I'VE STARTED OVER MORE THAN ONCE 

I can still picture sitting at my kitchen table at 18, staring at a college course catalog with my older brother. 

He was trying to help me find something—anything—that called to me. 

Nothing did. 

So I did what a lot of us do: I kept moving. I worked jobs that looked good on paper. 

At 30, I landed a high-paying position at an investment bank in San Francisco—the kind of job that should have felt like success. 

Instead, I got seriously ill. My body was trying to tell me what I couldn't yet admit: I was living someone else's version of success. 

LEARNING TO LISTEN 

Through that illness, I started making different choices. I went back to school at 30 and earned my MA in TESOL. 

At 36, I moved to Finland knowing no one, starting a completely new career teaching English. It was terrifying. And it was right. I eventually made my way to Stockholm, where I discovered coaching. 

Getting coached myself changed everything. I got clear on my values. I learned to trust my own judgment instead of external expectations. I started making conscious choices. 

 Over the next 16 years, I've reinvented myself more than once - new countries, new careers, building my own coaching business. Each time, I had to trust myself without having the whole path mapped out. 

Here's what I learned: You don't need to have it all figured out before you take the next step. You just need to build an internal guiding system you can trust. 

HOW I WORK 

Now I help professionals navigate transitions and reinvention - with more clarity, better tools, and a lot less suffering than I had. 

 I bring 16 years of coaching experience, credentials from the International Coach Academy and ICF (PCC), the Enneagram (I'm an Accredited Enneagram Practitioner), and neuroscience-backed tools to help you understand your patterns and work with your brain instead of against it. 

I work with people at crossroads - professionals who sense something needs to change but aren't sure what yet. People navigating career transitions, life changes, or just that growing restlessness that says it's time for something different. 

 Together, we figure out what you actually want (not what you think you should want), understand the patterns keeping you stuck, and take small, aligned steps forward. 

Not all at once, but one step at a time. 

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT ALONE 

If you're at a crossroads right now - feeling restless, disconnected, or like you're living someone else's life - you're not behind. 

You're ready for something different. 

The life you're seeking isn't "out there" somewhere. It's already inside you, waiting to be lived. Let's find it together. 

READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP? 

Explore the different ways we can work together: 

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Or download the free Life That Fits Map to get started on your own: 

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JANETTE VALENTINO, Professional Certified Coach (PCC)

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