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Purpose Centered Coaching and Consulting (PCCC) is a BIPOC founded non-profit organization for women guided by diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice. Our vision is to create gender equity through the power of professional coaching.
PCCC is privileged to serve and focus on women of color, women with disabilities, women who identify as LGBTQI+, low income/limited income women, college women, older-adult women, and other underserved and under-resourced women who could benefit from a coaching partnership.
Programs
Purpose Centered Coaching and Consulting is a non-profit for women guided by diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice.
PCCC provides professional coaching services by highly trained coaches who have their International Coaching Federation certification or are on the pathway to getting certification.
What makes us different than for-profit coaching firms? We provide sliding scale rates for individuals and organizations based on their financial comfort level so that we can empower and uplift women, no matter who they are to make change for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Our program practices are based on the ontological method of coaching. The ontological space is centered on the nature of being. Our tools and resources reflect this method and come from the Academy of Coaching Excellence founded by Dr. Maria Nemeth.
Coaching Philosophy
Group Coaching is a dynamic, interactive, and affordable way to experience the benefits of coaching. It is also a great way to learn how to receive and give support and can contribute to being a stronger team member. Group coaching sessions include tools and resources that can be used in one's daily life to experience success through the power of clarity, focus, ease, and grace.
Group coaching sessions are 8 weeks with up to 12 to 15 female and female-identifying participants with 1 to 2 coaches. Sliding scale registration rates apply. In addition, groups can be customized to fit the needs of any organization.
Group Coaching
PCCC offers traditional individual coaching packages for women over 18 years seeking to make change in any way and would like the support of a trusted coach. To begin we highly recommend at least 8 sessions, meeting 2 times each month for the participant to receive maximum benefits. Action-orientated tools are utilized to enhance the overall coaching experience and so that there is consistent support outside of the sessions.
Coaching is ideal for employee retention, those who need extra support, deeper professional development, positive course correction, and much more.
For all individual coaching clients, there is strict confidentiality between the coach and the client. Confidentiality is a necessity so that the coaching client can have a trusting relationship and have the opportunity to grow and flourish.
PCCC is in the process of building our diverse and experienced female coach roster to serve our client base so that we can provide the best possible experience for our clients.
Individual Coaching
Coach Roster
Jessie is a professionally certified personal development coach who specializes in mindset and self love. She loves to serve creative, wise, sensitive and spiritual people to step into their power and share their unique gifts so that they and the world can abundantly benefit from the contribution they are here to make!
Jessie Schoen
I believe that every person deserves to love who they are, feel comfortable in their body, and show up authentically in any space. As your coach, I will empower you to see that your past doesn’t define you, mistakes and challenges are part of the growth process, and what makes you unique is what makes you lovable. Through the introduction of specific tools and practices, I help connect you to your inner wisdom, uncover mindsets and behaviors that have historically gotten in your way, and take small, sweet steps toward a life aligned with your goals and dreams.
Ixchel Flannery
As a life and leadership Coach, Silissa sees women holistically and fully. She collaborates with women to focus on what really matters and supports their impact on themselves, families, and communities. Her key areas of focus are career, professional and personal development, life passions, health and wellness, small businesses/entrepreneurs, and social justice change leaders.
Silissa has worked professionally and as a volunteer leader in progressive politics, the non-profit sector, government, academia, and as a small business owner and non-profit entrepreneur.
Silissa Uriarte Smith
I am an experienced, certified leadership coach with 25+ years of management experience at AT&T, Disney and Viacom. My coaching focuses on each person as a unique individual excelling in a complex world. Combining my professional experience, coaching and personal development expertise, I help people succeed while staying rooted in who they truly are, to make the positive impact they desire.
Mary Bourke
PCCC is in the process of building our diverse and experienced female coach roster to serve our client base so that we can provide the best possible experience. All coaches will either have the International Coaching Certification or be near to achieving their first-level credential. All coaches will provide tools to support the client in between sessions and beyond to provide consistent and positive outcomes.
Another key goal for our Individual Coaching program is to have bi-lingual coaches with a focus on Espanol and then add additional languages so that we can authentically serve diverse female communities.
For coaches wishing to be a part of the PCCC's Individual Coaching Team please contact Silissa at SilissaUriarte@gmail.com.
Benefits of Coaching
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as:
Partnering in a thought-provoking and creative process to maximize personal and professional potential.
At Purpose Centered Coaching and Consulting we firmly believe that everyone should have access to professional coaching no matter their socio-economic background. People seek out coaches to have a non-biased partner for self-discovery, to accomplish long held passions, visions and goals and to move their lives forward in some way. Coaches can support clients to see new perspectives, explore what may be holding them back, sit with them in discomfort, joyfully celebrate, and challenge old patterns and paradigms.
There are a variety of specialty coaches that focus on a particular area such as career, business, dating/relationships, health and wellness and many more. In PCCC presentations we often share what coaching is and is not, please let us know if you would like a presentation for your organization.
Individual Benefits of Coaching:
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Better quality of life including work/life balance, health, and well-being.
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Developing effective leaders through personalized coaching and skill enhancement.
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Career planning.
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Getting a promotion or a raise.
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Work more easily and productively with others including teams.
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Establish and take action towards achieving goals or dreams including
-Completing a degree/graduating or going back to school
-Starting a business
-Financial goals such as saving for retirement
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Deepening and improving relationships and spending quality time with family.
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Creating one's own self-agency and social capital.
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Getting support with addressing sexism, racism, ableism, homophobism, ageism, classism, anti-semitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, and other detrimental behaviors in the workplace and community.
Community and Societal Benefits of Coaching:
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Enhanced economic positioning through learning what skills and knowledge are needed to access better jobs and educational opportunities.
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Supports breaking the cycle of poverty by learning new practices and tools to move forward.
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Bridging the opportunity gap by providing under-resourced women with the necessary tools and support to compete on an equal footing in the job market.
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Provides space for women to use their own inner voice of wisdom and discover what is important to them to make effective and long term changes.
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Stronger, more effective, and resilient female leaders.
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Strengthening families and communities one woman at a time.
For more detailed information on the coaching profession please visit the International Coaching Federation sister site: https://experiencecoaching.com/.
Founding Board of Directors
Veronica Garcia Davalos,
Board Chair
Mary Bourke, Secretary
Kelly Buck, Treasurer
Susana Gonzalez Edmond, Board Member
Silissa Uriate Smith, Board Member
Beth Ann Suggs
ICF PCC
Academy for Coaching Excellence, Dean of Students & Senior Course Leader
Jennifer Kumiyama
Board President,
Long Beach Disabled Resource Center
Bryce Cullinane
Shareholder, Keesal, Young & Logan
Advisory Council
Testimonials
I can easily point to Silissa's coaching as one of the best turning points in my nonprofit. Her compassion and genuine concern for your success are palpable from the very start of her coaching sessions. Silissa has vast knowledge of nonprofits, a passion for the community, and the incredible ability to put you at ease while creating a safe space for you to work with her. I'm honored to be working with her and cannot recommend her coaching enough.
Julie S.
Working with Silissa completely changed my career trajectory. I sought advancement in my current job then through her coaching found clarity to return to a field I was truly passionate about. As a result, in my new job I got a title promotion and earn more. I carry the skills I learned through Silissa with me every day. I highly recommend her--not only for the immediate benefits she will provide but those you will always carry.
Ana Teresa Dahan
Silissa Uriarte Smith is an incredible, experienced, compassionate, professional, insightful coach who guided me in setting up achievable realistic goals professionally and personally. She is an exceptional listener, trustworthy, reliable, organized, and resourceful. I recently started a mid-career transition returning back to graduate school and she has given me the tools needed to execute this new chapter successfully. She is a true advocate for all her clients and goes above and beyond ensuring she has my interests at heart.
I am grateful to have her in my corner.
Maya K. Lechowick
I would like to thank your coaching services for really letting me believe in myself and expand my horizons along with looking at things from a different perspective. I was in an unhealthy environment and that manifested in many ways for me but with your help, I was able to see a bit more clearly and focus. I would keep a journal and write down any action items I was responsible for. Writing things down helped keep me accountable. Your coaching was judgment-free and I truly felt I could be vulnerable. After some time I was able to see my strengths and value my worth and for that, I will always be thankful for your coaching. Thanks again for everything I hope many more people get to experience your coaching!
Anonymous
Former Client
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Community Partners
PCCC is grateful for our community partners! We have a special relationship with each one of these organizations either through coaching, consulting, strategic planning, capacity building support, community engagement activities, sharing of resources, and much more. Please take a moment to learn who they are if you are not yet connected.
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