WIYS® Coaching

The WIYS® technique is called “the future of coaching” by facilitators in the U.S. and Europe.

Walking In Your Shoes® (WIYS) is a highly effective mind-body technique used in coaching to bring deeper understanding about personal, professional and organizational issues. WIYS® is typically done in a group setting, but is equally effective through individual facilitation. This experiential technique is offered through one-on-one coaching, workshops, team building exercises and focus groups.

Why It Works

Getting To The Core. Most people intellectualize their problems, challenges, beliefs and emotional responses despite having a negative experience of them.

Rather than remaining trapped in this limiting pattern, WIYS® moves individuals away from old narratives to focus on what they’re experiencing in their bodies—their subjective sense and understanding of self. It enables them to connect to the issue—without judgment or avoidance—that might otherwise be difficult to do through the reasoning mind.

The Science.

Inner Engineering. An individual’s emotional responses to his/her experiences is the result of well-worn neural pathways in a brain that have developed over a lifetime.

We learn things by forming neural connections in response to associations in our everyday experiences. However, research has demonstrated that our brains can rewire themselves in response to our experiences [neuroplasticity], forming new neural pathways that lead to changed behavior. In other words, how one’s brain decides which neural pathways to create, modify or delete depends on one’s experiences.

What if for a few minutes you actually experienced your true potential?

WIYS® empowers individuals and organizations to break out of dysfunctional behavior and limiting or self-defeating beliefs while offering new insights and new resources to overcome challenges and resolve conflicts.

As an individual experiences new emotions, perceptions and thoughts, deep changes start to happen. These changes are not just a new way of thinking or a new awareness, but something more fundamental.

Combining the physical movement with inner reflection helps integrate various regions of the brain, carving out new pathways that reinforce new behavior and create long-lasting change.

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What People Are Saying…

I was introduced to WIYS by Linda several years ago and to say that I have seen tremendous growth in my personal and professional life would be an understatement. Linda creates a safe haven, free of judgment, and she is completely engaged in your experience from the beginning to the very end. She coaches you on how to best integrate your new insights and carry them forward into your life. What I love especially is finding, time and time again, that I create my own reality – that it begins and ends with me (much to my chagrin). I highly recommend this process if you’re looking to dive deep, get honest with yourself and connect to your body’s truth in a loving and holistic way.
Anna

Working with Linda and practicing WIYS has truly transformed my life. From the first session, I knew there was magic in the practice and in her. I have been able to learn so much about myself, my deep wounds, and what I need to move forward. I have done therapy and coaching for years. Both are very helpful, but often the answers I was seeking could not be revealed in conversation. WIYS helped reveal what was hidden by accessing the unconscious parts of myself and allowed me to experience this in a somatic way. Being able to embody things like, ‘releasing my need to control emotions’ helped me learn to trust myself more and take real steps toward healing. I hope everyone gets to experience this level of depth and healing. And with the gentle, wise guidance of Linda, I have no doubt they can.
Nicole

Life Coach

Linda, thank you so much for the WIYS coaching session. In a short period of time, I have felt the positive impact it has made on my life and art. My experience made me aware of what holds me back creatively and how to acknowledge it, accept it, heal it, and transform it towards expressing my higher self fully. The WIYS technique is such a beneficial and beautiful experience. I truly believe that if WIYS was practiced worldwide, we would have a much healthier and peaceful world!
Zach

Immersive Artist

When I first came to Linda, I held a lot of unconscious negative beliefs and had little to no self-esteem. I felt completely outside of my body, unable to see my own value. I could barely hold eye contact. Through Linda’s WIYS technique, I was able to externalize the thoughts and behaviors holding me back and transform them physically. The mind-body approach allowed the work I was doing to be keenly felt and therefore really impactful. In just the first series of sessions, I saw a huge and immediate shift in my energy and how I was showing up in the world. Through commitment, coaching and applying what I was learning, within a few months I’d transitioned out of a dead-end job and into an exciting opportunity, and not long after that, had manifested a romantic relationship I’d always wanted. My relationship with my body has changed completely, I’m more connected and know my value. This would not have been possible without Linda’s excellent facilitation, keen insight and dedicated coaching—I’m forever changed!
Lauren

Creative Executive, Entertainment