in all aspects of your life, not just work. If you are looking for a career coach who goes beyond standard personality tests and will truly help you discover your passion, I would recommend that you reach out to Meredith. read more

Working with Meredith has, without a doubt, changed my life. When I first contacted her I was stuck. While I could execute efficiently and effectively at work, I was stuck on hold in my personal life. I could not make any decisions and had forgotten what it was like to be happy. In short, Meredith helped me find joy again and I have made a series of great changes to in both my work and personal life. Meredith is incredibly insightful and helpful. read more

For yourself and the world around you, you have something you're good for, truly good for. You're good for it because you love it and it brings you to life. Nobody else sees it like you do; few others could ever know it as personally or colorfully or subtly as you can because their interest and attention fades the longer they experience it, but not for you. You grow as it grows because it moves you and you move it. Whatever yours may be - cooking, managing small groups of specialists, weaving, coding, educating, aerospace engineering, painting - by cultivating it, you respect yourself and you provide something to your world that nobody else can in the way that you do it. Your style is unique, and there's a not-so-subtle need for you to find and embrace this style of joy because until you do, something is missing, you're not quite happy (right?) and the world around you is lacking your style of joy, as well. You need to find it, if only for yourself, but that alone is a very important reason. You might not know what it is yet and if so, you wouldn't be the only one. No one is quite realized until they can explore their joys fearlessly, knowing they deserve happiness, feeling that they are finally doing what they are called to do by that silent voice inside, knowing it matters to them and its good for the right people, seeing that other people can benefit from the fruits of the passion. Nobody is deeply satisfied until they know that they are truly authoring their own story, with all of its facets and failures and challenges and successes and mysteries, and not just plagiarizing it for any of ten thousand reasons we may have come to accept. We must write our own lives because nobody else will or can, and happiness must be a part of it, or else we will be missing out.. right? Happiness awaits, but if it eludes you, you must change for it, and you must want to change for it. Asking for help with this change was uncomfortable and notably unusual for me, but I needed it more than I could have known. I chose to work with Meredith simply because in her picture I recognized the joy and personal authenticity that I wanted for myself. Yep. But I still read through her website, called for the consultation and we agreed to work together. I initially only intended to stick around three months but six months naturally passed and I regret not one moment of it. Every session taught me something powerful and useful because Meredith's Joy is helping other people find their Joy. And she's naturally good at it. With her guidance I have finally realized mine. It goes deep; I have reversed the thoughts and habits that used to hold me back in my life, and I watched myself do it, so I have the tools and wisdom to keep going further into the love. I have detailed summaries of everything we talked about so I can go back and read them for boosts in the future. I learned to be fully responsible for my own feelings and actions now, so they are held with all of my strength and conviction. My insecurities dwindle because, with her insight and support, I have ventured into the uncertain world beyond them to see what I'm actually capable of, and not just of what I told myself. I'm so much more confident. I stopped needing to rationalize everything before taking action, and trust myself to simply be as I am, and in doing so the beauty in my life has multiplied. That's astounding to this Brian. There's so much more that I've got in a list I made for myself to remind me of the strongest perception changes I made along the way, and they still work daily. But most incredibly to me: I actually believe my Joy is effective and possible. I write songs. I have watched them grow and mature and now they satisfy and impress me (and others) more than I'd ever thought possible and it feels right. I have the tools and willpower to pursue this to financial success, and I know that I deserve it and that I will make it happen. It is only a matter of time; There isn't a question about it. I look forward to the challenge. That is real, and priceless. I feel worth being who I naturally am. I am deeply engaged with my own happiness moment-to-moment and it makes the people around me so much happier too! I cannot recommend her highly enough. My unknown Yelping friend, we die no matter what path we walk and which risks we live to avoid. Why not give finding sustainable joy a hearty shot? It is never what we fear it to be, and although it is necessarily not easy, along that road, above all others, is life. There is a way. Meredith will not give it to you because that's your job. But if you are open to her help, she will help you write it. read more

Working with Meredith was a great experience. I found her to be kind, compassionate, and honest. She does not let you wiggle out of questions, which is something I excel at doing. Meredith provides a safe but challenging space. She also values imperfection and taught me to do the same. Probably the best skill I gained from our work together was the ability to recognize when I'm getting in my own way, and I believe that's a skill I can take with me into any situation. I'm very thankful for the time I spent with Meredith and will not hesitate to work with her again, should the need arise. Highly recommended. read more