Lori Stelling, CPCC

What inspires me to coach... is my sense that life is a journey of self-discovery, that we are meant to share our gifts, and that there’s far more possible in each moment than we typically notice or imagine.

I’ve always been passionate about... helping youth and adults work together in cooperation, discover and celebrate who they are. My life as the mother of a young child and my 14+ years experience supervising recreation programs has taught me that, regardless of our diverse backgrounds, we each have a deep human need to express and be who we are, to experience love, and to develop a sense of community. I've co-created safe, fun, respectful, alive, loving spaces for youth and adults to be who they are. I bring these qualities to my coaching.

In addition to being a coach... I am a mother, workshop facilitator and keynote speaker.  

My training includes...

• coaching training and coach certification through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), a leader in experiential coaching.  I am a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC).
• advanced training and study with Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson of The Enneagram Institute, two of the leading teachers and developers of the Enneagram in the world today.
• a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Recreation Administration from California State University, Chico.
• beyond this, I bring my motherhood experiences, my 14+ years experience as a recreation supervisor and the direct experience of my own life journey to my coaching.

I am a member of... the International Coach Federation and California Parks & Recreation Society.

Among many things, I love... hiking in the great outdoors, reading, writing, lake time, pizza, play, camping, gardening, chocolate, sunsets, and visiting the ocean and the snow.

I came up with the name BlueWater Coaching... thanks to a future self visualization exercise I experienced during coach training.  When asked to imagine meeting my 20-years-from-now future self, I discovered that she is best described by the word “lake”.  She is clarity, serenity, wisdom, depth and grace— BlueWater Coaching.