Adoption Network Cleveland is excited to welcome Whitney Dawn Pyles, ACC, as a new Life Coach in our growing Life Coaching service. Whitney joins JJ Rett, Certified Coach, Adoption Network Cleveland volunteer, and late discovery adoptee, in providing this supportive resource to individuals connected to our community and beyond.
Whitney is a Certified Somatic Coach and accredited Life Coach (ICF-ACC) who specializes in Body-Oriented Coaching – a gentle, evidence-informed approach that integrates mind-body awareness and nervous system support into the coaching process. Her work supports clients in cultivating calm, clarity, and courage to come home to themselves, creating space to imagine new possibilities and welcome more joy and aliveness into their lives and work.
What first drew Whitney to life coaching in 2021, and what deeply resonated with her as an adoptee, is a core belief shared across both coaching and humanistic psychology: that all people are creative, resourceful, and whole. When met with compassion, curiosity, and presence, we naturally move toward growth and healing. Through this lens, coaching is not about fixing what is “wrong,” but about uncovering what is already wise, whole, and wanting to emerge.
Whitney brings nearly a decade of experience in coaching, teaching, facilitation, and creative leadership. In addition to her private practice, Whitney Dawn Movement & Coaching, she serves as a facilitator and podcast host at The Somatic School, supporting the next generation of body-oriented coaches. She is also the creator of UNSTUCK: a somatic practice series for building momentum.
She is honored to partner with Adoption Network Cleveland in offering coaching that supports self-compassion, authentic expression, and a deeper sense of belonging for anyone seeking greater alignment in life.
Life Coaching is a powerful conversation between a trained coach and a client who is ready and wanting to focus on personal and professional growth. Somatic Coaching may also integrate awareness of the body, senses, and nervous system to support clients in connecting thought, emotion, and physical experience.
The Life Coaching service offered through Adoption Network Cleveland seeks to help clients recognize obstacles that may be preventing them from realizing their life’s goals or dreams, and then focus on achieving that goal.
Adoption Network Cleveland is proud to contract with both Whitney and JJ to offer this meaningful service. If you are interested in the Life Coaching service, you can receive a free “sample session” of one half-hour. This will give you the opportunity to better understand what is involved in a session and if it is a good fit for you.
To set up your free half-hour trial session, contact: Ty Cliffel, Program Director via ty.cliffel@adoptionnetwork.org. Learn more about Life Coaching here.
