1:1 Empowerment Session

Carla Orellana

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1:1 Empowerment Session

This personalized 1:1 session meets you exactly where you are. Whether you’re untangling patterns in your relationships, exploring body symptoms or dreams, stepping into new forms of leadership, or seeking clarity amidst life’s challenges, this space supports you as your journey unfolds.

Grounded in Process-Oriented Psychology and amplified by a systemic lens, our work uncovers the hidden wisdom shaping your inner and outer experience. Together, we’ll explore how your gifts and clarity may be obscured by invisible patterns or social conditioning, as the dreaming intelligence of your conscious and unconscious life guides you toward your authentic voice, power, and purpose.

Working together, you will:
  • Gain clarity on challenges in life, relationships, leadership, or health
  • Access deeper self-awareness through embodied practices, systemic perspectives, and the wisdom of dreaming
  • Receive compassionate, direct mentorship to empower your choices, responses, and actions
  • Cultivate tools to navigate power dynamics with fluidity and effectiveness
  • Unlock the transformative potential of your presence in personal and collective spaces


This session is for:
This session is for individuals ready to deepen awareness, reclaim personal power, and use it as a source of transformation in their lives and relationships – and, by extension – the collective.

Practical Details
While the scheduled time is 60 minutes, sessions may go over by 5–10 minutes if needed for closure. After the session, it’s strongly encouraged that you take 20–30 minutes in your own space to support integration before moving into your next activity.

Equity Pricing
I recognize that financial and systemic disadvantages unequally shape access to this type of work. For this reason, I offer an equity price. Simply apply the code ACCESS25 when checking out. Please consider that the standard price reflects the true value of the service. Choosing this option allows me to continue offering equity pricing.

May our work together serve the highest good in your life, your relationships, and the wider world.



Frequently Asked Questions

What makes your coaching different from other executive or life coaches?
I'm a two-time cancer survivor, 15X marathon competitor, Ironman triathlete, and 30-year nonprofit CEO who has led organizations through genuine crises — budget collapses, public health emergencies, staff burnout, and my own serious health battles. While I earned a Ph.D studying the science of behavior change, I also bring real frameworks forged under real pressure, not theory from a textbook or a certification program. 

Most coaches can tell you what resilience looks like. I can tell you what it actually takes — because I've had to find it when the stakes were highest, both professionally and personally. That's a different kind of credibility, and it leads to a different kind of coaching.
Who do you work with?
I work best with leaders, executives, and high-achievers who are navigating high-stakes challenges — whether that's organizational stress, a health crisis, a relationship shift, major career transition, or simply feeling like they're running hard but going nowhere. If you're looking for accountability and honest feedback, not cheerleading, we'll work well together.
What does a typical coaching engagement look like?
Every client is different, but most engagements focus on three things: clarity (what's actually the problem), strategy (what are we going to do about it), and accountability (are you doing it). Sessions are direct, practical, and action-oriented.
Do I need to have read Every Mile Matters before working with you?
Not at all — though many clients find it useful context. The book lays out the mindset and frameworks I bring to every coaching relationship.
How does your experience as a cancer survivor inform your coaching?
Cancer has a way of clarifying what actually matters. Going through 27 rounds of radiation and 35 rounds of chemo while leading a $28 million organization taught me that resilience isn't a personality trait — it's a set of skills you can build. That's what I help clients develop.
How do I get started?
The best first step is booking a 30-minute Introductory Clarity Consultation. It's a no-pressure conversation where we figure out if there's a fit and what working together might look like.
Do you offer a free introductory call?
No — and here's why. Most "free discovery calls" are thinly veiled sales pitches dressed up as conversations. You spend 30 minutes answering questions designed to move you toward a close, not actually get value. I don't operate that way. 

If you're considering working with me, you already have plenty to go on — a bestselling book, years of public writing, speaking footage, news coverage and a track record you can evaluate. You don't need me to perform for you on a free call, and you don't need to be sold.

What I offer instead is a paid 30-minute Introductory Clarity Consultation. It's a real working session. You'll leave with actual insight, a clear next step, or at minimum an honest assessment of whether coaching makes sense for you right now. If we decide to work together beyond that, great. If not, you still got something useful for your time. 

I respect your time too much to waste it on a sales call.
Do you work with individuals or organizations?
Both. I work one-on-one with executives and leaders, and I also speak and consult for nonprofit organizations, behavioral healthcare systems, and corporate teams.
What if I'm not sure coaching is right for me?
That's exactly what the initial consultation is for. I'd rather spend 30 minutes helping you figure out if this is the right move than have either of us invest in something that isn't a fit.
What do you expect from clients?
Honesty and follow-through. I'm not here to judge where you are — I'm here to help you get where you want to go. But that requires showing up, doing the work, and being willing to hear hard truths.

Price

$120
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This package includes
1 x 60 min appointment