Meet The Founder
Valerie Alawiye
..is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Mentor Coach, and retired senior executive with 30 years of federal financial management and leadership experience along with hundreds of hours of coaching individuals, groups, and teams.
Her coaching practice is built on three pillars:
🔹 Personalized Support – Honoring your unique values, needs, and goals
🔹 Professional Insight – Leveraging decades of leadership and coaching experience
🔹 Powerful Partnership – Creating space for clarity, courage, and committed action
She specializes in:
- Coaching individuals navigating chronic illness—helping them reconnect with their strength, resilience, and potential
- Supporting individuals in professional development, life transitions, and
values-driven goal setting - Facilitating group and team coaching engagements that unlock collaboration, clarity, and connection
- Mentoring new and tenured coaches who want a thoughtful, experienced partner on their coaching journey
Coaching Certifications
Valerie holds additional coaching certifications, including:
- Certified Practitioner in Systemic Team Coaching® (Systemic Team Coaching®)
- Reconnecting Workspaces Certified Coach (Potentials Realized). Watch the conversation with Valerie and Jennifer Britton of Potentials Realized on the subject of Hybrid Work Styles and RWCC.
- Certified Grief Coach (From Grief to Gratitude Coach Certification Program)
She remains dedicated to helping individuals and teams move forward with purpose—even through times of challenge, change, or loss.
A Message from Valerie
Coaching for Chronic Illness™ is my offering of heart and hope. A place shaped by lived experience, spiritual grounding, professional coaching, and the belief that your story still matters.
My purpose is to walk alongside you with gentleness, honesty, and encouragement as you navigate the complexities of chronic illness and the journey of becoming.
In our work together, you can expect:
- A non-judgmental space to say what’s really on your mind
- Customized tools and approaches that match your life
- Clear structure and next steps without pressure or perfection
- Humor and hope (because healing doesn’t have to be heavy)
Deep respect for who you are and what you’ve already accomplished and survived
Whether we’re working through personal challenges, navigating chronic illness, or exploring what’s next in your life or career—I’ll meet you where you are and walk with you toward what’s possible.
Coaching with me isn’t about “fixing” you. It’s about helping you remember that you already have what you need—and giving you the space and support to use it.
I don’t give advice or one-size-fits-all solutions. I don’t believe in shame-driven motivation. And I definitely don’t believe that you have to “get it all right” to move forward.
What I do believe in:
- Your capacity to grow—even when life feels uncertain
- Your right to define success for yourself
- The wisdom of slowing down so the real insight can rise
- The courage it takes to ask for help
- The power of small, steady steps
This Is Your Next Chapter…And you don’t have to write it alone. If something inside you is whispering, “It’s time”…listen.
Let’s talk. Let’s explore what’s possible—not just in theory, but in real, meaningful steps that make sense for you.
You’ve already done the hardest part: showing up. I’ll meet you here—and we’ll go from there. Visit our Coaching Inquiry page to determine what type of support is right for you at this stage of your journey.