DRAFT MOCKUP for internal review — logo: Direction H · True North (audience-neutral primary mark) · Her-Story sub-brand shown below in Direction B · Open Story palette · copy sourced from Donna's original site research, pending her name confirmation (Hatch vs. Schmid)
Executive & Personal Coaching · Boise, Idaho

Live life by design, rather than default.

Twenty years of clinical and executive coaching experience, built around one idea: you are the author of what comes next — for your team, or for yourself.

For organizations

Build teams that don't just survive conflict — they grow from it

Team development, leadership coaching, and change management for organizations navigating growth, transition, or friction. Grounded in Tuckman's model and twenty years working inside healthcare and enterprise leadership teams.

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For individuals

Rewrite the story you've been carrying

One-on-one coaching for people ready to reclaim their narrative — identify limiting beliefs, reframe the story, and set a course toward who you're becoming next.

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What we work on together

Six areas of focus drawn from two decades of clinical and organizational practice.

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Peak Performance

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Leadership Development

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Change Management

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Social & Emotional Intelligence

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Positive Psychology

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The Enneagram

Signature programs

Two fully developed frameworks, built from real workshop material — not generic coaching modules.

Corporate & team

From Individuals to Impact

A team-development workshop built on Tuckman's model — Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing — with real exercises and debrief questions for leaders navigating team conflict and growth.

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Individual · Her-Story sub-brand

Her-Story

Changing the Narrative and Creating the Next Chapter — a personal-development program for reclaiming your story: Awareness, Truth-telling, Release, Reframe, Reclaim.

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How coaching works

A five-step methodology refined over two decades of practice.

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Assessment

Understand where you are now.

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Development Planning

Define where you're headed.

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Individualized Coaching

Do the actual work, together.

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Review

Check progress against the plan.

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Results

Measure what actually changed.

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Donna Schmid, PhD, LCSW

Twenty years across clinical social work, organizational psychology, and executive coaching. Clinical Director, Moonlight Mountain Rehabilitation and Mental Health. Adjunct faculty, Tulane MSW program.

Past consulting work with CHRISTUS Health, Bacardi Rum, Baylor, and Burgerville.

PhD, Pacifica Graduate Institute Certified Executive Coach Certified SEI Coach DiSC & MBTI Practitioner

Ready to write the next chapter?

Whether it's your team or yourself — let's talk about where you're headed.

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