I’ve sat in the hard seat too. That’s exactly why I can help.
I’m Desiree Sibole-Laing, a life coach with a master’s degree in counseling psychology and a deep belief that you are more capable than you’ve been letting yourself believe. I’ve helped people through crisis, conflict, and the kind of stuck that feels permanent. And I promise you, it never is.
My work is warm, real, and zero percent corporate. I’ve sat with couples rebuilding trust, students finding their path, and constituents navigating impossible systems. Now I sit with people like you and we figure it out together.
We’re going to laugh, we might cry, and you’re going to leave every session feeling more like yourself than when you arrived.
MY STORY
I didn’t come to this work by accident.
I studied psychology and counseling because I genuinely wanted to understand people — not just how they think, but why they feel stuck, what lights them up, and what gets in their own way.
I spent years in spaces that required me to really listen — helping students navigate their paths at ZACH Theatre, supporting people through transitions, and eventually realizing that the thing I was doing informally for everyone around me was actually my calling.
That’s what I do now. And honestly? It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.
“The moment I stopped treating people like problems to solve and started treating them like people who already had the answers — everything changed.” — Desiree Sibole-Laing