Private coaching
for women navigating relationship, purpose, and career transitions
This life made sense when you built it.
You did everything right. You built the career, the relationships, the reputation… This life made sense when you built it.
And somewhere in creating it, you went missing.
It's 10pm. You've had this exact conversation with yourself a hundred times. Nothing new gets decided. You just lie there, running it again.
I help women who already know something needs to change get past the fear and conditioning keeping them stuck, using a science-backed, soul-led approach, so they build a life so good they stop wondering if this is it.
Ilene Kastel, M.A., Licensed Counselor · Coach · Reiki Master · RESET Breathwork Facilitator
What working together is like
Picture a session where you're supported and comfortable enough to say the thing you've been wanting to talk about. Because there's someone who understands not just what you're saying, but what's going on underneath it. And what felt stuck has somewhere to go and begins to move.
This is where the work begins.
Some sessions are practical and structured. Others go into the layer beneath, where the thing that actually needs to move is waiting.
There's room for humor and relief in here too. Deep work doesn't have to be heavy the whole way through.
This work integrates psychology, nervous system regulation, and transformational RESET Breathwork… where science and soul meet in the same room. As a way of meeting the whole of what you're carrying, at the level it actually lives.
What you leave with is a felt, embodied shift. Something that changes how you move through the world, not just how you think about it.
You will leave different. Because you finally stopped abandoning yourself and started living in alignment with who you actually are.
Private. Personalized. Transformative.
Is Coaching the right fit?
You know what's wrong. You've known for a while. Knowing hasn't moved it.
This is science-backed, soul-led coaching for the woman who is ready to move. Not just understand... move.
Maybe you've already done the inner work and you're ready for what comes next.
Maybe you've tried therapy and want something more forward-focused.
Maybe you simply know you need structure, momentum, and someone who can hold both the practical and the deeper layers at the same time.
This is not about processing the past indefinitely. It is about closing the gap between who you are now and how you're actually living.
Not sure if coaching is the right fit? That's exactly what the consultation is for.
*Coaching is future-focused. It is designed to create vision, clarity, and aligned action. It is not mental health counseling.
The relationship has ended... and with it, the life you were building and the version of yourself you knew inside of it. Whether you're in the thick of the heartbreak or simply tired of carrying it, this is the work of finding your way back to yourself. Not the person you were before. Someone freer, more confident and who trusts herself. Someone who knows what joy feels like again.
You will walk away with:
- Emotional clarity and a calmer nervous system
- A deeper understanding of your patterns and what you actually need in love
- Your story rewritten from self-blame to self-trust
- Reconnection to your identity, values, and sense of worth
- The confidence, freedom, and joy of knowing yourself outside of it
You've done everything right. Built the life you were supposed to want. So why doesn't it feel like enough? Something has shifted... and the version of you that built this life no longer fits who you're becoming. This is the work of closing that gap.
You will walk away with:
- A regulated, grounded nervous system that can hold change
- A vision for what's next that feels alive, not just responsible
- The confidence to make decisions and trust your own knowing
- Renewed connection to meaning, purpose, and what actually matters now
- A way of knowing yourself that you can return to for life
You're ready to leave what no longer fits... to start something of your own, make a meaningful pivot, or finally build what you've been putting off. We get clear on who you are, what you're here to do, and what it needs to look like for the life you actually want. Then we build it together... the vision, the offer, the direction forward.
You will walk away with:
- Clarity on who you are, what you're here to do, and what it needs to look like
- The self-trust to want more and actually follow it
- A vision and direction that feel energizing, not just logical
- Support building what's next... the offer, the structure, the first real steps
- The confidence to move without waiting until you feel ready
The business is yours. So is everything it's asking of you. This is not business coaching and it's not therapy. It's support for the whole of you... the woman behind the business, not just the business itself.
You will walk away with:
- Clarity on where your energy is going and what actually needs to change
- A calmer, more grounded way to lead and make decisions
- A rhythm between work and life that actually holds
- Space to bring what's personally unfolding into a supported process
- A felt sense of leading from who you actually are, not who the business needs you to be
Beyond the Conversation: A Holistic Thread
RESET breathwork
Most of what keeps you stuck doesn't live in your thoughts. It lives in your body... in the experiences that didn't get processed, the emotions that never fully moved, and the beliefs that formed and took root.
That's where breathwork goes.
RESET Breathwork is a conscious, connected breathing practice... therapy without talking. What shifts in a single session often takes months to reach through conversation alone.
Nervous system & somatic healing
Change is not always comfortable. Growth pushes on edges. Vulnerability activates the nervous system. And when the body feels unsafe, even the most important shifts can stall.
Nervous system regulation is woven into this work because it has to be. Without it, insight stays in the head, change can feel destabilizing, and identity shifts don't hold. With it, change has somewhere to land.
Self-trust & inner guidance
There’s a layer of this work that goes beyond strategy. I bring a strongly developed intuitive sense to every session. Clients tell me I understood what they meant before they'd found the words.
But the deeper goal is yours. As your nervous system stabilizes, we turn toward your own inner knowing. Learning to trust yourself. To hear your own signal clearly. To make decisions with more ease and less second-guessing.
The woman who learns to trust her own knowing doesn't just make better decisions. She stops abandoning herself in the moments that matter. — Ilene Kastel
Why This is differenT.
Science-backed, Soul-led
1. Time and Access
Weekly meetings, consistent touch points, and integrated holistic support. This is a sustained, personalized process built entirely around you.
2. Twenty Years of Expertise. And Lived Experience
I bring twenty years of training and clinical experience working with women through identity transitions and change.
I also know what it feels like to wake up in a life that looks right from the outside and feel the gap on the inside. To be the stable one for everyone while privately wondering how you got here. To know something has to change and not yet know what.
This happened when the life I'd built no longer fit who I had become, and I decided to sell my seven-figure counseling group practice.
I also know what it feels like on the other side. Clear. Pulled toward something. Building a life that actually fits who you are now, not who you used to be.
The combination of strategic experience, somatic healing, and intuitive insight is rare. And it is what makes this work work. That's what I'm here to help you do.
3. A Science Meets Soul Approach
This work meets you at the level where things actually change. Not just what you think, but what you carry in your body, what you believe about yourself, and what you know but haven't yet trusted.
4. Truth and Tenderness
When I see something, I'll tell you directly. But it lands like a hug. Clients describe it as the honesty they actually needed, delivered with the warmth that made it possible to hear.
5. The Kind of Change That Doesn't Undo Itself
This is not about temporary momentum. It’s about an identity recalibration and alignment that changes how you live and make decisions... for years to come. What you leave with is not a reframe or a plan. It’s a shift that continues to unfold long after the work.
Group RESET Breathwork Journey and Sound Bath
How We Work Together.
Real depth. A process built entirely around you.
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This is for you if:
You want clarity, self-trust, and direction, not just insight or reassurance.
If you're open to working with your nervous system, your body, and your intuition alongside the practical.
If you want change that's grounded and sustainable rather than reactive.
This is not the right fit if:
You want someone to tell you what to do.
If you want to skip the discomfort, the real thing usually lives just past it.
You’re in the thick of burnout, where rest isn’t working and motivation isn’t insight.
If you're in acute crisis and need clinical care, that's a timing thing, not a fit thing. Let's get you the right support first.
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You deserve a process backed by real understanding of how change happens, not just motivational language. So every session draws on psychology, nervous system regulation, somatic awareness and self-trust and inner guidance.
Science-Backed
Three things usually sit between a woman and the life she'd actually choose:what she was conditioned to want, what other people think, and what she's come to believe about herself. We work through all three, in whatever order they're actually showing up.Then values. Not the ones that sound good on paper, the ones you'd hold even when it costs you something. Once those are clear, direction stops being guesswork and decisions stop requiring certainty.
Nervous System & RESET Breathwork
Regulation is woven into this work because it has to be. Without it, insight stays in your head, change feels destabilizing, and identity shifts don't hold. With it, change finally has somewhere to land.Soul-Led
This is where strategy ends and intuition begins. I bring a strongly developed intuitive sense to every session, a capacity to understand what you're carrying before you've found the words for it. But the deeper goal is yours: learning to trust your own knowing, hear your own signal clearly, and make decisions with less second-guessing.As all three layers do their work,things get clearer.
Self-trust increases.
Intuition strengthens.
Meaning becomes something you're actively making, not waiting to stumble into.
You move through your life with more authenticity and alignment.
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Private coaching is offered as a six-month engagement, or a two-month engagement to work through one specific decision or season.
✦ Six months of weekly ongoing support.
24 sessions total: 18 Coaching + 6 RESET Breathwork Journeys.✦ Two months of weekly ongoing support.
8 sessions total: 6 Coaching + 2 RESET Breathwork Journeys.Breathwork Journeys are placed where your body needs to catch up with your decisions. An hour to go where conversation alone can't reach.
Plus 15 minutes of live support each week, real time, for when something shifts, something surfaces, or you're in the middle of practicing a new way of responding and need support while you're actually doing it.
All sessions are 60 minutes and held virtually.
Investment
Six-month container: $9,000 ($1,500/month)
Two-month container: $3,500 ($1,750/month) -
We start with a complimentary consultation. This conversation is to make sure this is right for you.
TESTIMONIALS
Dr. Rasheed
“Ilene’s intuition is incredible, she picks up on things quickly and accurately, making you feel deeply seen and understood. Her approach is sharp, insightful, and truly guides meaningful change. Ilene has helped me bring my ideas to life without ever asking me to compromise what matters most.”
Clara
“I’m a high-achiever and have a lot going on in my life. I wanted someone that understands entrepreneurship and what I was going through personally. I needed support to think strategically about my company culture and growth while also keeping my life in balance. Ilene gave me the tools and the perspective to manage my personal stressors and also build my business in a way that felt sustainable and soul aligned.”
Anonymous
“Coaching with Ilene gave me the structure and clarity I needed to finally move forward after my divorce. She blends practical strategy with insight in a way that keeps you accountable without ever feeling pressured - leaving you healed, motivated and deeply aligned with your next steps.”