Hi, I'm Natalie
I coach and guide individuals and organizations like yours to a new vantage point, clearing the confusion, boosting confidence, breaking unproductive habits, and navigating the intricacies of our increasingly ambiguous and digital world.
And you are…
- The Digital Transformation Leader: You're excited yet challenged by the digital evolution within your industry. You're eager to dive into the future, but every step seems to be a misstep. You're a mix of concern and confidence.
- The Mid-Career Professional: Success has kept you busy. So much so, you've lost sight of your broader career path. When faced with the question, "What's next?" you're hesitant and unsure about the direction or the way forward.
- The Professional Woman on a Fertility Journey: Embarking on motherhood via fertility treatments, you seek confidence in yourself, trust in your partner, and assurance in your choices. You yearn to navigate this journey feeling empowered, not overwhelmed.
- The Self-Reflective Individual: You sense your inner world, personal barriers, or a lack of boundaries hindering your aspirations. You know what needs to be done but often find you hold yourself back or prioritize other things. Past endeavors might have seen moments of faltering despite genuine intentions.
- The Cognitive Decider: You're now seeing how decisions driven solely by logic have side-stepped your emotions, body, and perhaps even spirit. The internal conflict brews. As you endeavor to reconcile and integrate every facet of yourself, you seek choices that resonate with your true self.
- The Change Embracer: You stand at the precipice of change, uncertain of the initial step, and contemplating if some guidance might be the key.
- The Meaning Maker: You have experienced something profound and are unsure how to sort through it, identify what is meaningful, leave behind things that don’t serve you, and integrate things that do.
- The Organizational Executive and Strategist: Your enterprise is amidst the waves of digital disruption. Conventional change management won't suffice. You're in search of swift, effective strategies to guide your team through the digital shift.
- The Learning Advocate: Your goal? World-class transformative learning experiences that nurture leaders, cultivate growth mindsets, and foster a culture of continual learning. You're pursuing a deliberately developmental organization and culture.
Through my research and experiences, I’ve developed great empathy for you and what you are facing.
You are not alone, although the choices you make are yours.
Through research and evidence-based practices, I’m on a mission to support you.
About Me
Dr. Natalie Murray helps people make meaning of complex, ambiguous situations and cultivate the inner skills to thrive. She is an experienced executive leader, educator, and coach dedicated to empowering individuals and teams to reach their highest potential. With an early start in physics and lightning science, Natalie found a love of transformative learning experiences in adult education, has led digital transformation at major universities, and earned a Ph.D. in Human Development. Her doctoral work focused on the employee experience of digital transformation and works with individuals and organizations to cultivate needed inner capacities. Natalie is an ICF-credentialed coach and yoga teacher, enhancing her holistic approach to supporting growth.
Degrees And Certifications
- PhD Human Development, Employee Experiences of Role Disruption Due to Digital Transformation, Fielding Graduate University
- M.A. in Organizational Development and Change, Fielding Graduate University
- M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology, Walden University
- M.S. in Atmospheric Science, University of Arizona
- B.S. in Physics, Texas A&M University
- International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Credential Coach (ACC)
- Evidence-Based Coaching Certificate, Fielding Graduate University
- Health and wellness coach certification, Health Coach Institute
- ProSci ADKAR certified (Change Management Certification)
- Certified Yoga Instructor
- Resilience Trainer – University of Pennsylvania, Center for Positive Psychology
Evidence-Based Practices
- Positive Psychology
- Positive Neuroplasticity
- Mindful Self-Compassion
- Humanistic Psychology
- Whole Person Integration (Integral Theory)
- Emotional Contagion
- Performance Science
- Relationship Dynamics
- Adult Development / Vertical Development
- Transformative Learning
- Organizational Theory and Development
- Social and Emotional Learning
What You’ll Learn About Me Over Coffee
What My Clients Say About Me
“I have wholeheartedly enjoyed working with you. Your warmth, compassion and capacity to be fully present in our time together is powerful and nurturing. This allowed me to show up fully to actually get to the meat of the work I’m doing around self. I always enjoyed your grounding exercises as well and the tools you brought to our time – they have been so beneficial and opening for me. Thank you!”
– LR
“It has been an immense joy to work with you, Natalie. Our six sessions together passed too quickly! Thank you for your warm presence, thoughtful questions, valuable perspectives, and outstanding session recaps. I am grateful to you for your care and the depth of experience you brought to our leadership-focused sessions. Thank you for being you, and thank you for the space and growth you have helped to create for me!”
– NA
Grow From… Goodness?
“By taking just a few extra seconds to stay with a positive experience—even the comfort in a single breath—you’ll help turn a passing mental state into lasting neural structure.”
― Rick Hanson, Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence.
Did your eyes roll at the mention of “good” and “goodness”? Trust me, I get it. There are days I feel the same. Questions like, “Why does everything have to be ‘good’? Isn’t that just toxic positivity? And how does this address genuine organizational challenges?” might pop up in your mind. I’ve been there, thought that. But before you navigate away, I urge you to linger a little longer. If you resonated with the name or even felt a hint of curiosity, you’re in the right place.
“Grow from Goodness” stems from two significant influences in my life. First, let me introduce you to Dr. Rick Hanson, a scholar whose work on positive neural plasticity has been transformative for many, including myself. His HEAL model leverages beneficial experiences to promote growth and healing. It’s grounded in neuroscience and is genuinely enlivening.
Secondly, I believe we place too much emphasis on learning solely from hardships and failure. I’ve navigated childhood trauma, faced deep disappointments, divorce, loss, layoffs, infertility, and toxic workplaces. While they’ve shaped me, I’ve also been profoundly impacted by the positive aspects of my journey. I champion an “assume love first” approach in my marriage, have experienced profound shifts in my worldview due to positive experiences, and have realized the power of positive emotions arising from heartwarming experiences.
While concepts like Post Traumatic Growth and Transformative Learning emerge from adversity, we rarely discuss the enlightening shifts positive experiences can bring.
Life is undeniably challenging. Yet, it’s filled with opportunities for growth. Beyond the adversities, let’s also explore the idea of growing from the goodness in our lives. Remembering Dr. Rick Hanson’s words, that “Your brain is like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones,” let’s actively remind ourselves to tilt toward goodness just a bit more.
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“Your brain is like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones.”
― Rick Hanson, Hardwiring Happiness: The Practical Science of Reshaping Your Brain—and Your Life.
Let's Connect
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